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1 



NOYES- OILMAN 
ANCESTRY 



BEING A SERIKS OF- SKETCHHS, WITH A CHART OF Til 
ANCESTORS OF- CHARLES F'FIELPS NOYES AND 
EMILY H. (oilman) NOYES, HIS WIIT: 



"Go call thy sons, instruct thciii what a debt 
They owe their ancestors, and make them swear 
To pay it by transmitting down entire 
The sacred rights to which themselves were horn.' 



ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY THE 

GILLISS PRESS, NEW YORK 

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AUTOGRAPH OF REV. JAMES NOYES [3] OF STONINGTON 
TRACED FROM AN OLD LETTER NOW IN THE 
HARTFORD STATE ARCHIVES 



COPYRIGHT, 1907 
BY CHARLES P. NOYES 



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AUTHORS NOTE 

To My Children: 

THIS book is the result of some eighteen years of research begun for my 
own pleasure and with no thought of publication. I have found so much, 
however, that is interesting about your ancestors, especiallv those who 
bore a prominent part in the very early history of our country, that I am 
sure you would be deprived of a great inspiration in your own lives if you hail no 
personal acquaintance with them. As there are two families of Noyes, your 
uncle's and ours, who have the same descent from all these ancestors, the number 
interested seemed to warrant publishing my notes in this form, which has been 
made possible only by the invaluable assistance of your mother, who has given 
much time and thought to its preparation. 

These memoirs of your ancestors are in most cases brief, only enough being 
given to show when and where they lived, their occupation and public service, 
and so far as possible their characteristics, together with what we know of their 
wives and children. Much more may be learned regarding many of them by 
reference to the authorities given in the bibliography. The sketches of your 
grandparents, you will see, are quite different from the rest and are in narrative 
form, fuller and more personal. This was done purposely that vou might know 
them as we have and so more fully appreciate the beauty of their lives. The 
sketch of your grandfather and grandmother Gilman (136) was written by your 
mother. 

One interesting feature of my work has been the discovery that so many of 
these worthies were friends and associates. For instance, in Newbury alone, were 
living at the same time: Rev. James Noyes (2), Nathaniel Clarke (139), Henry 
SoMERBY (140), Edmund Greenleaf (140-A), George Little (145), and Tristram 
CoFFYN (147-A), while through correspondence, intermarriage and public service, 
these men were in communication with others of your ancestors on both sides, 
living in New Hampshire, Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut. 



vi AUTHOR'S NOTE 

Unlike the usual method in genealogical work, i. e. tracing the descendants 
of an emigrant ancestor — the chart on which this book is founded begins with you 
(and your Noyes cousins) and traces your ancestry. No names appear on the chart 
except those of your direct ancestors, and in the sketches these names are printed 
in capital letters and numbered for convenience of reference. Tracing ancestry is 
especially difficult because in some cases the maiden name of the wife cannot be 
ascertained, in others where the marriage record gives her complete name, unless 
a will or some document of the kind is in existence, one is unable to find her 

parentage. The seven Elizabeths on the chart are examples of this. 1 

have exhausted every resource at my command to follow out their lines, but 
without success. 

Counting your own as the first, we have the names of all your ancestors 
for seven generations, with the exception of the surnames of four wives, three 
Elizabeths and one Joanna. The chart shows nine generations, but there are 
sketches of some emigrants of the tenth numbered with the addition of A and B, 
and where we trace still further in the old country, the notes are given under 
headings such as "The Noyes family in England," etc. 

The numbers on the chart indicate the serial number followed in order 
throughout the book. Numbers i to 7 bring the Noyes ancestors in succession, 
then follows the first (Stanton) intermarriage and so on. This would invariably 
bring all of the same surname together, except for the intermarriage of cousins. 
As you are descended from two children of Thomas Lord (67), John Sanford 
(15), Samuel Hyde (75), Nathaniel Clarke (139), and three of Hon. John 
Oilman (131), the numbering is necessarily not consecutive in all cases. 

For convenience I have divided the book into eight parts, each giving the 
paternal or maternal ancestors of your grandparents. 

The Noyes ancestors of Daniel Rogers Noyes (7), your grandfather, were 
mainly from Rhode Island, and many of them went there originally from Boston 
on account of their sympathy with the opinions of Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson 
(17). This line brings in some of the most interesting people in your tree. In 
six generations of Noyes, three were ministers and three commissioned army 
officers who had active military service. A somewhat curious family trait appears 
in nearly every generation of this Noyes line. Two brothers marry two sisters 
or a brother and sister marry a sister and brother. This occurred in the family 
of Rev. James Noyes (3), Captain Thomas Noyes (4), Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas 
Noyes (6), Daniel Rogers Noyes (7) and in the family of your uncle Daniel 
Rogers Noyes in the present generation. 

A Noyes genealogy would hardly be complete without mention of the 
epitaph on the tomb-stone of Timothy Noyes of Newbury, son of Nicholas 



AUTHOR'S NOTE vii 

Noyes and grandson of Rev. William Noyes (i) of Cholderton, England, which 
has been called " The Noyes lotem." It still stands in the old grave-yard of 

Newbury and the last linos have been copied, with some slight modifications, on 
many other Noyes tombstones throughout New England, it is as follows: 

■'GOOD T I MOT in IN 
HIS VOUilil \LL DAYS 
HE LiUED MVCH 
VNTO GODS PRAYS 
WHEN AG1-: CAME ONE 
HE& HIS WIFE 
THEY LIUED A HOLY 
& A FIOVS LIFE 
THEREFOR YOV CHILDREN 
WHOS NAMS ARE NOYES 
MAKE J ESVS CHRIST 
YOVR ONDLY CHOYES" 

The RoGiERS ancestry of Daniel Rogers Noyes (7), your grandfather, was 
practically also of Rhode Island, and the F-iocERS, Sanfords and especially Elder 
Pardon Tillinghast (65) took a prominent part in the early history of that 
colony. There has been a tradition in the family that we are descended from 
John Rogers, the martyr of Smithtield, but there appears to be no foundation 
whatever for it, nor was our emigrant ancestor, James Rogers (37), connected 
with the Ipswich family nor with that of the James Rogers who came to New 
Haven and whose descendants owned a Bible believed to be that of the martyr 
which is now treasured in the archives of Alfred University, at Alfred, N. Y. 

The Lord ancestry of Phoebe Griffin Lord (7), your grandmother, was 
of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Our cousin, Evelyn fMcCurdy) Salisbury, in 
her Family Histories and Genealogies gives a full record of them all and my 
sketches have been taken largely from that work, with occasional side-lights from 
other authorities. 

The Griffin ancestry of Phoebe Griffin Lord (7), your grandmother, es- 
pecially that of her great-grandmother Phoebe Comstock (102), was difficult to 
obtain, and was found largely by original research in town and probate records. 
That of Eve Dorr (103), however, was taken principally from Mrs. Salisbury's book. 

The Gilman ancestry of Winthrop Sargent Gilman (136), your grand- 
father, has been taken from the Gilman Genealogy by your uncle, Arthur Gil- 
man, with some additions from other sources not obtainable at the time he wrote. 
The rest of that portion of the chart, including the Hale, Thing, Ives, Coffin 



viii AUTHOR'S NOTE 

and other families, has been obtained from various sources. This branch of your 
ancestry lived almost entirely in towns around Boston and Exeter. An interest- 
ing date in this connection is March 31, 1684, when Rev. John Hale (156) married 
(2) Sarah Noyes, daughter of Rev. James Noyes (2), thus uniting the two families 
two hundred years ago. 

The RoBBiNS ancestry of Winthrop Sargent Gilman (136), your grand- 
father, was principally of Massachusetts. It includes a number of interesting 
characters, such as John Dane, Jr. (171), Governor Thomas Hinckley (185), 
George Bethune (189) and the Scotch ancestry of the latter. 

The LiPPiNCOTT ancestors of Abia Swift Lippincott, your grandmother, 
were New Jersey Quakers and information regarding them was obtained from the 
old records of Meetings preserved in the Friends' Library in Philadelphia, Pa., and 
the probate records in the State-House at Trenton, N. J. 

The Swift ancestry of Abia Swift Lippincott, your grandmother, was orig- 
inally of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts. One of her ancestors was Richard 
Warren (234-A), a passenger in the "Mayflower," while the Tuppers and the 
Mayhews will always be remembered for their early work in teaching the Indians 
of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard the principles of the Christian religion. 

Aside from the authorities quoted and referred to, 1 have been greatly aided 
in my research by my late cousin, Franklin B. Noyes of Stonington, Conn., Miss 
Emily Wilder Leavitt of Boston and Charles H. Engle of Mt. Holly, N. J., to all of 
whom 1 am especially indebted. 1 am also under obligation for valuable assistance 
to William Atkins Noyes of Cambridge, Mass., John O. Austin of Providence, R. 
1., Mrs. Caroline E. Robinson, of Wakefield, R. 1., Mrs. Harriet Ruth Cook, author 
of the Driver Genealogy, Robert Hale Bancroft, of Boston, Mass., Edward Stanley 
Waters, of Minneapolis, Minn., David Pettit, of Beverly, N. J., Mrs. Amelia D. 
Stearns, of Boston, Mass., George A. Taylor, of Albany, New York, Charles H. 
Fiske, Jr., of Boston, Mass., and Douglas Putnam, of St. Paul, Minn., as well as 
to many members of our family circle. 

That you may find the same pleasure in the perusal of this book that I have 
had in its preparation, is the earnest wish of your father, 

Charles P. Noyes. 

July, 1Q07 
St. Paul, Minnesota. 



CONTFNTS 

PAGF. 

Author's Note v 

Contents ix 

List of Illustrations xi 

Chart of Ancestry xiii 

NoYEs Ancestry of Daniel Rogers Noyes [7] 5 

Rogers Ancestry of Daniel Rogers Noyes [7] gi 

Lord Ancestry of Phoebe Griffin Lord [7] 113 

Griffin Ancestry of Phoebe Griffin Lord [7] 162 

GiLMAN Ancestry of WiNTHROP Sargent GiLMAN [136] 185 

RoBBiNs Ancestry of WiNTHROP Sargent GiLMAN [136] 282 

LippiNCOTT Ancestry of Abia Swift LipPiNcoTT [136] 333 

Swift Ancestry of Abia Swift LippiNcoTT [136] 370 

Bibliography 423 

Index of Persons, Places, etc 437 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 



From a painting of her children by Phoebe Griffin (Lord) Noyes [7] Facing title 

The old cluirch of St. Nicholas at Cholderton, Eng 5 

Home of Rev. James Noyes [2] at Newbury, Mass Facing 12 

Inscription on the Tombstone of Rev. James Noyes [3] 22 

Commissions and Company Roster of Lt. -Colonel Thomas Noyes [6] Facing 30 

Home of Lt. -Colonel Thomas Noyes [6] at Westerly, R. I " 32 

Facsimile of a Bank Note of the Washington Bank of Westerly, R. 1. " 33 

Daniel Rogers Noyes [7] and his wife, from Daguerreotypes ..." 34 / 

Home of Daniel Rogers Noyes [7] at Lyme, Conn ■• 36/ 

The Congregational Church of Lyme, Conn ■• 38 

Needle work of Phoebe Griffin (Lord) Noyes [7] ■• 40- 

Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library at Lyme, Conn " 42 

From a portrait of Governor William CoDDiNGTON [19] •• 66' 

From a portrait of Honorable Lewis Latham •■ 88 - 

Home of Joseph Lord [72] at Lyme, Conn ■• 122 

From a Water Color of Phoebe (Griffin) Lord [72] " 124 

Embroidery on linen by Eve (Dorr) Griffin [103] " 166 

Commission of Judge Joseph GiLMAN [134] ■• 198 

From a Portrait of Rebecca (Ives) GiLMAN [134] ■• 200 

From a Pencil Sketch of Fort Harmer by Joseph Gilman [134] ..." 202 

Silhouette of Judge Joseph GiLMAN [134] " 204 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



xu 

PAGE 

From Portraits of Benjamin Ives Oilman [135] and his wife . . Facing 206 

Home of Benjamin Ives Oilman [135] at Marietta, Ohio . . . . " 208 

WiNTHROP Sargent Oilman [136] and his wife, from photographs . . " 212 

Mrs. WiNTHROP S. Oilman [136] and two daughters, from a photograph " 224 

Monument of Tristram CoFFYN [147-A] in Nantucket " 246 

Rev. Chandler Rob bins [167] and his wife, from Daguerreotypes . . " 286 

From a Portrait in black and white of Samuel Prince [181] ..." 309 

From a Portrait in black and white of Mercy Hinckley [181] ..." 310 



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NOYES-GILMAN ANCESTRY 



NOYES ANCESTRY 

OF 

DANIEL ROGERS NOYES / 

[7] ( 

THE NOYES EAMILY IN ENCiLAND 

WE begin our Noyes line of ancestry with Rev. Wiii iam Noyes (i), 
born in 1568, Rector of the (.hiirch at C.holderton, Wiltshire, Eng- 
land. As his parentage has not been delinitely ascertained, we give 
the result of the researches published at various times on the subject. 
The Patronymica Britannica (p. 240) says of the family: 

"The family of Noyes of Wiltshire and Sussex have, time out of mind, borne the same arms 
as that of Noye of Cornwall, to which the celebrated Attorney-Cieneral of Charles I belonged. 
There is a tradition that three brothers of the name came over from Normandy about the time of the 
Conquest, and settled in the Counties of Wilts, Hants, and Cornwall. The name is supposed to be 
derivedfromNoye orNoyon in Normandy, anciently called 'Noyon-sur-Andelle,' but now Charleval, 
in the canton of Grainville, but there are several localities in that province called Noyers, which 
may have an equal claim. The various spellings of the name are Noye, de Noye, de la Noye, 
Noise, Noys, Noyse." 

The Noyes arms, recorded in the Herald's College, London, are those of Wil- 
liam Noy of Buryan, Cornwall, who died in 1593, and whose grandson was \\ illiain 
Noy, the Attorney-General. These arms are: 

Coat, Azure three crosses botony in bend Argent. Crest, on a chapeau Azure, turned up Er- 
mine, a dove Argent, in the beak an olive branch \'ert. 

This family is extinct in the male line, and the arms by inheritance are con- 
sequently also extinct. The Sussex branch of the family represented by Thomas 
Herbert Noyes, B. A., Ch. Ch. Oxford, claims similar arms which are found re- 
corded in the Archcvological Collections of Sussex, 1857, Vol. IX, p. 340, but which 
Dr. Marshall, Rouge Croix, Herald's College, London, thinks are wrongfully as- 
sumed, for the reason that in the Visitation of Berks in the Herald's College, 
no arms are entered with a partial pedigree of this branch of the family. 

The coat-of-arms of the Cornwall family appears on the tomb-stone of the 
Rev. James Noyes, of Stonington, Conn. (3), which was, according to tradition, 
cut in England about theyear 1719. This would seem to show that both Captain 
Thomas Noyes (4), who erected the stone, and his father, Rev. James Noyes (3), 
regarded the arms as legitimately their own. 



4 THE NOYES FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

While our connection with William Noy of Cornwall has not been established, 
the Cholderton branch of the family were evidently of the same stock as that of 
Urchfort (Urchfont), Wilts, and James Atkins Noyes, of Cambridge, Mass., who 
has made the pedigree a study, thinks that William Noyes of Urchfont was 
probably the great-grandfather of Rev. William Noyes, of Cholderton (i). 
The following record of the Urchfont family has been ascertained: 

I 

WILLIAM NOYES of Urchfont, Wilts, yeoman, was assessed for the sub- 
sidy of £80, and paid £4 yearly, in the fourteenth and fifteenth years of the reign 
of Henry Vlll. He purchased the Prebend of Archesfronte (Urchfont), with its 
dependencies, in 1540, from the Earl of Hertford, afterwards the Protector Somer- 
set. This was at the time of the suppression of the monasteries under Henry Vlll. 

His will is dated 1557. He left by his wife Agnes , five daughters and four 

sons. His sons were: 

Robert, see below. 

John, member of parliament for Calne in 1600. 

Richard of Manningford Bruce in the Diocese of Sarum. In his will of Feb. 2, 1590, he men- 
tions "the sons of Robert Noyes of Cholderton." 
William, who died in 1596. 

ROBERT NOYES, son of William and Agnes ( ) Noyes, succeeded 

to his father's estate at Urchfont and married Joan Attridge. He purchased 
in 1574 the estate of Hatherdean in Weghill near Andover, and settled his eldest 
son Robert there before his death, which occurred in 1614. He left Urchfont to 
his second son. His sons were: 

Robert, see below. 

William, who succeeded to the Urchfont estate. 

ROBERT NOYES, son of Robert and Joan (Attridge) Noyes, is re- 
ferred to in his uncle Richard's will as " Robert noyes of Cholderton." He 
received from his father the estate of Hatherdean in Weghill, near Cholderton, 
purchased in 1574. He died in 1636 and was buried in the chancel of the An- 
dover Church. He left a numerous family, and made a cousin, Peter Noyes 
of Andover, his executor. If, as is conjectured, he was the grandfather of Rev. 
James Noyes (2), of Newbury, Mass., he was still living when his noted grandson 
married and left his native country for New England. Probably the three 
brothers whom we know of as living at Cholderton were his sons, but absolute 
proof is still wanting. They are as follows: 

(i) William, born in 1568, married Anne Parker; became Rector of Cholderton in 1601, 
and died in 1621. 
Robert, born in 1570; styled yeoman; died Jan. 20, 1659, aged eighty-nine, and was buried 
at Cholderton. 

Richard also called yeoman; married Sara . His will was made Aug. 25, 1639, 

and the inventory Oct. 26, of the same year. 



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Ri:V. WILLIAM NUVLS [i] 5 

REV. WILLIAM NOYHS [i=,bS-i62il 

AND HIS WIIE 

ANNE PARKHR [1575-1657] 

OF CHOLDF.RION, ENGLAND 

ILL! AM NOYF.S was born in F.nf^huui aliout 1 sC>fi, and was prob- 
ably a son of RoBi-RT Novr.s, of Choldcrlon, incntioncci above. At 
the age of twenty lie iiiatriciilaled at University College, Oxford. 
The record there is as follows: 

"Noyes, William, of Wilts, pk'b. University Collcj^c Alatric, 15 Nov., 1588. Afjcd 20. 
B. A. 31 May, 1502. Flcctor (".holderton Wilts, 1602."' 

He married about 1 595 Anne Parker, who was born in 1 575. She was a sister 
of Rev. Robert Parker, a non-conformist minister, father of Rev. Thomas Parker, 
mentioned under Rev. James Noyes (2). 

Rev. William Noyes became rector of Cholderton, according to the Salis- 
bury Diocesan Register, in 1601. 
Cholderton is a small town on the 
Bourne, eleven miles from Salis- 
bury, five from Andover, and not 
far from Wilton House, the seat of 
the Earl of Pembroke. It is some- 
times called West Cholderton, to dis- 
tinguish it from Cholderton, Hamp- 
shire, which is known as East Chol- 
derton. The present parish register 
was begun only in 1651, but a com- 
plete list of the incumbents from 
1297 is preserved in the Salisbury 
Diocesan Register. The following 
records are taken from the "Parish 
Notes," published in 1889 by Rev. 
Edwin P. Barrow, the then rector. 

"TheChurch of St. Nicholas, Cheldreton, was given to the Monks of St. Neots' (Huntingdon- 
shire) about 1175 by Roger Burnard. and the grant was confirmed by Pope .Alexander HI. In 
1380, 1399 and 1401 John Skylling, lord of the manor, was also patron of the church, probably 
by temporary grants from the Gjnvent. In 1445 it was again in St. Neots' Priory, but seems 
to have been fmally alienated to John Skylling about 1440." 

Through several patrons it came to Sir Thomas Lovell, lord of tiie manor, in 
1492 and 1494. John Thornborough was patron in 1567, and by him and Giles 
Hutchins the living was given to William Noyes. The Advowson now belongs 




THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS 
AT CHOLDERTON 



'Foster's Alumni Oxonienses. Vol. 1500-1714. p. 1082. 



6 



REV. WILLIAM NOYES [i] 



to the Provost and Fellows of Oriel, Oxford, having come into their possession in 
1698. 

The incumbents from 1297 to 1651 were: 



INCUMBENT 



PATRON 



1297 Stephen le Earon 

1305 John Sylvester 

1306 John de Middleton 
1309 William deGedyngton 
1324 Richard de Ledebury 
1337 Richard de Forthyngton 

1348 Thomas (Richard?) Berdede Ledebury 

1399 Thomas Henton 

1401 John Forde 

1445 Robert Thacham 

1449 John Latton 

1452 John Spencer 

1459 John Facet 

1472 John Graunte 

1492 William Thorneburgh 

1494 Richard Pemberton 

1525 Gilbert Burton 

1567 Roger Williams 

1 581 John Bolde 

1 60 1 William Noyes 

1603 William Noyes 

1621 Nathan Noyes 

165 1 Samuel Heskins 



Prior of St. Neots 



The Crown (for the Prior) 

n a ii it n 

John Skylling 

tt n 

The Crown (for the Prior) 
Feoffees of John Skylling 

ti It If it 

John Wynyard 
Thomas Wayte 
Thomas Lovell 

ti ti 

Anthony Windsor 
John Thornbrough 
Nullus Patronus 
Giles Hutchins ' 
George Kingsmill 
Lord Edward Zouch 
Lady Anne Kingsmill 



In the time of Henry VIII the Rectory was valued at £\ i.ios.6d., and during 
the Commonwealth at ^60. In 1536, "Cholderton, as parcel of the Priory of 
Mottisfont, was given, together with the advowson, in exchange for other lands, 
to William Sandes Knt. and Dame Margery his wife and their heirs." This was 
at the time of the sequestration of monasteries having an income under ;^200.' 

Rev. William Noyes became rector just before the death of Queen Eliza- 
beth, and held the living until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Nathan, 
who was rector during the Civil War. The record reads: 

" 165 1. Mr. Samuel Heskins was by the Lady Kingsmill presented to the Rectorie of Chold- 
rington the 4th day of December in the year 1651 — and finding the parsonage-House, the Barne, 
stable and all outhouses out of Repaire and almost fallen to the Ground thro' the neglect of the 

'"Ex concessione Johannis Thorneborough de Chaddesden, Hants, Armigeri, cuidam Roberto Noyes, 
yeoman, de Choldrington et per eum predicto Egidio. Hutchins de Sarum." 

* Patent Roll 28, Henry 8. part i. P. R.O. 



REV. WILLIAM NOYLS [i] 7 

former incumbent, [Rev. Nathan Noyes] who in the (^iviil Warr was some years Absent from 
Choldrington, and never after Resident there, but dwelt at Sarum, because the parsonagc-llouse 
at Choldrington was not Habitable, he, the said Mr. Heskins at his own Gsst and Charge began 
to Repaire and build up the dwelling- House, B;irno, Si able and out houses." The account of the mon- 
ey he expended is in the register which was begun by Mr. I leskins,"he finding none before thai time." 
1659. "The parish Church of Choldrington being repaired, and the Seats of ye Church 
new erected, the Seats were disposed of by ye Minister, Church-warden, Overseer, and other ye 
parishioners in manner following September 24, 1659: 

The Seats On Ye North Side The Scats On Ye South Side 

The seate adjoining to the Chancel belongeth The scat adjoining to the Reading place is for 

to ye Upper Farme. the Lower Karme. 

The ne.xte seate being y' Second fro ye Chan- The next seate below is for the One 'lard Lands 

cell belongeth to ye 2 ^'ard Lands and belonging to Mr. Jonathan Hill. 

Half of Thomas Rutter. The next seate below the former is for the Half 

The next seate being y' 3'' is for the One ^ard Yard Lands of John Beamon and for the 

Lands belonging to Robert Noyes. House in Hold Close. 

The next Seate belowe is for the Lower Farme. The next seate below is for the yard Lands of 

The next seate thereunto is for ye 2 yard Lands Mr. Hill. 

and Half of Thomas Rutter. The next seate below is for the Half Yard Lands 

The next seate thereto is for ye one yard Lands of John Beamon and for the House in 

of Robert Noyes. Hold Close. 

The lowest seate behinde the Church door is The Lowest seate next to the Church doore 

for such women of ye parish as the is for such women of the parish as the 

minister and Churchwarden shall adjudgfit minister and Churchwarden shall adjudg fit 

to sit there. to sitt there. 

The 3 uppermost seats on this side are for The 3 uppermost seats on this side are for 

men and ye other for women. men and the other for women." 

The old church is described by Sir Richard Colt Hoare in Modern IVilts, as 
a "small and very mean structure," its dimensions being 40 ft. 2 in. by 16 ft. 3 in. 
The old bell, which is in the belfry of the present church, is described in Lukis' 
Some Account of Church Bells, as a Pre-f-ieformation bell. it has inscribed on it 
" Sancta Anna," and used to hang in a sort of niche at the west end. 

When Rev. Thomas Mozley was rector of the parish (1836-1847), he pro- 
posed to the Vestry in 1840, to build a new church, making himself responsible 
for the whole cost. He contributed more than ^^5,000, which was almost entirely 
the proceeds of his well-known books. The old church was then pulled down, 
and ail the associations for the Noyes family on this side of the water were de- 
stroyed. 

In the Record Book, begun, as we have remarked, by Rev. Samuel Heskins 
about 165 1 , the earliest recorded baptism is that of Joan, daughter of Ldmund Noyes 
May 25, 1652, and a terrier or inventory of the property belonging to the Rectory, 
dated Dec. 13, 1677, is signed by Richard Noyes, Edward Noyes, and others, 
showing that the family still lived in the Parish after the Restoration. In 1662, 
is a record reading "The King [Charles 11] wishes Robert Reade of Cholderton to 



8 REV. WILLIAM NOYES [i] 

be apprehended and examined on Edw. Jasper's information."' As Robert 
Read was the residuary legatee and sole executor named in Anne Noyes' will, 
given below, we would like very much to know what the "information" was. 

Rev. William Noyes died probably in 1621, at the age of fifty-three, some 
years before the emigration of his son. Rev. James Noyes (2) to New England. 
The entry of his death in the Parish Register, where it is given as 1616, made many 
years after, is evidently incorrect. He died intestate. The inventory of his 
estate was made April 30, 1622, and his widow Anne, was appointed administra- 
trix. May 28th of the same year.= 

Anne (Parker) Noyes died at the age of eighty-two, and was buried at 
Cholderton, March 7, 1657. Her will, dated March 18, 1655, and proved April 21, 
1658, reads as follows: 

"I give and bequeath to James and Nicholas Noyes my two sons, now in New England, 
twelve pence apiece and to such children as they have living twelve pence apiece. To my son 
in law Thomas Kent of Upper Wallop twelve pence, to his wife five shillings and to their children 
twelve pence apiece. To Robert Read of Cholderton in the Co. of Southampton, gen' all the rest 
and residue. . . . and I do make the said Robert Rede the sole executor." ' 

Children of Rev. William and Anne (Parker) Noves 

Ephraim, born in 1596; married Parnell; lived at Orcheston, St. Mary, and was 

styled Mr. Ephraim Noyes; was buried at Cholderton, Oct. 28, 1659. His will 
was dated Oct. 5, 1659, and was proved July 24, 1660. 

Nathan, born in 1597; married Mary ; matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, 

May 19, 161 5, and received his B. A. Oct. 26, 1616; in 1622 succeeded his father as 
rector of Cholderton, but during the Civil War lived at Sarum. He was buried at 
Salisbury, and the inscription on his tomb reads: "Here lyeth interred the body 
of Mr. Nathan Noyes, agodlw painful and constant preacher of God's word, at West 
Choldrington in this county for the space of 32 yeares, who departed this Life the 
6th day of September An Do 165 1 . His age was neare 54 yeares." His will was dated 
Aug. 28, 1651, and proved Nov. 18, of the same year, by his widow Mary. 
(2) James, born in 1608; married in 1633, in England, Sarah Brown, daughter of Joseph 
Brown, of Southampton, England; died at Newbury, Mass., Oct. 22, 1656. 

, a daughter married Thomas Kent, of Upper Wallop, Wiltshire. 

Nicholas, born in 161 5/6; married about 1640, Mary Cutting, daughter of Captain John 

and .Mary ( ) Cutting, of Newbury, Mass.;'' emigrated to New England in 

1633 with his brother James; was deacon of the First Church of Newbury, and 
deputy in 1660, 1679, 1680, and 1681. He died at Newbury, Nov. 23, 1701. 

John, married and lived in Newton, Wiltshire; was mentioned in his brother's Ephraim's will. 

^Calendar of Slate Papers Charles II. 1662. 

'Court of Archdeacon of S.irum. 

'Water's Genealogical Gleanings. II, 1013. 

■•In 1663 "Nicholas Noyes' wife, Hugh March's wife and William Chandler's wife were each presented 
[to the Court] for wearing a silk hood and scarf ; but were discharged on proof that their husbands were 
worth ^200. each." Coffin's History oj Newbury, 58. 



Ri:V. JAMi;S NOYKS [2] 9 

[2] RHV. JAMHS NOYHS [iboS-ibM^] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH BROWN [. , . -1691] 

OF ENGLAND AND NF.WBURY, MASS. 

JAMES NOYES, "the blessed light of Newbury," son of Rev. William and 
Anne (Parker) Noyes (i), was born Oct. 22, 1608, at Cholderton, lingland, 
while his father was rector there. When only thirteen or fourteen years 
of age, his father died, and a few years later, Aug. 22, 1627, he matriculated 
at Brazenose College. He did not graduate, as he was called away by his cousin 
Thomas Parker to teach in the Eree School at Newbury, England. 

Soon after this, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Henry Sewall, Richard and Stephen 
Drummer, and others, were organizing a colony for the purpose of stock-raising in 
New England, and they interested in their enterprise many Wiltshire men. These, 
with Rev. Thomas Parker' as their spiritual guide and teacher, became the 
nucleus of the colony, and through their cousin, both Jamfs, then but twenty-five, 
and his younger brother Nicholas, joined the colony. 

Before emigrating, James Noyes married, in 1633, Sarah Brown, daughter 
of Joseph Brown (10), of Southampton, England, in the spring of 1633/4 
the Colonists were ready to embark, but the ships, nine in number, were de- 
tained at the last moment to receive the new orders in regard to passengers. The 
ship-masters were required to furnish bonds of £100 each as a guarantee that they 
would "putt in Execucion these Articles." Two of them read as follows: 

"That they cause the Prayers established in the Ciiurcii of England to be said daily at 
the usual hours of Morning and Evening Prayers, and that they cause all Persons on board said 
Ships to be present at the same. . . . That they do not receive aboard or transport any person 
that hath not a certificate from the officers of the Port where he is to embark that he hath 
taken both the Oathes of Alleigeance and Supremacy." 

The two ships, "Mary and John," and the "Hercules," held the little colony 

from Wiltshire. The cattle and those in charge of them sailed in the " Hercules," 

while among the passengers in the "Mary and John," Robert Sayres, master, the 

following are registered as having taken the oath. 

" Nicholas Noyce took the oath 24 March, 1633. 

Thomas Parker K , »■ »u ^ m u r 
, „ V, y took the oath 26 March, 1633. 

James Noyce ) ^^ 

Besides these, on the ship were James Barker (29), with his son James (30), 
and Nicholas Easton, Philip Fowler (253 C), and Christopher Osgood (253 B). 

They arrived in Boston in May, 1634, and Mr. Parker and most of the Wilt- 
shire people went directly to Agawam (Ipswich). There they joined with others 

' Rev. Thomas Parker, the religious leader of this colony, had been driven away from Oxford on 
account of his father. Rev. Robert Parker's non-conformity with the forms of the Church of England. He 
studied awhile in Ireland, then went over to Leyden and finished his education in the University of Holland 



10 REV. JAMES NOYES [2] 

in the new settlement on the Quascacunguen (now Parker) River, just north of 
Ipswich, and named the new town Newbury, from Newbury, England, where Mr. 
Parker had preached. In the History of New England known as IVonder fVorking 
Providence of Sion's Saviour, by Edward Johnson, printed in London in 1654, he 
makes this mention of Rev. James Noyes: 

"In the latter end of this yeare (1634) two sincere servants of Christ inabled by him with 
gifts to declare his minde unto his people, came over this broad Ocean, and began to build the 
Tenth Church of Christ at a Towne called Newbery, their names being Mr. James Noise and Mr. 
Thomas Parker, somewhat differing from all the former, and after mentioned Churches in the 
preheminence of their Presbytery, and it were to be wished that all persons who have had any 
hand in those hot contentions which have fallen out since, about Presbyterian and Independent 
Government in Churches, would have looked on this Example, comparing it with Word of God, and 
assuredly it would have stayed (all the godly at least) of either part from such unworthy express- 
ions as have passed to the grief of many of God's people." 

The following sketch of Rev. James Noyes' life is taken from Mather's Mag- 
nalia, and was written by his nephew. Rev. Nicholas Noyes, minister at Salem. 
Rev. Cotton Mather says of it: "The account in his own words is too elegant and 
expressive to need any alteration." 

"Mr. James Noyes was born 1608 at Choulderton in Wiltshire of godly and worthy parents. 
His father was minister of the same town, a very learned man, the schoolmaster of Mr. Thomas 
Parker. His mother was sister to the learned Mr. Robert Parker, and he had much of his education 
and tutorage under Mr. Thomas Parker. He was called by him from Brazen-Nose-College in Oxford 
to help him in teaching the free school at Newberry, where they taught school together till the 
time they came to New England. He was converted in his youth by the ministry of Dr. Twiss 
and Mr. Thomas Parker, and was admired for his piety and his vertue in his younger years. The 
reason of his coming to New England was, because he could not comply with the ceremonies of 
the Church of England. He was married in England to Mrs. Sarah Brown, the eldest daughter 
of Mr. Joseph Brown of Southampton, not long before he came to New England, which was in the 
year 1634. 

In the same ship, came Mr. Thomas Parker, Mr. James Noyes and a younger brother of his, 
Mr. Nicholas Noyes, who then was a single man: between whom there was more than ordinary en- 
dearment of affection, which was never shaken or broken but by death. Mr. Parker and Mr. 
James Noyes, and others that came over with them, fasted and prayed together many times be- 
fore they undertook this voyage; and on the sea Mr. Parker and Mr. Noyes preached or expounded, 
one in the forenoon, the other in the afternoon, every day during the voyage, unless some extra- 
ordinary thing intervened: and were abundant in prayer. 

When they arrived Mr. Parker was first called to preach at Ipswich and Mr. Noyes at Mis- 
tick, at which places they continued nigh a year. He had a motion made unto him to be minister 
at Watertown; but Mr. Parker and others of his brethren and acquaintance settling at Newbury, 
and gathering the tenth of the churches in the colony, and calling Mr. Noyes to be the teacher ' 

Mn answer to enquiries from ministers in England as to the distinction between pastors and teacliers, 
the following was written in August, 1639. by some New England ministers: "The teacher is principally to attend 
upon points of knowledge and doctrine though not without application, and therefore his work is thus expressed 
'let him attend upon teaching,' but the Pastor's principal duty is to preach 'on points of practice though not 
without doctrine' and hence his work is 'to attend on exhortation'." Hisi. First Church Hartjord, Ct. (1885), 3. 



REV. JAMES NOVES [2] 11 

of it, he preferred that place: heini,' luthe to be separated from Mr. I'arkcr and brethren that had 
so often fasted and prayed tojjetlier, both in England and on the Atlantic sea. So he became the 
teacher of that church, and continued painful and successful in that station something above 
twenty years without any considerable trouble in the church. Notwithstanding his principles 
as to discipline were something dilTering from many of the brethren, there was much condescension 
on both parts, that peace and order was not interrupted. He was very much loved and honored 
in Newbury: his memory is precious there to this day, and his catechism (which is a publick and 
standing testimony of his understanding and orthodoxy in the principles of religion) is publickly 
and privately used in that church and town hitherto, lie was very learned in the tongues and in 
Greek e.xcelled most. He was much read in the fathers and the schoolmen, and he was much 
esteemed by his brethren in the ministry. Twice he was called by Mr. Wilson and others to 
preach in the time when the Antinomian principles were in danger of prevailing, which he did with 
good success and to the satisfaction of those that invited him.' Mr. Wilson dearly loved him. 
His conversation was so unquestionably godly, that they who differed from hiin in smaller mat- 
ters, as to discipline, held a most amicable correspondence with him, and had an high estimation 
of him. Although he was very averse to the ceremonies of the Church of England, accounting 
them needless many ways offensive and hurtful at the best, and the rigorous imposition of them 
abominable and intolerable, so that he left England for their sake; yet he was not equally averse 
to Episcopacy, but was in opinion for Episcopus I'raeses [a presiding bishop] though not Episcopus 
Princeps [a lord Bishop]. His own words testify this, for he so wrote: 'it scemeth he that was 
called Antistes Praepositus(the presiding Priest) the Bishop in a Presbytery, by process of time was 
only called Bishop, though all elders are also according to their ofTice essentially Bishops and difTer- 
ing only in gradual jurisdiction.' He no ways approved of a governing vote in the fraternity, but 
took their consent in a silential way. He held ecclesiastical councils so far authoritative and 
binding, that no particular elder or society might seem to have independency and sovereignty 
or the major part of them have liberty to sin with impunity. He was equally afraid of ceremonies 
and of schism, and when he fled from ceremonies he was afraid of being guilty of schism. For that 
reason he was jealous (if not too jealous) of particular church covenants; yet he accounted them 
adjuncts of the covenant of grace. He held profession of faith and repentance and subjection 
to the ordinances, to be the rule of admission into church fellowship: and that such as show a will- 
ingness to repent and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus without known dissimulation are 
to be admitted thereto, and that it depended more on God's providence, than his ordinances, to 
render ch. members sound in faith: and that God took into covenant some that were vessels of 
wrath, as for other ends, so to facilitate the conversion of their elect children. 

He was as religious at home as abroad, in his family and in secret, as he was publickly: and 
they that best knew him, most loved and esteemed him. Mr. Parker and he kept a private fast 
once a month so long as they lived together, and Mr. Parker after his death till his own departure. 

Mr. Noyes bitterly lamented the death of K. Charles I, and both he and Mr. Parker too had 
too great expectations of K.Charles II, but Mr. Parker lived to see his expectations of K.Charles 
II frustrated. 

He had a long and tedious sickness which he b()re |ialientl\' and cheerfully: and he died 
joyfully in the 48th yr. of his age, Oct 22, 1656. He left 6 sons & two daughters, all of which lived 
to be married and have children, though since one son & one daughter be dead. He hath now 
living 56 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. 

There was the greatest amity, intimacy, unanimity, yea, unity imaginable between .Mr. 
Parker and Mr. Noyes. So unshaken was their friendship, nothing but death was able to part them. 
'For further allusion to the Antinomian controversy, see (17). 



12 REV. JAMES NOYES [2] 

They taught in one school: came over in one ship: were pastor and teacher in one church: and Mr. 
Parker continuing in celibacy, they lived in one house, till death separated them for a time; but 
they are both now together in one heaven, as they that best knew them have all possible reason to 
be perswaded. Mr. Parker continued in his house as long as he lived: and as he received a great 
deal of kindness & respect there, so he showed a great deal of kindness in the educating of his ch. 
and was very liberal to that family during his life and at his death. 

Mr. Parker and Mr. Noyes were excellent singers, both of them: and were extraordinary 
delighted in singing of psalms. They sang 4 times a day in the publick worship and always just 
after evening prayers in the family, where reading the scriptures, expounding and praying were 
the other constant exercises. Air. Parker and Mr. Noyes were of the same opinion with Dr. Owen 
about the Sabbath : yet in practice, were strict observers of the evening after it." 

Rev. Thomas Parker, his cousin, who outlived him, quaintly describes him 
in these words: 

"Mr. James Noyes, my worthy colleague in the ministry of the Gospel, was a man of singular 
qualifications, in piety excelling, an implacable enemy to all heresy and schism, and a most able 
warrior against the same. He was of a reaching and ready apprehension, a large invention, a most 
profound judgment, a rare and tenacious and comprehensive memory, fixed and unmovable in 
his grounded conceptions, without all passion or provoking language. And as he was a notable 
disputant, so he never would provoke his adversary, saving by the short knocke and a heavy weight 
of argument. He was of so loving and compassionate and humble carriage, that I believe any were 
acquainted with him but did desire the continuance of his society and acquaintance. He was res- 
olute for truth, and in defence thereof had no respect for any persons. He was a most excellent 
counsellor in doubts, and could strike at a hair's breadth, like the Benjamites, and expedite the 
entangled out of the briars. He was courageous in dangers, and still was apt to believe the best, 
and made fair weather in a storm. He was much honored and esteemed in the country, and his 
death was much bewailed. I think he may be reckoned among the greatest worthies of this age." ' 

About 1646, Rev. James Noyes built a house now standing on what is 
known as Parker Street, in which he and his cousin Thomas Parker, who remain- 
ed unmarried, lived for the rest of their lives, and which has remained in the 
possession of the family ever since. 

When the writer visited the old house in 1891, it was in excellent condition, 
and belonged to Horace P. Noyes, of Dorchester, Mass., whose daughters still 
occupy it as a summer home. It originally had a small entry with three large 
rooms on the first floor, and above, chambers of the same size. The chimney, 
in the center of the house, was ten by twelve feet square, and a number of years 
ago had been cut into on the first floor to make room for a closet, when the masons 
found a large open space leading down into the cellar, with a doorway which had 
been bricked up. It had been, perhaps, a secret closet where money and valuables 
were placed for safe-keeping. The steep roof gave a large attic, where they used 
to store corn. On measuring one of the oak roofing-timbers, the writer found 
it eighteen inches square, and hewed out by hand. The house first passed to 
Colonel Thomas Noyes, then to his son Stephen, and to his grandson Eben, who sold 

'Mather's Magnolia, I, 487. 







•'r-Z' * 




THE OI.D NOYES IIOUSP. AT NEWBURY, MASS. 

HOME OF REV. JAMES NOYES [2\ 

BLILT AHOl'T I fi4() 



[■{EV. JAMHS NOYES [2] 13 

it to a cousin, Silas Noycs, who was fifth in tlio requhir ilcsconl. Silas died there 
Scptciiihcr iS, iSyo, aged eight) -tli roc. 

Kev. James Noyes died at Newbury, October 22, 1656, aged forty-eight. 
Among his published works are: A Cdlt'chisin l-'or Children, printed in 1641, and 
written at the request of the General Court of Massachusetts; 7 Ac iciuplc Meas- 
ured, printed in 1647, Moses and Aaron, printed in 1661. The MSS. of the 
last two are in the ('ollection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The fol- 
lowing is his will with the inventory of his estate. 

"The last Will & Testanicnt of R^\\[ J;inics Noyes of Newliury, Mass. 
My will is that my wife shall have the rule and ordering with the disposing of all my sub- 
stance while she keepeth herself in an unmarried condition, and that she will take counsel of my 
loving friend, Cousin Thomas Parker, my luother Nicholas Noycs and William Gerrish, but if she 
tiisposeth herself in way of marriage, then my will is that my friends above mentioned shall have 
the disposing of all the portions of my wife and children as tiiey siiall see meet. 
In witness whereof I have put my hand this 17th October, 1656. 

James Noyes." 
" Witnesses: 

William Gerrish. 
Richard Brown. 
Robert Long. 
Proved in court 26th qlh mo. i6s6, b\' Capt. William Gerrish and Nicholas Noyes. 

per I-lias Stillman, ("lerk." 

Inventory of Real Estate. 

£ s. d. 

flGUse&7acres land adjoining with the orchard loo-o-o 

12 acres Marsh or meadow 30-0-0 

2 acres arable land 10-0-0 

75 acres upland 1 50-0-0 



290-0-0 



£ s. d. 

Real estate 290- 0-0 

Personal 30?"' '-4 

Debts due 60- 0-0 



657-11 4 

liis widow Sarah died at Newbury, September 13, 1691, having made her 
will November 11, 1681. It was proved September 29, 1691, and the estate was 
valued at £\ 108. 

Children of Rev. James and Sarah (Brown) Noyes 

Joseph, born Oct. 15, 1637; married (i) in 1662, Mary Oarveil, daughter of Robert Darvell 
married (2) July 14, 1680, Mary (Dunster) Willard, widow of Ma). Simon Willard 
lived at Sudbury, Mass., and was selectman there from 1662 for twenty-eight years 



The Temple meafured : 

O R, 

A brief Survey of the Temple myjlical. 

Which is the Inftituted 

CHURCH of CHRIST. 

Wherein are folidly and mbdcftly difcufied, 

Moft of the maceFial Queftions touching the 

Conftitution and Government of the Vifiblc 
Church Militant here on Earth. 

Together with 

The foliuion of all forts of Objections which 

are ufually framed againfk (he Model sod Platform of Ecclefi- 

afticai Policy, which is hete aiTerted and oaintaiaed. 

In particular here are debated. 

The points of fb much Controvcjfie, couching 

ihe Unity of the Church, The Members of the 

Chnrch, The Form of the Church,' and Church Co^enaor, 

The Power of the Church, The Officers of the Church, 

and their Power in Church- Government , The Power of 

Magiftrates about the Church,and feme Church Ad(, 

as Admiflion of Mcmbtrii and other things fet 

down in the Table before the Book. 

By Jambs Noyes Teacher of the Church at 
Hewbery in New England. 



L O N "D O N ^ 

Printed for E o m u n D P a x t o n, and are to be fold at hi» Shop in Pmb 

chain , oter againft the Caftle Tavetii neer to the Dcftors 

Commons. 1647. 

FROM J. J. currier's " HISTORY OF NEWBURY " 



Mofes and Aaron: 

Or, The Rights of 

CHURCH and STATE; 

Containing two 

DISPUTATIONS. 

The former concerning the Church , in y^hich 

are examined the principles of Separation, and their 

inconliftency.with truth and peace demonftratc^d ; 

and the Government of the Church vindicitcd 

into ihc hinds of her proper Rulen. 

The latter afferts the facredneffc of the perfons and autho- 
rity of Kings a^ainrt Sacrile|;ious iffurpation and King-killing. 

By that judicious and faithful MiniftcrofChrift, Mr. 
James notes, foTietimes of Newbury in 
NEki" E N(j L'A ND. 

Publifhed by Benj. fVoodkidf/^ Rcdor of T^ejphry 
in the County oi ^ E R K S., 



Numb. 16.5. And they gathered themfelvts tog ether agamj}^ Moles 
a»d agaitifl Airon, and [aid unto theniy Te t^kj teo^ much upon 
ytUy feeing all the Congregation Are holy (vcfy one of them , and 
thi Lord li among them : fvhereftrt tht/t lift j/e up ybur f elves 
ahve the Cof:gregation of the Lord ? 

Jude ver.i i. Pertfhcd in the gain-fayifig of Coreh. 

Printed by T. R. for Edmund Paxton, in rauls-chain^ over 
agiinft the Qajtle Tavern, near Doaon Commops i 6 6 i. 

FROM J. J. currier's " HISTORY OF NCWBLRY " 



i6 REV. JAMES NOYES [2] 

was constable in 1667 and 1668, and justice of the peace in 1679. The records show 
that he had a number of slaves. A quaint communication signed by him to the 
Middlesex County Court, recommends a Colonel Samuel How for license to keep an 
inn in Sudbury in 1692. He died Nov. 16, 1717. 
(3) James, born March 1 1, 1640; H. C. 1659; married Sept. 1 1, 1674, Dorothy Stanton, daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Ann (Lord) Stanton (12), of Stonington, Conn. He died 
Dec. 30, 1 7 19. 

Sarah, born Aug. 12, 1641; died Feb. 21, 1653. 

Moses, born Dec. 6, 1643; H. C. 1659; married in 1676, Ruth Pickett, of New London, 
granddaughter of Elder Brewster; was the first pastor of the Lyme Church, and 
one of the founders of the town; received some "cedar swamp lots" for service in the 
Narragansett Volunteers, during the Indian War; died at Lyme, Nov. 10, 1729. 

John, born June 3, 1645; married in 1671, Sarah Oliver; was made freeman in Boston in 
1675, constable in the same year, second sergeant in the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery in 1678; died Nov. 9, 1678. 

Thomas, born Aug. 10, 1648; married (1) Dec. 28, 1669, Martha Pierce, who died in 1674; 
married (2) Sept. 24, 1677, Elizabeth Greenleaf, daughter of Captain Stephen Green- 
leaf, and granddaughter of Edmund Greenleaf (140 A); remained in Newbury, 
and inherited the home there; was selectman in 1676 and 1677, and served in the 
French and Indian War as captain, major, lieutenant, and colonel; died before 
Apr. 24, 1730. His estate inventoried at ;^446o, and he left two negro slaves. 

Rebecca, born Apr. 1. 1651 ; married Jan. i, 1672, John Knight, son of John Knight, Jr. 

William, born Sept. 22, 1653; married Nov. 6, 1685, Sarah Coggswell; took the oath of al- 
legiance in 1678, and was deacon in the Newbury Church for many years; served 
in his brother's company of "snow-shoe men"; his will was proved in 1744. 

Sarah, born Mar. 25, 1656; married Mar. 31, 1684, as his second wife. Rev. John Hale (156), 
of Beverly, Mass. The account of her life will be found under 156. She died 
at Beverly, May 20, 1695, aged thirty-nine. 



[5] REV. JAMES NOYES [1640-1719] 

AND HIS WIFE 

DOROTHY STANTON [165 1 -1743] 

OF STONINGTON, CONN. 

T AMES NOYES, second son of Rev. James and Sarah (Brown) Noyes (2), of 

I Newbury, Mass., was born at Newbury, March 11, 1640. He was but 

I sixteen, and his brother Moses but thirteen, when together they entered 

J Harvard in 1656. "His most Kind Kinsman the Rev. Mr. Thomas Parker, 

gave him his Grammar Learning, and fitted him for the College; his Father dying 

not long after his admission." 

"The Noyces" James and Moses, appear as "Noyces Ambo" on the Steward's account-books 
and are noted as entering college "9, 4, 56." As their accounts were always kept on the same page, 
they are not always distinguishable, some items apparently belonging to one of them only, while 



REV. JAMES NOYES [3] 17 

others relate to llie two. 'I'hc llrst item by which "the Noyces is debtor," liated 5, 7, 56, is "detrc- 
mentcs and half I iiitiones for a whol ycarc 3 pounds 12 shillings." Payments were made by 
"mr grcenlefc," "mr. Jewett," "goodnian alline," "captain garesh," and "Thomas l.onghorne." 
Among the credits are "wheatte," "nialte," and "barly," each at four shillings a bushel; "butter," 
"a old Cowe 4 pounds," "a barrell of beafe not very good," "two cattell 8 pounds 3 shillings," and 
"backen;" also "5. 4. 57 Alowcd him" (probably Jameis Noves) "for waitinge in the hall on 
wholl yeare" £2. los; and for each of the quarters in 1657-8, 12s. 6d. As a monitor for six quar- 
ters from "5. 7. 57 to 12. Q, 58" he was allowed 15s. a quarter, and £}, "3. 7. 58 by his wages in 
the buttery." ' 

It appears from this that their father's friends and parishioners contributed 
to give the boys the best education then obtainable, while they worked their way 
through college. James graduated at Harvard in 1659, and in the summer of 
1664 went to Stonington, Conn., where, in November, 1666, before any church 
was established, he was invited by the town to become their minister and took 
the freeman's oath October 5, 1669. lie received as a gift from the town a grant 
of 250 acres of land, called Musqueta, and later known as Noyes' Point, Westerly, 
R. I., which remained in the family for several generations. He was ordained 
September 10, 1674, as pastor of the First Congregational Church, which had 
only been organized in June of that year. The next day after his ordination, 
September iith, he married Dorothy Stanton, daughter of Thomas and Ann 
(Lord) Stanton (12), of Stonington, the service being perforiTied by Mr. Samuel 
Willis, assistant and member of Governor John Winthrop's Council. Dorothy 
was born in 165 1. Thomas Stanton's name is the first on the list of the orig- 
inal members or founders of this church. 

The Council of Connecticut, November 28, 1675, appointed "Mr. James Noyse 
to be minister to o' army and therefore we desire him to prepare himselfe to go 
forth w"' them," but on December 1 1 following. Major Treat informed them 
" that Mr. James Noyse could not attend to goe out with o' army," and his nephew, 
Mr. Nicholas Noyes, then of HaddaiTi, Conn, (later of Salem, Mass.), was sent. 
At this time almost every able-bodied man in Stonington enlisted, and went with 
Major Treat against the Narragansett and Wampenaug Indians, participating in 
the terrible Swamp Fight on December 19, 1675. The next year, however. Rev. 
James Noyes accepted the appointment as chaplain of Captain George Denison's 
expedition against the Narragansetts, which resulted in the capture of Canonchet, 
chief sachem of the tribe, on Blackstone River, near Pawtucket. Captain Den- 
ison had about thirty English volunteers and a number of Indians from Stoning- 
ton. In one account of this event, it is said that Mr. Noyes "advised to dispatch 
him there as he was a very politic, warlike and active fellow, and had done a great 
deal of mischief in the country." He was taken, however, to Stonington, and 
there shot by three Indians, two sachems of the Pequots, and Oneco, son of Uncas, 
his lifelong enemy. Rev. Mr. Noyes was "an eyewitness of the manner of his 
execution." 

•Condensed from Sibley's Harvard Graduates, II, 45. 



i8 REV. JAMES NOYES [3] 

For the important services which he rendered to this expedition as a phy- 
sician as well as chaplain, the General Court of Connecticut, May 22, 1685, voted 
him "200 acres of land for a farme," and he also received an equal share with the 
volunteers in Voluntown, Conn.' 

The following letter written by him to Judge Samuel Sewall in 1694, is an 
interesting document, and is an evidence of the friendship which the two men 
had kept up since their early life in Newbury. The letter is now in the possession 
of Samuel B. Doggett, Esq., of Boston, who published it in the New England His- 
torical Register, and is superscribed : 

"These For the hon'"'' Mr. Saml Sewal at Boston. 

Mr. Sewall hon''' S'- 

yours I received by the post. It is refresshing to haue a line from you, & I would haue 
giuen an answer before now, but that we haue had more than ordinary sickness amongst vs w'*' 
hath excedingly ouer burdened me that it god's greate goodness that I am aliue, hauing so litle 
sleep, & so much hardship night and daye taking Care of my flock for soul & body beyond my 
streneth, & hauing had a cold, sore eyes & a Cough this whole winter. And as I lost my youngest 
son in the su'"er in y^ windy Convulsions, so my now youngest son Jos,eph hath had for about 
five weekes in a malignant putrid Pluretic fever, besides the addition of wormes of w'^'' 31 hath 
gradualy bene brought awaye by variatie of means vpward, & downward Clysters & external ap- 
plications. The child is now hopefull but in a Chacheasia by long sickness threatning a Consump- 
tion, it is about five years old & was as promising as any child I had, we now Carry it about in 
our armes to stirr y' blood, help digestion & to remoue wind from y' stomach, it cannot yet 
stand and Cals for much watching & vnwearied tendance. 

The Lord sanctify his hand to vs, & make vs eternal gainers by temporal afflictions. 

We haue in our town I beleiue neare 70 haue bene dangerously sick besides lesser ilness of 
many & haue Lost about 12 persons in our towne in this distemper and of all disseases about 15 in 
a few months. My cloths haue not bene off aboue once or twice in ten dayes time. 

Our sorrows and disstress haue bene greate but god seemes to moderate his hand, most 
lately recouer but not w"'out Long sickness & carefull tendance. 

I hope it may be obserued that god hath done vs good by his rod, yet I feare some harden 
vnder judgments as well as ordinances. 

I praye S'' Praye earnestly for vs. We haue flying news from Yorke of a vessell ariued 
from England & that M*^' Dudley is Like to carrie it, & that our Coll" Winthrop is safe arriued in 
England & K. Will"" is designed for Flanders w'*' fiftie thousand, Prouably Letters by the Post 
maye giue account of the truth & circumstances of this News. Your Motion about Ninegret I am 
at worke about & hope to effect speedily by the help of my brother Joseph Stanton whoe hath as 
much interest in y^ Sachem as any I know & is his Neighbor. I haue discoursed my Brother 
and he giues good encouragement that he will doe his vtmost in the matter, but he thinks it will 
hardly be accomplished vnder ten pounds money or goods as money, he doubts corne will not 
take because not wanted, we designe to joyntly treat y' Sachem, & we hauing this 29 yeares 
euer vnderstood Point Judith was Ninegret's Countrey we apprehend it wisdome to settle your 
Rights in y' waye you propound & shall serue you willingly and faithfully according to our abilities. 

I would be glad of a line before we treat him & if you can an account of y^ boundaries more 
particularly to insert in y' Quit Claime if you can furnish me, Praye send by the Bearer Benj. 

'Bodge. King Philip's War. 383. 433. 



REV. JAMES NOYES [3] 19 

Palmer not by the Post. & be as priuate as maye be vnlill y* worke is clone. I heard but now that 
my brother iMoses is well cV his family. 

S' I am your great debt'' for many fauors & your last kindness is so handy they haue kept 
my hands warme two winters w'"^ Loue of your I haue bene to backward seasonably & thank- 
fully to acknowledge. You maye be well assured I am alwayes most ready & couetuous of an op- 
pdrtunity to serue you. I craue a remembrance of me and mine in your Closet conuers ik w"'' 
mine iV my wiues hearty loue <S: real respects to you & yours 

I rest y" 

J a. Noyes. 

Stonning'. March 12, 1693/4. 

Rev. James NoYES bore an active part in founding Yale College, and his name 
was the first of "ten of the principal Ministers in the Colony nominated and agreed 
upon by a general consent both of the ministers and people to stand as Irustees 
or Undertakers to found, erect and govern a college." He is also named first 
in the charter of incorporation granted in 1701. "He was selected to be one of 
the first Trustees and founders of Yale College; for though he was an old man and 
in a remote corner of the colony, his influence was deemed essential to the success 
of the undertaking." ' 

For nearly twenty years the new college had a hard struggle, its first Pres- 
ident, Rev. Mr. Pierson, continued his pastoral work at Killingworth, Conn., 
where he taught the senior class. He was soon after succeeded by Rev. Mr. 
Andrew, of Milford, and a portion of the students lived in Milford, and were taught 
by him there. The greater part, however, lived at Saybrook, the nominal home 
of the college, where two tutors were provided in the house given for the purpose 
by Judge Nathaniel Lynde (79), the first treasurer of the college. Rev. 
James Noyes worked indefatigably for a fixed settlement of the college, and many 
towns of Connecticut vied with each other in offers of money and land. New 
Haven's offer of X700 was the largest, and it was finally placed there by the Trus- 
tees. 

This decision met with so much remonstrance and opposition that they sent 
a memorial to the General Court in 1717. The original is in Hartford with the 
State Papers, and a copy is given below: 

"A memorial of the Trustees of the Collegiate School in New Haven in Connecticut in N. 
England relating to their undertaking & proceeding therein. 

We the Underwritten Trustees of the sd School, not a Little affected to hear, that any 
Dissatisfaction hath been taken at our proceedings in Erecting the Same, do in this manner make 
them publick in hopes, that our So Doing will give Satisfaction to all, that wish well to that good 
Work under our Care. 

Persuant to the Charter or Grant, whereby we were Encouraged, & Fully & Compleatly 
Impowered to Undertake the Erecting of a Collegiate School in Some Convenient place or places, 
as to us should seem meet, in sd Colony: And soon after we had obtained that Grant, tho we had 
not a Stock Sufficient for Building a suitable House for the Students, yet we had Consideration 
of a Suitable place for it, & agreed it would be best to Erect it in some Town not farther East- 
' Bacon's Historical Discourses. 



20 REV. JAMES NOYES [3] 

ward than Saybrook, or Westward than New Haven, & Resolved, that such Students as oflFred 
themseivs, should be Received at Kenelworth under the Care of the Late Reverend Mr. Pierson, 
whom we Appointed Rector, which was accordingly attended. 

Some years after the School was Removed to Saybrook, where Endeavours were used to 
Erect an House for the sd School, but we were Obliged to desist, for want of Sufficient Stock for 
such an undertaking. 

While the School was in these Circumstances at Saybrook, an Unhappy Dissension in the 
School, Occasioned the Removal of several Students, notwithstanding all our Endeavours to keep 
them there. We hoped to Redress this Disorder by Building an House for the Students there, 
being Encouraged to it by the Generous Contributions of the Government of the sd Colony, & 
of Some Particular Persons, with which we Concluded ourseivs able to make a Beginning in the 
Work & accordingly Resolved upon it. 

But soon after we met with Unexpected Opposition against Settling the sd School at 
Saybrook, which Continuing (after we had used many Endeavours to Remove it) we considered 
the State of that affairs & at Length (according to our Discretion, the Rule of our Doings expressly 
mentioned in our Charter three several times) we Pitched upon New Haven (which is within the 
Compass of the Places agreed on at the first) to Build an House in, for the School, Where we have 
Raised One Convenient & Capable of Receiving Fourty Scholars, & hope to have the Same Ready 
to receive the Students in a Short time. 

We were Induced to Fix upon New haven for the Place of the School, from the Conveniency 
of its Situation, Agreeableness of the Air, & Soil, the Probability of Providing what will be Neces- 
sary for the Subsistence of the Scholars as Cheap or Cheaper than at other Places, together with 
many other Weighty Considerations to us Satisfying, whereunto may be added the Largest Summs 
of Money by far Subscribed by Particular Gentlemen, for Building an House for the School in the 
sd Town, which are Appropriated by the Donors to That Place, & without which (notwithstanding 
the Sum granted by the Colony) we could not go Through with so Chargable a work. 

We trust, this brief Account of our Proceedings (so well known to Several Gentlemen in the 
sd Colony) will be thought Satisfactory by all Impartial Persons, & not only Remove what of- 
fences may have been Taken at them, but Invite the Well-minded (after many Examples which 
we must always mention with Gratitude & Honour) to Favour this Infant Nursery of Learning, 
which by the Blessing of Heaven hath not proved Unfruitful. 

From our particular Acquaintance with the passages aforementioned, or from Satisfaction 
received from Records or other good Information of Some of ourseivs. We have Suffixed our 
Names in New haven Oct. 22, 1717. 

Your most Dutiful & Most obedient Servants 
James Noyes 

Samuel Andrew Trustees 

Samuel Russel I & 

Joseph Webb [ Associates 

John Davenport of the Said 

Thomas Ruggles Collegiate School 

To the Hon'''* the General Assembly 

of his Ma"" Colony in General Court 

Assembled at New-haven." 

On September 20, 1708, at the seventh Commencement of Yale College, then 
called the Collegiate School of New Haven, a Synod of pastors and laymen con- 



REV. jAMi-S N()\ 1-S [3l 21 

vened in Saybrook, according to tradition, in the house that Mr. Nathaniel 
Lynde (79) had given to the college. The senior moderator was Jami;s Noyes, 
then in his si.xty-ninth year, and spoken of as being a "venerated father among 
the Clergy of Connecticut." At this time was framed the Saybrook Platform, 
a declaration of principles as to church government which still governs the Con- 
gregational Church. So that while his father. Rev. James Noyes (2) leaned de- 
cidedly towards Presbytcrianism, the son was instrumental in the formation of 
the Congregational system.' 

There is much of interest in Mr. Noyes' long pastorate at Stonington of over 
fifty-five years. At first he was paid an annual salary of ^50 currency (? 166.66), 
and the people promised to give liberally towards his house, which was built about 
five miles from the first church building. Later his salary was doubled, making 
it large for that time, especially as the church had but nine members. Five hun- 
dred acres of land had originally been set apart by the town for the support of 
the ministry, and Mr. Noyes had also the use of that tract. 

In 1670 the people decided to build a new meeting-house, and they voted 
"That the new meeting house shall for time to come be set up and stand without 
removing upon Agreement Hill," which was part of the ministry land. The new 
church was raised in January, 1673, it being only "forty feet long, twenty-two 
feet wide and fourteen feet posts from joint to joint." it was never lathed or 
plastered, and at first there were no pews, except for the families of the minister, 
deacons and magistrates. The rest of the congregation were seated on benches 
by a committee, by the regular method, according to their social prominence. 
The nine members who organized the church were: Mr. James Noyes, Pastor, 
Mr. Thomas Stanton (12), Mr. Nathaniel (^hesebrough, Mr. Thomas Minor, Mr. 
Nehemiah Palmer, Mr. Ephraim Minor, Mr. Thomas Stanton, junior, Mr. Moses 
Palmer, and Mr. Thomas Wheeler. 

In 1690 the town voted to "build near the church a small house fourteen feet 
square with seven foot posts and fireplace, for Mr. Noyes to warm himself in 
cold weather between meetings." = 

In Mr. Noyes' lateryears his health began to fail, and to relieve him, the town 
voted in 171 5: 

"and agreed to call Mr. Joseph Noyes to He helpful! to the Rev. .Mr. James Noyes in carrying 
on ye work of ye Ministery in this town, and that one of ye two Ministers shall preach to the People 
living remoat from the Meeting House, at sum conveniant place where they ye People agreived 
shall unanimously agree upon, ... It was also voated that if Mr. Joseph Noyes shall except of a 
call of this town to be minister with his father . . . then ye Town will give him ye sd Mr. Joseph 
Noyes for his incuragement yc sum of one hundred pounds towards selling him amongst us. and 
to pay him annually ye sum of seventy pounds as money so long as they ye sd .Mr. James and 
Mr. Joseph Noyes shall carry on ye work of ye ministry amongst us in this town. And if it please 
God that Mr. Joseph Noyes shall succeed ye Revd. Mr. James Noyes and doe continnew to carry 

^Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History oj Connecticut. W. L. Kingsley. (1861.) 
^History oj the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Ct. Wheeler. 45. 



22 



REV. JAMES NOYES [3] 



on ye work of ye Ministry amongst us, that then he shall have his salloroy raised to make it a 
comfortable and credable maintenance from this Town."' 

In spiteof this generous offer, Rev. Joseph Noyes did not accept the call, but 

went instead to New Haven. 

Mr. Noyes baptized during his pastorate 1 176 persons of all ages, and admitted 

to his church 239 new members. The legal right to marry was not given to the 

clergy in Connecticut until 1694, and after that 
time Mr. Noyes celebrated forty-four marriages. 
After forty years of controversy, the boundary 
line between Connecticut and Rhode island was 
settled in 1703, dividing Stonington, and bringing 
a portion of it into the town of Westerly. This 
was not the part where Rev. James Noyes lived, 
but we find that, in October, 1704, he was deputy 
forWesterly to the Rhode IslandGeneral Assembly. 
He preached his last sermon on November 
22, 1719, and died December 30 following, aged 
eighty, "after A Faithful Serving of the Church 
of Christ In this Place For more then 55 Years," 
as his tomb-stone records. He was buried in the 
old graveyard, about two and a half miles from 
Stonington, between that place and Westerly, 
upon a sloping hill on the east side of Wequetoquoc 
Cove. The light brown stone tablet was erected 
by his son. Captain Thomas Noyes (4), and is 
said to have been cut in England. After 170 
years of exposure to the inclemency of our New 
England weather, it has been rescued from decay. 
The cut is from a photograph taken after it had 
been cleaned from moss, and recut. The epitaph 
was written by Rev. Eliphalet Adams of New 
London, and the original draft is now (1889) in 
the Sunday-School Library room of the First Con- 
gregational Church at Stonington, of which Rev. 
James Noyes was for so long a time pastor. 

The funeral sermon by Eliphalet Adams, 
H. U. 1694, and an obituary in the Boston News 
Letter, contain long notices of him, of which the 
following are extracts: 



In Expectation 
of A Joyful Resurredion 

to Eternal Life ^ 
Here lyeth Interred^ Body 
of the Rev 'd Mrjames Noyes 

Ag^ed 80 years. 
Who after A Faithful Servln 
of the Church of Christ 
In this Place, 
For more then.s'S' Years 
Deceased Dec.y.zo'.jr'Ao 

la/eity Meeknefs %c Humility 
Here Meet inpne.roithgreatift Charity 



INSCRIPTION ON THE TOMBSTONE 

OF REV. JAMES NOYES OF 

STONINGTON, CONN. 



"A man of Extraordinary Worth and Eminency . . . mighty in Prayer, . . . knew the art 
of Wrestling with God and was seldom put off with a Denial." "An uncommon fervency and hea- 

' History oj the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Ct., 46. 



REV. JAMES NOYES I3) 23 

venly zeal run thro' all his puhlick piTfurnianccs, but peculiarly a flaming Devotion in his Prayers." 
He was "Zealous against Sin, cV steadfastly set for Order & Regularity both in Church and State. 
His Presence was grave & Venerable, such as struck an awe into the boldest Offenders, they being 
afraid or ashamed to Discover their follies in his sight. He had an happy way of Engaging People 
to be good, by supposing them to be so & treating them as such, for then they would be very much 
ashamed t(j disappoint his lixpectations. When he saw any entangled in a Vicious Course of Life, 
. . . he would sometimes try to disengage them by laying himself under voluntary bonds of Self- 
denial for a time in things Indifferent that they might be encouraged the more to try to recover 
the government of their unruly Appetites, while he bare them Company in their abstemiousness 
& traced out the way for them to a more regular life. \\ hen the interest of Religion or Learning 
or his Country lay at stake, his spirits would still rise by Opposition, till the right side got the better, 
or he was Overborn in the attempts. ... By long Observation and Experience" he became skillful 
in medicine, visiting and praying with his patients "more like a Father than a Physician," and "tis 
said, he gave away more in Medicines, than his Annual Salary as their Minister amounted to . . . 
He was universally respected wherever he came," and the people "tho't he brought a Blessing 
along with him whenever he took up his abode under their roof." He lived in the time of Andros, 
was a great friend to " Liberties both Civil cS: Religious, & no man more Vigorous to stand up when 
any unjust encroachments were made upon Either." He was a "successful counsellor of the gov- 
ernment in some critical junctures. . . . His Age, Piety & Experience" qualified him to be an over- 
seer of the Churches, "and when they were afflicted with breaches and Divisions, he had the true 
spirit of the Peacemaker" in healing them. 

"He was extraordinarily Hospitable to all Strangers, and as he was remarkable and almost 
singular in his constant and unwearied industry, so he was likewise in the favour he obtained to be 
serviceable to his last, his Life and Service ended together." 

His will, dated November 12, 1716, and probated in January, 1719/20, is 
on record in the Probate Ofijce in New London, Clonn. The provisions concerning 
the farm "with all appurtenances thereof called Mu.xquita Neck" were not carried 
out, as James, the eldest son, to whom it was left, died in 1718, before his father. 
He owed large sums to his father and others, aggregating in 1716, ^^296, and in the 
will provision was made that these debts should be paid from his portion before 
inheriting. Rev. James sold this farm in 1718 to Captain Thomas (4) for 
£2,000. probably in order to pay these debts. 

He left elaborate provisions for his "deare and loving wife," who was sixty-five at the time, 
which were all to be revoked in case of her remarriage. He divided the rest of his farm property 
between his sons Thomas, John and Joseph, and bequeathed, among other curious things, all his 
bees to his wife, except one hive which he left to Thomas. The latter was to find his mother fire- 
wood and a " boy if need be to goe to mill and on errands for her." To Joseph he left ' ' all his l-Kwks 
at home (except English Bibles and small English books which are of common use in the familie). 
. . . Also . . . books at Lyme in [his] brother .Moses custody." His "wearing cloaths" he left 
to "son Treat," his only son-in-law, and two cows to his "son Treats children." His executors 
were his wife, his son Joseph and Captain Nathan Chesebrough. 

His wife Dorothy lived with her son Thomas (4) on the home farm until 
her death, which occurred January 19, 1743, in her ninety-first year. She was 
buried near her husband in the old graveyard. 



24 REV. JAMES NOYES [3] 

Children of Rev. James and Dorothy (Stanton) Noyes 

Dorothy, born Jan. 20, 1676; married April 12, i6g8, Rev. Salmon Treat, son of James and 
Rebecca (Lattimer) Treat of Wethersfield, Conn., who was pastor of the Church at 
Preston, Conn, from 1698 to 1744. She died at Preston, Dec. 6, 1714. 

James, born Aug. 2, 1677; married in 1703, Ann Sanford, daughter of Governor Peleg and 
Mary (Coddington) Sanford (16); lived at Noyes' Point, Westerly, R. !., and was 
a physician. He died in 1718, and his widow Ann married (2) July 5, 171Q, 
Captain John Mason, son of Major John and Abigail (Fitch) Mason. 
(4) Thomas, born Aug. 15, 1679; married Sept. 3, 1705, Elizabeth Sanford, sister of his 
brother James' wife; died June 26, 1755. 

Anna, born April 16, 1682; died June 28, 1694. 

John, "born June 13, 1685; married (i) March 16, 1715, Mary Gallup; married (2) in 1739, 
Elizabeth (Bradford) Whiting, widow of Charles Whiting of Montville, Conn, and 
great-granddaughter of Governor William Bradford, the second governor of Ply- 
mouth Colony; lived at Stonington and was chosen deacon in his father's church, 
June 19, 1723; died Sept. 17, 1751. 

Joseph, born Oct. 16, 1688; Y. C. 1709; married Nov. 6, 1716 Abigail Pierpont, daughter of 
Rev. James and Sarah (Haynes) Pierpont, who was, on her mother's side, a descend- 
ant of Thomas Lord (67). Rev. Joseph Noyes was a tutor in Yale from 1710 to 
1715 and on July 4, 1716, was ordained pastor of the First Church of New Haven, 
Conn., succeeding his father-in-law. He served there for forty-five years, and died 
June 14, 1761. 

Moses, born March 19, 1692, and died April 30 of the same year. 



[4I CAPTAIN THOMAS NOYES [1679-1755] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH SANFORD [1680-1762] 

OF STONINGTON, CONN. 



T 



HOMAS NOYES, second son of Rev. James and Dorothy (Stanton) 
Noyes (3), was born August 15, 1679, at Stonington, Conn. The 
earliest record we find concerning him is his marriage certificate which 
reads as follows: 



"These may certify all of whom it may concern that Mr. Thomas Noyes of Stonington in 
the Colony of Connecticut and Miss Elizabeth Sanford of Newport on Rhode Island &c was Joined 
together in Matrimony at said Newport town according to law Sept. 3, 1705. 
per me Nathaniel Coddington Asst. 
Passed to record in the book of Register of Marriages Sept, 4, 1705 Page 12. 

Per Nathaniel Coddington Register." 

Elizabeth Sanford was the daughter of Governor Peleg and Mary 
(Coddington) Sanford (16), of Newport, R. 1., and was born about 1680. Na- 
thaniel Coddington, the assistant mentioned above, was her uncle. 

Thomas Noyes was appointed deputy for Stonington to the General Court 



CAPTAIN IIIOMAS NO YES [4] 25 

of Connecticut on May 14, 1713. "in ll'c reign of our Sovereign l.atly, Anne, Queen 
of Great Britain," and again in 1714, 1717, i7i<S, 1725, 1727, 1729 ami 1733. Dur- 
ing this time he was also selectman. In 1723 he was commissioned as captain of 
the Train Band of Stonington, and "justice of liie Peace in the (x)unty of New 
London." 

He was one of the prominent and wealthy men of Stonington, ami was f)n 
the committee appointed by the General Court in 1725 to "partiiion off the 
parish ol (iroton and set up the worship of God there." I le was one ol the largest 
givers when the third meeting-house was Iniilt in tiie (A-nter, after iiis father's 
death, about 1726, his donation being £60. 

By his fatiier's will, made in 1716, it appears that he inlendetl lo give Mus- 
queta Neck, or what is now called Noyes' Point in Westerly, to his son Dr. James 
Noyes, but that son dying, he sold it IoTiiomas. The deed bears date, JuIv 3, 1718, 
and reads in part as follows: 

"I James Noyes Clerk of the Town of Stonington of the County of New London in the 
Coilony of Connecticut in New England for Divers good causes moving me thare to, and more 
espetially in consideration of two thousand pound in bills of credit currant money of New England 
in hand received or in Law received to full satisfaction have and hereby doe fully, freely, clearly and 
absolutely give, grant, bargain, selL allinc, enfcof, release, convey and confirm unto my beloved Son 
Thomas Noyes of the same town. County and Coilony, his heirs & assigns forever, two hundred 
and fifty acres of land formerly given lo me by the said Town of Stonington," etc. 

Captain Thomas Noyes never lived at Musqueta Neck (Westerly), but oper- 
ated the farm and built a house on it. He bequeathed the property to his sons 
Sanford and Joseph, who lived there later. 

About the time of his marriage, in 1705, he built himself a new house in 
Anguilla (in Stonington), near his father's home, in which he lived until his death. 

It "is set back from the road some little distance and impresses one with a grand, hospitable 
air. It is large, square, unpainted, with a hip or quail trap roof, truly in style a mansion house. 
The broad front door has the old-fashioned iron ring for the knocker, with the small panes of glass 
over the top. from the front hall below, the stairs can be seen winding away into the upper story 
and again winding on into the garret. The great east room seventeen feet square, has the old- 
fashioned corner cupboard. . . . The west side of this room is ceiled from top to floor; the width 
of some of the boards are beyond belief unless they are seen." ' 

Captain Thomas Noyes died June 26, 1755, aged seventy-six, and was bur- 
ied in the old graveyard at Wequetoquoc, near his father and mother. The in- 
scription on his tombstone reads: "He was born Aug. 15 1679. died June 26 1755." 

His will, dated "the tenth day of February in the twenty-eighth year of the 
reign of George the 2nd King of Great Britain Anno quo Domini 17s 5," and proved 
August 6, 1755, reads in part as follows: 

"To my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth the use of all my household stuff during her life, and 
my slave called Peter, and the profit of one third part of my real estate, and also the one-half of 

' The Homes of our Ancestors in Stonington. Wheeler. 206. 



26 CAPTAIN THOMAS NOYES [4] 

my dwelling-house and cellar, which half she shall choose, during her natural life. ... To Mary 
Noyes the widow of my son Thomas one hundred pounds . . . to the three sons of my s"* son . . . 
Thomas, William and Nathan . . . one hundred pounds . . . to my son James ... all the lands 
I have lying in Stonington ... He paying three thousand pounds ... to my Executors. . . . 
I also give to my s"* son James, the one-half of my dwelling-house during the life of my s** wife, and 
after her decease I give the whole. . . to him ... to my beloved son Sanford during his natural 
life, the use of one-half of my house and cellar and the use ... of one hundred and sixty acres of 
land all lying in Westerly ... to my beloved son Joseph Noyes . . . the other one half of my house 
and cellar in Westerly afores** and all the residue of my land lying in s"* town of Westerly ... to be 
equally divided between my sons all my wearing apparel and my utensils belonging to husbandry . . . 
my debts and funeral charges be paid out of my moveable estate . . . and when that is done . . . 
two-thirds of my moveable estate and two-thirds of my money and two-thirds of the debts due to 
me by book, bond or otherwise shall be equally divided . . . among my beloved daughters or their 
children, viz: Elizabeth Palmer, Dorothy Palmer, Mary Billing, Rebecca Denison, Abigail Hallan, 
Ann Frink and Bridget Denison ... my beloved wife Elizabeth Executrix and my sons James 
. . . and Joseph . . . Executors . . . etc." 

His widow Elizabeth died October 23, 1762, and was buried by her hus- 
band. The inscription on her tombstone gives us an approximate date of her birth. 
It reads: "died Oct. 23 1762 aged about 77 years." 

Children of Captain Thomas and Elizabeth (Sanford) Noyes 

Elizabeth, born Oct. 1 1, 1706; married April 29, 1728, Ichabod Palmer, son of Ichabod and 
Hannah (Palmer) Palmer of Stonington, Conn.; died Dec. 24, 1760. 

Dorothy, born June 23, 1708; married, Dec. 26, 1728, as his second wife, John Palmer, son 
of Moses and Dorothy (Gilbert) Palmer of Stonington, Conn. 

Thomas, born Jan. 26, 1710; married May 1, 1731, Mary Thompson, daughter of Isaac and 
Mary (Holmes) Thompson of Westerly, R. I., died Nov. 22, 1754. 

Mary, born Jan. 28, 1712; married Nov. 20, 1733, Ebenezer Billings, son of Lieutenant 
Ebenezer and Phoebe(Denison) Billings of Stonington, Conn.; died in November, 1753. 

James, born March 30, 1714; married June 22, 1739, Grace Billings, a sister of his sister 
Mary's husband; died April 19, 1793. 

Sanford, born Nov. 29, 1715 and died the following spring, March i, 1716. 

Sanford, born Feb. 12, 1717; married Nov. 24, 1738, Mary Lawton of Westerly, R. I. 

Rebecca, born March 15, 1719; married July 7,1743, as his third wife. Captain John Denison, 

son of Edward and Mercy ( ) Denison, of Stonington, Conn., whose second 

wife had been her double cousin Mary Noyes, daughter of Dr. James and Ann (San- 
ford) Noyes. She died Sept. 11, 1754, and Captain Denison married (4) Sarah 
Chesebrough. 

Abigail, born May 12, 1721; married Aug. 26, 1737, John Hallum, son of John and Pru- 
dence (Richardson) Hallum of Stonington; died Oct. 6, 1801. 

Ann, born June 10, 1723; married Nov. 6, 1738, Isaac Frink, son of Samuel and Margaret 
(Wheeler) Frink of Stonington. 

Bridget, born July 10, 1725; married (i) April 9, 1746, Isaac Wheeler, son of Thomas and 
Mary (Miner) Wheeler of Stonington, who was drowned in 1747; married 
(2) April 23, 1751, as his second wife, Joseph Denison, son of Joseph and Prudence 
(Minor) Denison of Stonington; died March 1 1, 1772. 



COLONilL JOSI-.I'II N()^•I•;S [si 27 

(5) JosKPH, born Oct. 9. 1727; married July 21, 1753, Barbara Wim.i.s. tlauRliicr of (".aplain 
Jamls anii Mary (Uarki.r) Wi.i.i.s (24) of Westerly, R. I., died March i), i8fJ2. 

[5] COLONEL JOSHPH NOYHS [i727-iS()2| 

AND HIS WIFE 

BARBARA WELLS [1734-1814] 

OF WFSTFRI.Y, R. I. 

TOSEPH NOYES, son of ("aplain Thomas and Elizabeth (Sanford) Noyes 

I (4), was born at Stonington, Conn., October 9, 1727. At theageof twcnty- 

I five he married, July 31, 1753, Barbara Wi-.lls, daughter of Captain 

J James and Mary (Barker) Wells (24), of South Kingston, F^. I., who 

was born August i, 1734. 

They settled at Westerly, R. I.,' on the land at jMusqueta Neck fNoyes' 
Point) which Joseph inherited from his father, and which was originally given to 
his grandfather, Rev. James Noyes (3), by the General Court of Connecticut, it 
being then a part of Stonington, and in Connecticut. 

He took the oath prescribed "Against Bribery and corruption in the election 
of Officers of the Government" in 1756, but does not appear to have held ofTlce 
until some years later. He was a staunch Whig, known for his patriotic zeal in 
the cause of freedom, was opposed to slavery, although he owned slaves, and is 
said to have given them their freedom before the time prescribed by the law. The 
General Assembly of Rhode Island in 1774 was specially engaged in a plan for the 
union of the Colonies to secure their own rights, but, recognizing personal liberty 
as an essential part of the rights of all mankind, they passed a bill, the preamble 
of which reads as follows: — "Those who are desirous of enjoving all the advan- 
tages of liberty themselves should be willing to extend personal liberty to others." 

The bill provided that no negro or mulatto slave should be thereafter brought 
into the Colony. 

By the census taken that year [1774], the total population of Rhode Island 
was 59,678, of whom 54,435 were white, 3,761 negroes, and 1,482 Indians. Wes- 
terly had only a population of 1,812, and Joseph Noyes a familyof i7,riveof them 
black. He was a man of some consequence, as he owned 400 acres of land, and 
kept 22 horses and 25 cows on the farm where his son Thomas afterwards is said 
to have kept 52 cows. 

The General Assembly of Rhode Island, in May, 1775, appointed Mr. Joseph 
Noyes colonel of the First Regiment, Kings County, and at this session, in "the 

'The Indian name was Misquamicut. which signifies "a place for taking salmon." It was settled in 
1661 by Newport men and was the first town incorporated, on Mav 14. i66<), in the King's Province, which 
afterwards hecanie King's County, K. I., now Washington Countv. In 1669 the name was changed to Westerly 
and it was the largest town in the countv from iWx) to 1674. with the exception of Providence. This town- 
ship was long the battleground of two of the most powerful Indian tribes in New England, and it is a curiou; 
fact that neither of these tribes ever had, so far as is now known, quiet possession of, the soil. 



28 COLONEL JOSEPH NOYES [5] 

boldest act of legislation recorded in any of the Colonies up to this time," it sus- 
pended Joseph Wanton from the office of governor because he had opposed raising 
the army of observation and refused to sign the commissions for the officers of 
the new army, "by all which he hath manifested his intentions to defeat the good 
people of these Colonies in their present glorious struggle to transmit inviolate to 
posterity those sacred rights they have received from their ancestors." 

Colonel Joseph Noyes was a member of several committees appointed by 
the General Assembly in January and February, 1776; one to purchase "beef hides 
and tallow for the use of the colony" and one to "procure gold and silver coin for 
the operations in Canada." He served for ten years as deputy for Westerly, and 
took his seat for the first time in the Assembly which met at Providence May i , 1 776, 
memorable for its action in passing the act abjuring allegiance to the British Crown; 
in effect a declaration of independence passed two months before the general Dec- 
laration of the United Colonies. 

in the Spirit of '76, the author says: 

"Among the men who supported this declaration, were Hon. John Brown, member from 
Providence and subsequently Representative to Congress, Col. Atwell, Metcalf Bowler, speaker of 
the House of Representatives, Col. John Waterman, Col. Chad Brown of Providence and Col. Joseph 
Noyes of Westerly, all pure-hearted patriots. All these men took an active part in the great 
political drama which then began. A monument ought to be erected on which the name of every 
member who sat in that General Assembly should be inserted." ' 

The bills passed at this session were manifestly in preparation for war, such 
as the ones to purchase "as many iron or shod shovels, iron scoop shovels as can 
be got not exceeding one hundred and fifty, and fifty good spades for the use of the 
Brigade" ; " Towns to be supplied with powder and lead " ; " To erect a powder mill " ; 
and several others of the same character. 

The records of the Assembly, which had heretofore closed with "God save 
the King," at the close of this session were changed to read "God save the United 
Colonies." 

At this time the little state, with less than sixty thousand population, had 
five regiments in the field ; three in the Continental service and two in the immediate 
service of the State. Colonel Noyes was given the command of one of the latter 
and two of his sons, Joseph and Sanford, were in his regiment, either at this time 
or later, while his eldest son Thomas (6), only twenty-one years of age, was lieu- 
tenant in Colonel Lippitt's regiment, of the Continental service. In December of 
the same year, Colonel Noyes was directed by the Assembly to accompany the 
troop of horse stationed at Boston Neck and Point Judith, and procure convenient 
quarters for them, and from this time on throughout the war he was actively 
engaged. When the British occupied Newport in December, 1776, Warwick Neck 
was defended by Colonel John Waterman, Pawtuxet by Colonel Aborn and Tower 
Hill by Colonel Joseph Noyes. In the Battle of Rhode Island, in August, 1778, 

'Cowell's Spirit of '76. 45. 



COLONEL JOSEPH NOYES [5] 29 

he commanded a ret^imenl, arnl his name appears among ihe list of colonels who 
received honorable mention al tliat time.' 

lie was again deputy to the General Court in 1784, and alter tlie war was 
over, in March, 1786, he preferred a petition to tliat body as follows: 

"Tliat in tlie late war he was employed |iy the Slate to purchase beef for the army, then in 
great want of provisions; and that not lu'ing supplied with great sulTiciency of money funded on 
real estate to pay for same, he was induced, from the necessity the army was in, to give his own 
note of hand to Alcssrs. George and Samuel Sheffield, both now of Stonington, in order to procure 
the said supplies; that after repeated applications for the money he was obliged to take a certificate, 
which Would not take up his notes; that he is sued, and execution is now against him for one hun- 
dred and six pounds; and thereujion prajed that he may have an order upon the general treasurer 
for the said sum; that the said execution may be stayed till the money can be obtained, and that 
the same may be endorsed on a note he holds against the State for the payment of the said pro- 
vision." It was voted that the general treasurer pay the amount and 'that the said Joseph Noyes 
in case an alias execution issue upon the said judgment be not committed to jail theref)n until the 
returnday of executions at the inferior C,ourt to be holden in Washington County in August next.'" 

it was evidently paid in time to prevent execution, or at least cominitment 
to jail. 

The latest mention of him in the records is in October, 1790, when he was 
one of the committee for superintending tlie affairs of the Narragansett Indians, 
and running and ascertaining certain disputed boundary lines between them and 
the white settlers. 

Colonel Joseph Noyes died at Westerly, March 13, 1802, aged seventy-five 
years, and was buried in what is now called the Noyes burying-ground. It is 
on a high knoll in a pasture on the old Noyes Farm, enclosed by a wall, a number of 
rods north of the "shore road." In the same place were buried his wife, his sons. 
Colonel Thomas (6) and Sanford with their wives, another son. Dr. James, and a 
daughter, Elizabeth Noyes. 

It is rather curious that three of his children married their cousins, one son 
married two wives who were apparently sisters, and may have been his cousins, 
and two sons married wives who were cousins. For two generations in the Noyes 
line preceding and three generations following, either two brothers married two 
sisters.or a brother and sistermarried a brother and sister, which is quite as unusual 
a record as the foregoing. 

Colonel Noyes' will was dated February 20, 1802, and proved March 26th 
the same year. His provisions for his wife are very minute. He left her: 

"The use and improvement of one-half of my household furniture as long as she shall remain 
my widow and two good cows to be kept well on the farm ... as much provisions of every kind 
as she shall choose with as much clothing of every kind . . . and all kinds of fresh meat when she 
wanteth it with all kinds of liquors that she shall choose and all kinds of sauce . . . and as much 
firewood delivered to her in her room as she needeth and when she wanteth it and as much water 
delivered to her . . . Some Suitable Woman to wait upon her and do such work as she wants done 

' Stone, French /lilies, 71, 72. 84. 



30 COLONEL JOSEPH NOYES [5] 

duringher Widowhood . . . and also a good steady beast for her to ride at all times. [She had also] 
her choice of the one-half of my now dwelling house ... all the remainder of my estate both 
real and personal with my Silver tankard and Silver hilted sword and wearing apparel to be equally 
divided for quantity and for quality among my six beloved sons . . . forty-five pounds silver 
money" for his two daughters, and for the unmarried one, Betsey, the same provision as for her 
mother. Thomas and Joseph were the executors. 

Barbara died September 7, 1814, aged eighty, and was buried by the side 
of her husband. 

Children of Colonel Joseph and Barbara (Wells) Noyes 

(6) Thomas, born Oct. 3, 1754; married Jan. 31, 1781, his third cousin, Lydia Rogers 

daughter of William and Sarah (Sanford) Rogers (40); died Sept. 19, 1819, aged 

sixty-five. 
Sanford, born Oct. 20, 1756; died Sept. 30. 1759. 
Joseph, born May 9, 1758; married Jan. 13 (another record says Feb. 26), 1799, Elizabeth 

Babcock, daughter of Rouse and Ruth Babcock; served in his father's regiment. 

Captain Gavitt's Company, and received in i833,while living in Lebanon, Conn., a 

government pension for active service in 1776, and as a member of the Coast Guard 

up to 1779; died in 1847, aged eighty-nine. 
Sanford, born Jan. 18, 1761; married Feb. 2, 1800, Martha Babcock, daughter of Hezekiah 

and Martha Babcock, of Hopkinton, R. !., who was a cousin of his brother Joseph's 

wife; served also in the war in his father's regiment, and died at Westerly Aug. 8, 

1843, aged eighty-two. 
Mary (Polly), born Oct. 1 1, 1763; married April 14, 1799, her first cousin Thomas Noyes, son 

of James and Grace (Billings) Noyes, of Stonington; died Sept. 2, 1854, aged ninety. 
James, born Feb. 8, 1768; married (i) Fanny H. Wells; married (2) Nancy S. Wells; married 

(3) Rebecca Clark; was a physician, lived at Westerly and died there Nov. 6, 1856, 

aged eighty-eight. 
Elizabeth (Betsey) born July 30, 1770; died at Westerly Sept. 15, 1845, aged seventy-five. 
Joshua, born Dec. 5, 1772; married May 6, 1810, his second cousin Grace Noyes, daughter 

of Col. Feleg and Prudence (Williams) Noyes; died Oct. 13, 1856, aged eighty-three. 
Barker, born March 13, 1775; married March 18, 1810, Margaret Champlin of Westerly; 

died in 1864, aged eighty-nine. 

[6] LIEUT. -COLONEL THOMAS NOYES [1754-1819] 

AND HIS WIFE 

LYDIA ROGERS [1760-1798] 

OF WESTERLY, R. I. 

THOMAS NOYES, son of Colonel Joseph and Barbara (Wells) Noyes 
(5), was born at Westerly, October 3, 1754. He was only twenty-one 
when he received, in January, 1776, his commission as ensign, followed 
late in August by one from Congress as lieutenant. 
These commissions (see facsimiles) are especially interesting because the first, 
as ensign, dated January 18, 1776, is in "His Majesty's Name George the Third," 



n Y Tin; HONOR A i:l. I. 

N I C II O L J S C O O K K, V^\\^ 

Oovcninr, (..ipt nn tiiii' r^l, nnti (^iiiiu.iihIit iiiCtiti!, of ami tivcr tlic Ffi^Jift Colon/ 
of Riodi-ijlatiJ^ ami VmitUitLC l^lanipthm, in Ntv-Eti^tanilt in ^hmrna^ 

To .i/ioinnj . > I'liCJ. '/fti. •... .C; 

WII !• U 1 \ S for llic rcfirvMlim iif llic Ri(»ilt« ami I.ilxMii. of Illi 't' 
niul f.iillilul Sultjcfls in lliiv Colijoy, .">tl llic i>tl»cr Oilunir. in yttf 
AiiuiiiLV, ;« llu- SiIUmii hd.llat Prr-.iil.m~- rll tlif lift //•'«'. 
A. D. '77 >» orilt-rcil n Ri-ijiint lit, tii lotifill nf l-*ivi; Muiiihcil tVKli, li '»« i 
Sclli'fl bllti if PrvviiMfn on kbc SiXtN)^ Ah'tJuv i.t y^nnflr,, A. I). »/;( 
Rcijimtot to Sewn HmiJriH ami I'll'iy Nfrn, iMliilivc i.f an Atlilla/ COi 
b<-Ion(;in|J ami at llic fame S.liitm paii..l an A.1 clrjirinu aiii.rlii: lU' 
of Smnjlumlral and Fifty iMin, t.i be ijilal, anJ iinboilying llit f.iiJ IV 
Oncliiig^c: And wli«rea» ycm iln: laiJ * ..i.^....,j , . «.;!;•( , 

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I I Jo thifcforc licrclijT, in I Il( Mjiidy'i Njmc, f;/; 0«C£ 

iIk Tliirf, by the Grace of C O D, l^lig "f Gnunniiin, &,. ^mrfmruc, tinpmicr, iii.l 
commillitin, you the faid '/;... ... ( ^ ... .. . to havr, take, ?iid inKifc, llic Ointe of 

'.^j..f.. ^/:l. ^ .'.....'. i! ,.7 j..u-^.\.i''-,t t ...<•'.., f and 

to comntnnd, piiiJe and conducfl the fame^or .my Part ilicrcof. And in ak of an Invafion or 
Allault lla common Kncniy, to inkft or diHiiib lliii or any othct nf Hi: MikHvi Oiloliiei in 

Aimrkll) you arc to al.irni and gather togalivr the C , inuKr jout (. -iiinviiil, or any 

P.irt llielcof, .11 you rti.ill deem futlUienI, :] id therewith, to the iiltn'ifll iil' j.iur 'l,.;i .,id .Vb li;y, ■ 
you arcp Relili, i:.\i>cl, Kill .and Dcftroy ncm, inoider to prellivc the Inmtll o! 111. Mjjclly, 
a.id I liskood Subjtas in tlicfe Paiti. Yi n arc alfii 10 follow linh InP.riKlliini, Direfliimi and 
Ordert, V fliall frciii 'I imc to Time lie gi en fnrih, either by the (if \: ' iL Ao-MiLV or your 
fupdiar Otficcri. And fo» yotir fo doing'jiiil Oonimiliioii Olall be your fu£<.wal WircuiU 

Chen uniltr my tlaml, anil ih Still tf ihi f.iul Cthm, ikt './^r.. ~"- 
Dm nfi , - inilK Ttiir cf cur Lsril One ■ll.siifafj Sntn lluvUtJ 

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In (; O N C; R E S S. 

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' V. rrpofiii:; cfpcci-il TtiiR .mil CunCnItncc ill your P.'.rriotirm, V.i!' I'.r, C : ; ,■■. -nj M'.lcli: 



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no l>v tlicfo I'rcfciics, conflitutc .irtil .ippoinc yon to l)c 



■ the Army of the Unitcil Colonics nirtJ lor tlic ilcfcncc orAmcTicm I .,. i .., ., 

ho'.lilc Inv.ilion thereof. Yoli arc thcl'cf >rc c.trcfiilly anil ifiii^cntly f> diftliagt; iJw: Duty of-i . ../, 

by iloing ami perfoniiii,; all Manner of Thin<;s thereunto bcbr^ia ■. Anil -.ve .!.> rtriclljr 
cliai"c and rcipiire all Olliccrs anj SjUIiis uniUr ymir Cxmnianil, to be ubcJiint lo your OiJrrs as 

) ./ , , ,, / ... , Ahil y.iti .uc tu I'bi'cr. ■ and I'liHu-v fiiJi Ordcii and Diie'li tn fi nn 

Time to Time, as yoii (lull receive ttom this or a rnturcCongrtfj of t!ic U'liitid Colnnic, or C 
ofCon'Tcls, (or tliat I'urporc appoilted, or CniinanJcr in Chief for the Time I 
the United Colonics, or any other vtAir fiipeiior Olhici, .accoidiny to tiic R»! 
in I'lnfumce of the 'i'viill rtpofid in rnii. Thi- C inillll 1:1 to conci;i.ic iu 1 
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<v tlic,IIonoiai)lcv^/^^'/i<;>^6J/^^A-£..--»;__Erquifc, 

' jvtnior, C;!i)taiii CJ(.ii'ji;il, anil C()iiunan(!cr in Chief, of 

nnil (.)vi;r llic l'.ii[(Hlb Statu ot Hhodt-Ijlund and Pr(,-ji- 

1 ly ^ /lonLdCj^ rOlll'J.^^ Cent. Greetii.o. 

'w- y O i; the tili'.l ^^w.>-~iV.-^.>3»J tcing tliofcn And appointcil %>--^^ ' ^ 

.a. and iliily 'Approved of, .-.:= iiGrcli.', m liic hJ«Bic of ilic Govrp.Noi' 

ami LcMTANV of tli: l.^j.l IJt.ite, autlion/jil, cirpjwcMcJ, iii J. tCimiunienfO, lo Juvr, fal;c and 
cxercirc, the Dflkc i.S'tn'-t i(li^V*..»_<SDt llit C-uunucy Jlws&'d, wnU the Kai.k ami I'rivilcgej 
to v.liicli you aa- entitled bv the CI;.irf<T of thi-' faicl Coin; .iny, tiiidto Coiiiiiund, guide and cot^du^c 
the lame, or any I'art thercjf : And in ("ale of an Invafion, or AH'.itilc of a cointnon Enemy, to aioleft 
or d.lturb this I'laniation, yiiu arc to alarm and jjather lojjeihrr the Company qndcr your Conmand, 
or :in'/ I'art thereof you lliali deem fntrtcieor, and with them, ioth« utmollof your Skill and Ability, 
you are to rclilb, expel, kil;, and dellroy ilie fame, in order to pielcrvc the Intercll of the gcod 
People in thelc I'arts. You arc alio to foil jw Inch furihcr Inllruijkions, Direflions and Orders, u 
fliali from rime ti) Time be given forih, either by the General Afl'enibly or the Covcimr and 
Countd of tills State, and other your luperior OITicers; And for your fo doing, this Cummiflioa 
fliall be your fuificient Warrant and Diltharge. 

C I y E N tiii.ltr m/ HiivJ, and ibt Stal of Ib^ f,ii:l !^l:Ue, lh<'J'^-<~^--^'^'^ Djf 

ef^tia^ ; — /ti lb: i\iir of Oar Lir.i On: Ttrjfc.nd Sfcr: Iluiiirtfani Sr:'nh- ■'■f^ 

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By his Excellcncyc iv. /^///-."^^/VZ-^a/ Efq; Governor, 
Captain-General, and Commander in Cliicf, of and over 
the >5tat^ of Rhode- IJlaiiil and Proz'idctice Plantat'wnx. 
^ TO x/^^'.iW?, .\'\ A'W/ J-ff!; Crfetinc. 

•^■r 'TT'O U tlic fait! !< 1.-.. '.•■!(■ '><^j-^f bcifl" tltctcd and chofcn to 

■^ ^/ die Place and Office of,<;;.^,'?^.. ,... ./6.-.(^..... 4'!^; //^.,....^/ 

H r-'ii, '.;'/, A. ■,■ in the County of ;,'f,y:;;;,.,,-r/, in the State aforcfaid, 

"^^ • arc hcTcbv, in tfic Nanii; of tlic Govcrrtor and Company of ilic faid State, 
anthovizcd, empwver'-d ptid commifiioncd, to cxcrcifc the Office of. 'i-,-.-^^^ /-•.-. of 
and over the , ^J.>. ..,,., ■• aforcfaid : And to command, guide and conduft the 
fame, or ;iny Par{^ thereof And in cafe of nn Invafion, o: AlTault of a common 
Enemy, to infcft or diflurl) tins Plantation, yoti arc to alarm and gather together the 
y'ze j/.,^-,' under you^Comnwnd, or fuel i P.irt thereof as you ihall deem fufTi- 
cicflt, and therewith, to t)ic utnioft of your Shi'l and Ability, yoti are to rcfift, cxp^l, 
kill and dcdroy the fame, In order to prefcrvc the liitcrert of the good People in thcfc 
Parts. You are alio to jtillow futh Iiiftrut^ioii';, Diredions and Orders, as fluU from 
Time to Time be further tlven lortli, either by the General Aflembly, the Governor 
and General Council, or mlicr your lAipcrior Ottiecrs, y\n4 for jour fo doing, this 
Commiflion (hail be your fiiflieient Warrant and Uifchargc. " 

G ly EN under my HarJ arj Seal ef the /aid Stale, tl'4 ,'.■..'.■, ''} Day ef^//^, 
in ibi Tear cf Our Lord One fhoufand Seven HunJrcJ a'td \ ' 

and In tbt</.yA,„-ri I'iBr of Inetif^vukncc 
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By his ^\c(i\\tr\zy'<:-^Z/M////^y'fy^///l Elq; Governor, 
Captain-Qencral, artel Commander In Cliicf, of and over 
rirc ^X.-^X^ o'f Khode-IJla7ii{ and Providoicc Pla>i1ations. 

'O'U the faid -L/lf,^^^i-^^\--'^^'>«-^ tc!4g ek<flcd and chofen to 

the Place and Office ot\i'/'7!7''^//^/.i -^ '/Xi- J>z' ^^ /.y>iy2^vx^/ ---■/ V 
•/o //r/,./^r^ -in i!i(} County of //Uyyj,\' K^> ^'.^^•v-^ in th(<State^forefaid, 
are hereby, in thirName of the Govern^;z(nd Company of^the faid State^ 
Authorized, empowered and commifliontd, to excrcifc the Oftcc of/ -"',•' v^ -• ■•■ iV pf 
and over the. -i^«--. '-•"■'•■>'' afore faid : And to command, guide and condiift the 
fame, or any P«*t thereof^ And in cafe of an Invafion, or AflTault of » common 
Enemy, to infeft or difhirb this Plantation, you are to alarm and gather together the 
/y^.vJ-.'-i^^ /under your Command, or fiich Part thereof ai you (hall deem fuffi- 
trejrt, and therewitli, to the|lutmofl of your Skill and Ability, you are to rcfirt, expel, 
kill aad deftroy the fame, iil order to prefcrvc the Intcreft of tJic good People in thefe 
Parts. Vou are alfo to foljo-.v fueh Ir-.ftruftions, Direftions aiid Orders, as fliall from 
Time to Time be further giVcn forth, cither by the General Afiembiy, the Governor 
and General Council, or o»er your fupcrior Officers. And jfor your fo doing, this 
Commifllon (hall be your fimicient Warrant and Difcharge. ' ' ,., 

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the faid State, thi--^'^.^''/'- Day ofi-'-^^^y. 
in tbt Year flf Our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred and, '/-.^ />■■- iyli 
and in the. '^■^'"^'■'^■^^ Tear of Independence, ' y' 



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hereby. In Ibc Name of (a* Goiitniof^ ma Comfany of the faid State, nnthorizeJ, fmisowciW and cuaiminionaied, to cxcruC 
the OfTitc- of r^ . , ,^. ,..,,.' , c .■ -.'-J c .« >r. ^'j. •■ -/.■ , ■' of and *vcr tiic •v* .'/ -- " ■*/' 

aforc!".iiil ; aid to command tnd conduct ibc Timr, or any Part thereof. And In e.lfe of an Invafion, or* A^anlt of a commor 
Kncniy, to tjifcil OT dilturb tliii 6talc, you arc • to tUarm and p,atbrr toj>,rthfr the . 2^ **/j r- »>* /' under your (Jomniand, 

or fach Part thereof .15 you Jlnll dectn fi»ffii:ient; iand therewith, to the utmofl of ymir Slill and Ability, you are to rclift, 
expel {nd dcJlroy tlicm, in orttcr tcf prelVrv* the Inti:r|(t of the good Citi/etn of thi-s State. You arc alfo to tollcnt' fiich Inllrudtinni 
and Ordiii u Ili.dl, tVom 'I'inic to 'llnic, be j^ivcn Wi'th, cither by tlvc fJencr:)! .'Vncinbly, the OmTnjor and General Council, 01 
otiiCT jour Iqpcrior Ulliccrs. Aud fiir yoiu*fii doiu^ ^his CoiniuiKion ihall be your ludicicnt vvirrant anti Dillkirgc. 

C I y E I^ under my HanJ, and the Seal of the faid State, this:, t.A^-t //,'■. Da^ 



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bi the Tear of cur Lord 0,ie Thoufand Seven Hundred and Ninety- 
end in jht Tear of Independence. 

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etc., commissioning him to light against the common enemy, which was then the 
King's own army. I he second, as lieutenant, August 26, 1776, is signed hy John 
llancock, president of the Congress of tlie United (Colonies. He joined the I Inrd 
Kliode Island Regiment, first under command of Colonel Harry IJabcock, later 
under Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher l,ippitl. It was enlisted January 18, 1776, 
to serve for one year. 

The regiment was stationed at various points on the Island and the shores 
of the bay, during the spring and summer months, as protection against invasion, 
but was subject to the call of Congress, which came September 3, 1776, when it 
was ordered to join the main army under Washington. At that time the oflTicers 
were: Colonel Christopher Lippitt, Lieutenant-C^oloncl Adam Comstock, Major 
James Tew, Adjutant William lylcr, (juartermaster Bcnj. Bourne. The com- 
missioned officers in Captain Arnold's Company were: Captain 'Ihomas Arnold, 
Lieutenant Thomas NoYiis, and Ensign Benjamin Bourne, 'ihe muster mil of his 
company in Thomas NoYiis'own writing, is illustrated on opposite page. 

They broke camp at Newport, September 14, and reached the main army at 
Harlem Heights, N. Y. just after the action there. The regiment was assigned 
October 14, to General Alexander McDougall's brigade, which, with Nixon's, was 
placed by Washington under the command of Charles Lee. 1 he first engagement 
in which they look part was the battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776. 

Colonel Lippilt's regiment was transferred in November to Nixon's brigade. 
They remained with Lee on the Hudson until he finally moved to reinforce Wash- 
ington in New Jersey. After the capture of Lee at Baskenridge, this division, 
under Major-General John Sullivan, moved rapidly forward, and joined Washington 
at Trenton Falls, December 20, and was commanded by General Cadwallader. 
This division was to have crossed the Delaware on the same night with Washington 
but on account of the floating ice was prevented. They crossed the next day, 
however, and on the 28th were at Bordentown, and on the 29th at Crosswicks, 
where they remained until the 31st. On this day the term of enlistment of Hitch- 
cock's and Varnum's regiments, the First and Second Rhode Island, expired. 
Lippitt's had eighteen days more to serve. It was a critical time, and Washington 
sent General MifHin to speak to the brigades and persuade them to volunteer for 
another month. " He did it well," said John 1 lowland, an eye-witness, "and every 
man poised his fire-lock as the signal of assent." 

Within two hours after their re-enlistment they were on the march to Trenton, 
where the brigade, now under the command of General Daniel Hitchcock, who 
had succeeded Nixon, had an important part in the battle of Trenton. "All honor 
to the gallant men," says Arnold, the historian of F^hode island, "who there, by 
the side of Washington, defended the pass at Trenton Bridge; upon their bravery 
for one short but pregnant hour hung the destiny of America." They had an ac- 
tive part also in the battle of Princeton, January 3, after which battle Washington 
taking Hitchcock by the hand, expressed his admiration of his conduct and that 
of his troops, and desired him to convey his thanks to the brigade. 



32 LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMAS NOYES [6] 

Soon after, on January 13th, Hitchcock died from the fatigues and exposure 
incident to the campaign. The brigade remained in the vicinity of Morristown 
until February ist, when, their time of re-enlistment expiring, the First and Second 
Regiments were honorably discharged, and returned to Rhode Island. On the 
1 8th of February Lippitt's regiment followed in small parties, as it was said they 
could better find lodgings for a night on the road. "So they made their way home 
on foot, through deep snows, unpaid, half-clothed, and penniless, ... to beg their 
bread through realms their valor saved." They crossed the Hudson at King's 
Ferry (Stony Point), and the Connecticut at Hartford, going thence to Rhode 
Island. 

On his return home, his father. Colonel Joseph Noyes, being in command of 
the First Regiment King's Co. Militia, and two of his brothers serving in the same. 
Lieutenant Thomas Noyes also continued to serve in Rhode Island. His later 
commissions are: that of 1777 for First Lieutenant of Artillery, of 1792 for Second 
Major, of 1793 for First Major, and 1794 for Lieutenant-Colonel. 

He married, January 31, 1781, his third cousin, Lydia Rogers, daughter 
of William and Sarah (Sanford) Rogers (40), of Newport, R. 1., who was born 
May 19, 1760. Probably soon after he built the house near his father's at Noyes' 
Point, Westerly, where he spent the rest of his life as a farmer. This house was 
still standing in 1873, when the writer visited it and when the picture shown in 
the illustration opposite page 34 was made, but was taken down ten years later. 

Lydia died November 15, 1798, aged thirty-eight, leaving him with a family 
of eight children, the eldest fifteen and the youngest but one year old. She was 
buried in the Noyes burying-ground, on the farm in Westerly. 

During and after the war he was active in public and political life, serving 
for about twenty years as a representative or deputy for Westerly, and as state 
senator, part of the time being the candidate of both parties. He was also a mem- 
ber of the celebrated Hartford Convention, in 1801 he was "on a prox" (ballot) 
of the Federalist party for representative to the Seventh Congress, the first held 
in Washington. The ballot reads: "Thomas Noyes of Westerly, A real Farmer, 
and an uniform Friend to the Rights and Liberties of the People." He was not 
elected, as Rhode Island sent a republican delegation, and its General Assembly 
sent congratulations to President Jefferson. When James Madison was elected in 
1808, Thomas Noyes was one of the four presidential electors for Rhode Island. 
They cast their votes for C. C. Pinckney, of South Carolina for President, and Rufus 
King, of New York for Vice-President. 

He was chosen president of the bank of Westerly in 1801, soon after its or- 
ganization. At this time there were but few banks in Rhode Island, and it was 
an honor to be elected by his associates to this important position of trust. He 
evidently filled it with credit to himself, as he continued as president for about 
nineteen years, until his death. The records of the bank show the following reso- 
lution of the board of directors on September 23, 1819, a few days after his death. 
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the character and their sympathy and regret at the death of Thomas Noycs esq. 
late president of said Washington bank, wear crape on the left arm during the 
period of thirty days next ensuing the dale liereof." 

Thomas Noyes died on September 19, 1819, aged sixty-five, and was buried 
in the "Noyes burying-ground " on the farm in Westerly, by the side of his wife. 

Children of Thomas ani) I.vdia (I^ogers) Noyes 

Sarah, born Dec. 6, 1781 ; died April 23, 1782. 

William Rogers, born Man.ii 19, 1783; married in June, 1813, IJi/a (IJosworlli) Dalton, 
widow of Walter William Dalton and daughter of Judge Benjamin Bosworth of 
Bristol, R. I.; lived at Bristol, R. I., was a merchant there and had shipping interests; 
later he taughtschool in Bristol, New Bedford, Nantucket and Newport; died of 
paralysis in New Bedford in December, 1851. (Another authority says Jan. 18, 
1852.)' 

James Wells, born Dec. 22, 1784; married Jan. 10, 1821, Nancy Phelps, daughter of Joseph 
D. and Hannah (Babcock) Phelps of Stonington, Conn. ; was a farmer and lived at 
Stonington, where he died Dec. 13, 1864. His widow died March 22, 1882.' 

Thomas, born Nov. 22, 1786; married Feb. 28, 1813, Hannah Phelps, sister of his brother 
James' wife; went about 1823 to New York State, accumulated a large property 
and lived for many years at Big Flats, N. Y., near Elmira, where he died Oct. 19, i860. 
His widow died March 5, 1870.' 

Joseph, born Nov. 27, 1788; married (i) March 30, 1814, Martha C. Thompson, daughter 

of Samuel and Abigail ( ) Thompson of Stonington, Conn., married (2) Prudence 

Cory of Caton, N. Y.; was a sailor, and in 1820 was second officer of the Brig Seraph 
of which William Noyes was captain.'* In 1831 he went as mate with the same 
captain in the40-ton sloop "Independence" around Cape Horn to Valparaiso and 
Juan Fernandez on a fishing expedition, and among other things brought home some 
pumpkin seeds, which are said to have been used on the Noyes farm ever since 
and to be of very fine quality. His brother Thomas induced him to give up the sea, 
and he went to Caton, N. Y. (near Elmira), where he lived for some years and died 
July 6, 1854. 

Martha, born April 25, 1791; married March 31, 1814, Dr. Richard Noyes of Lyme, Conn., 
son of Captain Joseph and Jane (Lord) Noyes; died April 8, 1829.' 

•Their children were Benjamin Bosworth Noyes, born in 1814, Wiili.ini Ropers Noyes, born in 1816, 
Thomas Noyes, born in 1818, Alexander Griswold Noyes, born in 1820, Seraphine Noyes, born in 1825, who all 
lived in Detroit, Mich. 

'Their children were Thomas Rogers Noyes, bom Nov. 16, 1822; died unmarried May 1 1, 1890. Frank- 
lin Babcock Noyes, born June 22, 1831 ; married (1) flarriet A. Thompson, married (2) Mrs. Harriet E. Palmer: 
had children bv his first wife, James Franklin Noyes, born Feb. 6, 1859; died Feb. 1 3, 1884; Henry Babcock 
Noyes, born June 18, 187J; lived in StoninRton, where he died Dec. ?, 1902. 

' Their children were, (1) Henrv Babcock Noyes, born May 1, 1814, married May 14, 1845, Sarah A. 1. 
Holdridee: lived in Big Flats, N. Y., where he died July 2S, i88<). Children, William Lord Noves, born March 
16, 1846, died March 7, 1866, and .Martha Phelps Noves, horn March s. i8si, married in 1878, Edward F.Lucas, 
of Fall River, Mass. and had children Sarah Lucas, born July 20, 1880, Susan and Martha Lucas (twins) born 
Feb. 19, 1882, and Rosalie Howe Lucas, born Aug. 7, i8()i. (2) Charles Phelps Noyes, born Aup. 5, 1818; lost on 
the Lexington in Long Island Sound, Jan. 13, 1840, with his uncle Charles Phelps, while on their way to Lyme. 

■•Captain William Noyes was a grandson of Thomas and great-grandson of Captain Thomas Noves (4). 

'Thev had one son. Dr. John Noves, born January 22, 1811;, m. (1) Ann Coullon. m. (2) Anna 
(Schciffelin) Sill. Lived at Lyme, and died there Oct. 26. 1854. Their children were, George Moore, born Feb. 
18, 1840; Matthew, born June 11, 1844. 



34 LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMAS NOYES [6] 

(7) Daniel Rogers, born Aug. 22, 1793; married May 16, 1827, Phoebe Griffin Loro, 
daughter of Joseph and Phoebe (Griffin) Lord (72); died Nov. 10, 1877. 

Abigail Barker, born Sept. 29, 1795; married March 19, 1820, as his second wife, Henry Per- 
kins, of Salem, Conn., son of Dr. Elisha and Sarah (Douglass) Perkins; removed to 
Lyme, Conn., where he died Dec. 28, 1850. She died at Springfield, Mass., July 4, 
1864.' 

Sanford Barker, born Nov. 4, 1797; died Oct. 13, 1799. 



[7] DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [1793-1877] 

AND HIS WIFE 

PHOEBE GRIFFIN LORD [1797-1875] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

DANIEL ROGERS NOYES, son of Colonel Thomas and Lydia 
(Rogers) Noyes (6), of Westerly, R. I., was born at Westerly, Aug- 
ust 22, 1793, in the old house illustrated opposite page 32. His 
mother died when he was but five years old, leaving eight children, 
the oldest fifteen, and the youngest but a year. Miss Polly Bliven, who was a 
distant relative, came to live with Colonel Noyes, and took care of the children, 
who were greatly attached to her, and spoke of her in after years with much af- 
fection. 

The slight details of my father's boyhood that we have are taken from old 
letters and from information that he gave his children from time to time. As 
grandfather had so many children to provide for, he sent father to Newport when 
he was about sixteen, where he lived with his uncle Robert Rogers and was in his 
employ. Grandfather wrote him, January 22, 1810, commending his improve- 
ment in penmanship, and urging him to pay particular attention to his studies, 
which he undertook in the evenings and leisure time. He says: 

" I regret that so much of your time has been spent on my farm, it has been more owing to 
hurry of farming Business than want of Regard for your welfare. ... 1 hope and flatter myself 
you will Chearfully obey all Orders and requests from Messrs. Mein and Rogers and your cousin 
Daniel not forgetting that you are under their immediate command and that they are all your 
friends. Be careful not to brake any of the rules of your Uncle Robert's House, but chearfully 
attend to all the requirements. You are in a good school for information every Day if you will 
attend to it. Your brothers are obliged to work on a farm or go to sea for a lively whood. Wil- 
liam and Joseph I suppose sailed about 10 or 12 Days since for Europe. Joseph has gone out in a 
Brig." 

Father did not stay more than a year or two in Newport, as it appears from 
a letter written in November, 181 1, that he was at that date in Mr. Jabez Averill's 

' Their daughter Martha Perkins married, as his second wife, Feb. i i, 1852, William Birnie, of Spring- 
field. Their daughter Elizabeth Rogers Perkins, married as his second wife, Nov. 21, 1867, Seth H. Moseley, of 
New Haven, Conn, and had two children, Julia Noyes Moseley, born Oct. 6, 1868, and Dr. Henry Perkins Mose- 
ley, of New York, born April 14, 1872. 





DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7] 

AND HIS WIKE 

PHOEBE GRIFFIN (LORD) NOYES 



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store in Grolon, Conn. Mr. Avcrill wrote grandfather: "I am perfectly suited 
with Daniel in all respects, and feel perfectly safe when from home, as respects 
my business." The business was, evidently, a small one, and he received but 
five or six dollars a month, which, I suppose, was the reason of his return to West- 
erly. 

He must have been working on his father's farm in the exciting days during 
the War of 1812, when the coast of Long Island was threatened by the British 
fleet which blockaded the Sound. Grandfather's house, which had been for many 
years military headquarters for the town, was again a scene of activity, all the 
available men of the vicinity being organized for the defence of the coast. Father 
was nearly twenty-one when he was commissioned lieutenant of the Second 
Company of Westerly, May 9, 1814, following in the footsteps of his father and 
grandfather in his military interest. 

July 23, 1814, when one of the British ships landed some marines on the 
sand dunes at Noyes' Point, immediately in front of the house, the alarm was 
given, and the Westerly men rallied to resist them. A howitzer was placed only 
a few rods from the house, and an engagement began which lasted about two hours, 
and resulted in the retreat of the marines. Pardon Green, a Westerly man, and 
three others, were taken prisoners, kept for three days, and then left at Block 
Island. Green, father said, "was a wicked old sinner, but represented that he 
was a Methodist minister, and must get back in time to preach on Sunday." About 
two weeks later the British bombarded Stonington for three days, but were driven 
off with severe loss. 

1 think this was the only engagement father participated in,' but it was 
sufficient to create great interest in the family circle, and a younger cousin, Horatio 
Rogers, of Newport, wrote him, August, 1814, in a pleasurable state of excitement: 
" 1 understand that yourself. Father and Brother came very near being taken by 
the English, relate the particulars respecting their landing & their inducement &c." 
Father continued, however, in the military service of his State, and was promoted 
to be major of the Third Regiment Rhode Island State Troops, his commission 
bearing the date of May 12, 1817; and later was lieutenant-colonel, commissioned 
June 1 5, 1818. 

In the fall of 1818 he went to New Orleans and was with Charles Phelps, a 
brother of his two sisters-in-law, Hannah and Nancy, who was about his own age, 
and in business there. They were either employed by Messrs. Peleg and W. R. 
Phelps, or operating on their own account. The next summer, when the yellow 
fever was very severe in the South, father was very ill with it. His brother Thomas 
wrote him, December 12, 1819: 

' The record in the Bureau of Pensions. U. S. Pensions Office, Washington, D. C, is in part as follows: 
"Daniel R. Noyes, Lieutenant 2d Co. of Infantry, Capt. Joseph Gavitt, Col, Josenh II. Lew, 3d fiegt. R. I. 
Mil." "Two witnesses testify that Lt. Noyes was engaged in a severe battle at westerly Beach on or about 
23d day of July 1814 and that said battle lasted two (2) hours." When the bounty land was given bvihe 
Government for service in the Warof 1812, he applied for a grant Feb. 13, 1857, and the warrant issued to 
him was No. 62r44. for 160 acres. 



36 DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7] 

"It would be a~ faint description of our feeling should I attempt to describe what we have 
suffered on your acc°' the last three months and our only comfort in that respect has been your 
letters. In addition to the dread created by Newspaper Acc°'^ we have often heard of your Death 
but your letters would soon reach us & wipe away that report." 

The letters from his father and his brothers and sisters show that the attach- 
ment between them all was very strong, and it is easy to see that father's sweet dis- 
position, gentle manners and brotherly affection endeared him in a peculiar manner 
to his family, who were never reconciled to the continual separation from their 
youngest living brother. They wrote many pleading letters to him, asking him to 
return north, and after their father's death in September, 1819, they urged him 
more strongly. 

In the spring of 1820 he came back to Westerly, and soon after went to Lyme, 
where his sister Martha was living, she having married Dr. Richard Noyes, a de- 
scendant of Rev. Moses Noyes, the first minister in Lyme, and son of Rev. James 
Noyes (2), of Newbury. It seemed to be an open secret between the brothers 
and sisters that father was attracted to Lyme by the bright eyes of Miss Phoebe 
Griffin Lord, for in all the letters going round in the circle, she is continually 
mentioned in a very significant manner. -' -' 

She was the daughter of Joseph and Phoebe (Griffin) Lord (72) of Lyme, 
and was born February 20, 1797. Her father, too, had been a farmer, but had 
died when she was but fourteen years old, leaving her mother with the great re- 
sponsibility of bringing up a family of seven daughters, of which Phoebe was 
next to the oldest. Only part of her young life had been spent in the old Lord 
house at the end of the street, as her uncle, George Griffin, of New York, then a 
prosperous young lawyer, sent for her to visit him. For several years she spent 
much of her time in New York, going home in the summer. She studied hard, and, 
with a naturally brilliant mind, laid the foundation of an intellectual life that has 
had its influence not only in her native place, but has reached out wherever those 
who came in contact with her have gone. She paid much attention to French 
and painting, taking lessons in old-fashioned miniature painting from Mme. Vaillant, 
a teacher then much thought of. Perhaps the social life that she enjoyed at her 
uncle's had as much effect as her studies in polishing her mind, for Mr. Griffin 
gave her every advantage of the kind. She was very handsome, with light hair, 
beautiful gray eyes, fair skin, and rosy cheeks, was full of fun, fond of society, and 
had a number of admirers. 

Her letters to her sisters from New York are very amusing, with pictures of 
new fashions, descriptions of the last sleeve, etc., but through them runs a steady 
purpose, and when she returned to Lyme, it was with the determination to lift 
some of the burden from her mother's shoulders by the only profession that a young 
lady could adopt in those days — teaching. She began with her younger sisters, 
and gradually increased her scholars until she had quite a little school. 

When the other sisters were old enough, they went away from home to teach, 
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to see the strength of her character exhibited. Her admonitions were constant, 
and her walchluincss over their work and lives very unusual. She was ambitious 
that they should not sink to the level of their narrow circumstances, but create for 
themselves an environment of intellectual life that would uplift tlirir surroundings 
and enlarge their horizon. 

Her artistic talent was really remarkable, considering the limits of the day. 
Even when she was a child she used to paint with the juices of flowers she expressed 
for the purpose. Some ot the treasures that we possess are paintings of mother's 
done before or in the early days of her married life, in the quaint style that she had 
been taught, stippling with the finest hair pencil fruit and flower pieces, landscapes 
and Biblical subjects. One now in possession of my brother, Daniel K. Noyes, of 
St. Paul, painted over sixty years ago, is shown in the frontispiece, and repre- 
sents all her children grouped near the old well. 

Many of the homes in Lyme possess paintings by her pupils, dune under her 
supervision, and perhaps touched by her at the finish, it is a delightful coinci- 
dence that Lvme has now its own school of painters, whose exhibitions every au- 
tumn are held in the Library built in her memory, and on the very spot where she 
lived before her marriage. 

Soon after his arrival in Lyme, father opened a general store with Stephen 
J. Lord, grandson of Enoch Lord (71), under the firm name of "Lord and Noyes," 
and the first building occupied by them was near and almost opposite the old 
Joseph Lord house, where her sisters used to accuse Phoebe of sitting at the win- 
dow to see the handsome young merchant go back and forth. They finally be- 
came engaged, and were married at Lyme, May 16, 1827, when father was thirty- 
four, and mother thirty. They must have taken a wedding journey up to Whites- 
boro, where Aunt Julia was teaching school, as my sister Caro (Noyes) Kirby writes: 

" ! iiave in a bit of old yellow paper, two loci<s of hair, one black and one much lighter than 
1 should liave thought mother's to have been, with something of a golden glint in the sunlight, 
and in Aunt Julia's handwriting: 'Left as a memento of their visit to Whitesboro at my particular 
request by my beloved brother and sister Daniel and Phoebe June 1827'." 

After their return from their wedding trip, they lived first in a house just 
below Dr. Richard Noyes on the Lyme Street, and it was here that their two eldest 
children were born, Caroline and Edmund. The house is no longer standing. 
Father's business does not seem to have been very satisfactory, and in 1830 he 
went to New York State with a view to settling there. He made the journey by 
boat to Albany, and by stage as far as Auburn, N. Y., where his brother Thomas 
was then living, but found nothing to suit him, and returned to Lyme, in the 
spring of 1831 he bought out Mr. Lord's interest in the business, and purchased 
the house which was originally the home of Rev. Jonathan Parsons, pastor in Lyme 
one hundred years before. The house was known as the Old Parsons' Tavern, and 
was a famous gathering-place in the Revolutionary War and through the first 
quarter of the past century. Next to it stood the Lyme church, built in 1817, 
which is considered one of the most beautiful of the New England churches. Be- 



38 DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7] 

tween the house and the church can still be seen the "Whitfield Rock" from which 
George Whitfield preached to a congregation gathered in an open field when he 
visited his friend, Rev. Mr. Parsons. Father added a new front part, and lived 
there the rest of his life, except for the interval mentioned below. We do not know 
just when mother resumed teaching, but it was probably about this time. The 
large room over the kitchen and dining room, which had been known as the ball- 
room in Parson's Tavern, was used for her school, and day-pupils were taken. 

There was a great revival of religion in 1831, and it was at this time that 
both father and mother united with the Lyme church, although from an early age, 
interest in religious subjects seems to have influenced their lives. Rev. Chester 
Colton was pastor of the church at that time, the sixth successor of Rev. Moses 
Noyes, the founder of the church. From this time, father and mother were both 
most active and earnest workers for the church, and their influence was always 
given to the best side of Lyme life. 

Our eldest brother, Edmund, died in 1835, and mother's grief was very keen. 
We have some sweet verses she wrote after the first poignancy of her sorrow was 
past, giving an insight into her nature, and we insert the last few lines: 

"And then bequeathing to the poor his treasure — 
A few small pieces — yet his little all. 
And in His sight who weighs the heart, not purse. 
Of equal value with the rich man's gold, — 
His gentle spirit left its earthly prison 
And in life's morning found its way to God." 

Father continued in business until 1837, a time of general financial depression 
and disaster, when he sold out house and business and went again as far west as 
Cleveland, Ohio. He went by canal to Buffalo, and thence by the Lakes. In his 
letters he gives his experience in a severe storm on the lake when the ship was 
nearly lost. Our Aunt Josephine Lord had married, three years before, Alexander 
Lynde McCurdy, and was living at Newburg near Cleveland. She and Aunt 
Jane, who was living with her, tried to induce father to buy a farm near them. 
The log houses and pioneering did not please him, however, and with no taste for 
farming, he tried to find a good business opening in the western country. Induce- 
ments were ofi'ered him to go to Illinois, Cleveland, and perhaps the most attractive 
of all, Lockport, N. Y. On his return to Lyme, he and mother took some weeks 
to determine what it was best to do. 

He evidently hesitated to take his wife and young children to the far west, 
even when the business prospects were so alluring, and they finally decided to 
remain in Lyme. As Aunt Harriet put it in a letter of March 12, 1838, to Aunt 
Catherine, who was then teaching at Sag Harbor: 

"After hesitating and deliberating and consulting and concluding and changing every 
day for four or five weeks, Mr. Noyes finally bought back his house. He is preparing to build 
a store on the corner of Stephen Peck's garden. Aleck, Josephine and Jane have written urging 
their coming to Ohio — Mr. Noyes was more averse to going than Phoebe." 




CONGRnCATKlNAI. CIIL'RCII. I 1 Mi;, CONN. 
lU H T IcSiy 



DANIEL ROGKRS N()Vi;s (7) 39 

As GraiuliimllKT I.okd was slill livini; .il llu- age of sevenly, il wmilil have 
been hard indeed for niotlier to lea\e Ikt home for llie unknown and unlried ex- 
periences of life in the western country. 

From this time until a few years before his death, father continued business 
in this store, still standing, across the street from the church. \\ iiiie lie was 
never so successful that he was able to accumulate much, and had indeed, at times, 
very narrow means, yet ail that honest industry and self-denial could do, he and 
mother did for their children. It was not from lack of good business training, 
ability, energy, or enterprise, that his business suffered, but from the limited 
possibilities of so small a place, growing all the time less important as the fishing 
and shipping interests changed their centers, and also from his sympathetic in- 
terest in his friends, which rendered him unable to collect his bills from those who 
were often belter able than himself to spare the money. " Benevolent to a fault " 
was once inscribed on a phrenological chart of his head, and if there is such a thing, 
it was true of father. Ouite a collection of counterfeit Slate Bank bills, and bills 
of banks that had failed, were found among his papers, all marked by him with a 
cross, and stopped when they reached his store. These are preserved now as a 
valuable inheritance by the writer. 

Father was chosen deacon of the church in 1842, and for many years looked 
after the poor and all the church affairs, and, as he was treasurer, collected the 
funds for maintenance. It seems impossible to give an idea of the home when we 
were children there, conditions are so changed. Our house was the stopping-place 
for all the ministers, missionaries, lecturers, etc., who passed through Lyme. Al- 
though mother had the poorest of aids in the kitchen, yet they were all made wel- 
come, and given "hospitality without grudging." There was always a prophet's 
chamber in our house, and such hospitality was a matter of course, although, with 
children, scholars and little help outside, it must have been a trial. It was still the 
time in New Fngland when plain living and high thinking was the rule. 

My sister, Mrs. Kirby, tells of an incident which occurred after her marriage, 
when she was at home, and mother had a specially busy day entertaining unex- 
pected guests. Twenty-one in all, between breakfast and supper, had arrived, a 
few at a time; all to be received and most of them invited to either dinner or supper. 
While she was in the kitchen preparing supper, some one announced the arrival of 
more, when mother struck an heroic attitude, and exclaimed: 

"Come one, come all, this rock shall lly 
From its firm base as soon as I !" 

She was equal to the emergency, and the various guests were all satisfactorily en- 
tertained. 

For many years mother devoted herself to teaching, largely for the purpose 
of helping towards the support of the family, but even more, I think, because of her 
intense desire to make the most of her life by stimulating and encouraging, intel- 
lectually and morally, the many who might thus be brought under her influence. 



40 DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7] 

She loved young people, and loved to have them around her, and was conscious of 
her power over them. Her many cares never made her dull, and she was always 
ready, no matter how tired she was, to enter into the spirit of their frolics and 
amusements. She assisted in tableaux, concerts, charades, and games of all sorts, 
and liked to join in the poetry games that we used to play in those days. One lit- 
tle rhyme of hers, written in the game where each draws a question and a word 
to insert in a rhyming answer, has been preserved. We had just returned in the 
rain after a fishing trip with Mr. Miner, and the question was: "is Mr. Miner one 
of nature's noblemen?" the word "Rule." 

"Of Nature's nobles — Mr. Miner, 
just let me look in my defmer 
To see the marks that nature uses 
To show the great ones whom she chooses. 
First, they love power and so does he; 
He rules on land and on the sea. 
He rules at home: that is, he tries 
He rules his boat, no one denies; 
Would rule creation — but 'tis plain, 
Can't rule his wife, or rule the rain." 

Mother made her house for many years the center of social life for the young 
people. Dancing, which many good people of that time disapproved of, she advo- 
cated strongly, and she and father joined with us often in the Virginia Reel which 
terminated our evenings. She defended this so vigorously that some of the church 
people who opposed it were greatly incensed. Old Mr. Manwaring even prayed 
in prayer meeting that she might be led to see "the error of her ways." She never 
was led to see it, however, but always thought dancing a refining influence and an 
excellent substitute for the kissing games and rough frolicking that were so prev- 
alent then. 

Our home life was very different from that of traditional New England, for 
there was an understanding between parents and children, a patient appreciation 
on one side, and an affection on the other which made the intercourse freer than 
ordinary. 

Our Sundays were strictly observed, though not made an unpleasant memory 
by too rigid rules. There was never the question, "Who is going to church?" It 
was assumed as a matter of course that all would go. After morning service my 
aunts and other friends came to our house, were given home-made currant wine 
and cake or other refreshments, and spent a little time talking over family affairs. 
After the afternoon service, we had family prayers, reading and prayer, and then 
singing for an hour or more. Father had a very sweet voice, was fond of singing, 
and entered into it with his whole heart, putting in all the quavers that he had 
been taught in early life. While mother did not sing, she knew so many of the 
hymns, that when it became too dark for us to read the words she would line them 
off from memory. 




LACE WORK AND EMBROIDKRtD COLLAR 

PHOEBE GRIFFIN (LORD) NOYES [7] 

OWNF.n BY MRS. CHARLES H. l.l'nlNr.TON OF NKW ^ORK 



DANILL KQGLRS NOYI-S [7] 41 

Usually after singing, if it was pleasant, father took us for a walk to the 
burying-ground. Sometimes before the lights were lit, mother had us recite the 
Shorter Catechism. She knew it by heart, questions as well as answers, and 
never needed to refer to the text. She generally began with father, asking, "What 
is the chief end of Man?" and went around the circle in regular succession. 

For many years father was superintendent of the Sunday School, leading 
the singing as well. He was also depended upon in prayer-meeting to set the tunes, 
and occasionally in the Sunday service. One rainy Sunday before ! left home, 
fixed in my memory because of my extreme embarrassment, the organist and leader 
of the choir were absent. The pastor looked down to father to set the tune, and for 
some reason he asked me to do so. I started it, but before we had gone far 1 
stopped because I saw there was going to be trouble ahead, as 1 had started a long 
metre tune to common metre words. Father, however, went on, well supported 
by a goodly number all over the church. When they reached the end of the second 
line there was some confusion, and apparently no agreement as to the method of 
adjustment; one by one they dropped out and all was quiet — painfully quiet for 
a moment, when father's voice was heard clear and strong, giving us the right 
tune, in which we joined with more zeal, perhaps, than if nothing had happened. 

We all left home, except my sister Julia, while we were quite young, but we 
were followed out into the world with letters and prayerful interest, fulia de- 
voted all her youth and young womanhood tu lather and mother, but finally the 
time came when they were no longer willing to accept the sacrifice, and she married 
in 1869, and removed to Wilkesbarre, Pa. They were then left quite alone in the 
winter, but in summer the house was filled with the little grandchildren from New 
York. But their lives were full of interest in everything that was going on in the 
world. Mother always had the latest book which she read aloud to father in the 
evenings, and letters from the children, which were read and discussed with my 
aunts, who came down every day from the other end of the street. 1 went 
once to see them unexpectedly in the winter. I reached l.\me in the evening, 
walking up from the station, and passing in front of the church 1 saw mother 
sitting at her table in the window. She was reading aloud to father, by the light 
of her lamp, and I was so impressed by the picture, a perfect picture of peaceful 
old age, that I sat for quite a while on the old church steps watching them before 1 
went in and interrupted the reading. 

Father had a fancy for white things, and the grandchildren were verv much 
interested in his white chickens, and in his old cat, the only pet he ever had. Old 
Tom was a very intelligent animal, and used to take his nap up-stairs in the store, 
but when it came time for the mid-day meal, and he heard the bell, he would 
scamper down the stairs and come home with father, running just ahead of him. 
Father used to say that when he became so rheumatic in his old age that he used 
crutches, old Tom appreciated the difTicuItv with which he moved, and tried to 
steady his lame foot by putting his paw on it, as they went down-stairs together. 

He was a devoted brother to my aunts, looking after their business affairs 



42 DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7] 

during all his married life, and caring for their comfort in every way. When a 
small boy, with a decided aversion to getting up in the morning, I remember be- 
ing called early after a snowfall at night, to "go up and shovel out your Aunt 
Harriet." 

Father outlived all his family by many years, and in 1873, when he was 
eighty years old, my sister Mrs. Kirby and 1 took him back to Westerly, the home 
of his childhood. The house where he was born had long since passed out of the 
hands of the family, and the exterior was somewhat dilapidated, although it was 
in a fair condition inside. He was very much interested, as we drove along the 
road from Westerly village to Noyes' Point, and pointed out the places where var- 
ious incidents of his boyhood occurred, telling us one story after another. When 
we arrived at the house,' he said, pointing to the stone walls in front, "We built 
these stone walls — Tom and Jim built that, and Joe and 1 this one. Here is 
where we placed the old howitzer when the British fired on us," and showed us 
where, in the swamp near the dunes. Green was taken prisoner. On entering the 
house, he was quite overcome with emotion, and said nothing as he went from 
room to room, until he came to the bedroom in which, after his mother's death, he 
had slept for years with his father. This evidently recalled his father specially 
to his memory, and he said, "The bed stands jiist where ours did, and the room 
does not seem much changed." The visit was one of the greatest pleasures of his 
later life. 

The last summer before mother died, when she was so feeble that she lay on 
the lounge most of the time, she showed her love and devotion to children still. 
One of her little grandchildren wanted to play "dress-up," and mother was found 
resting on the attic stairs, e.xhausted by the exertion she had made to get her some 
of the old treasures from the trunks up there The last day of her life, her eldest 
son's little daughter was in the house, and mother worried about her visit, saying 
several times to Aunt Jane," 1 hope someone is entertaining thechild. it is too bad 
to have her visit spoiled." So she was always thinking of every one but herself, 
and even to the end of her life giving out affection and cheer to those she loved. 

She died October 12, 1875, aged seventy-nine, and was buried in the Lyme 
burying-ground. After her death her children erected a monument to her on the 
family plot. This seems the fitting place to mention the Lyme Library, built 
twenty-two years after her death, on the site of the Joseph Lord house, where my 
grandmother brought up her family of girls, and where mother spent her life until 
she was married. After the death of the last aunt, Frances Jane Lord, in 1888, the 
heirs, who were her nephews and nieces, gave the property to Lyme for a Library, 
which was built there by my brother-in-law and sister, Charles H. and Josephine 
(Noyes) Ludington, of New York, and endowed by them and others of the family. 
Nothing could have been more fitting as a memorial to mother than a Library, with 
the addition of a hall for social affairs, where from time to time are held exhibitions 
of paintings, lectures, readings, etc. We believe that her desire to be useful to her 

' See illustration of the old Noyes house at Westerly, in preceding article. 




piinrnr griffin noyf.s library 

l/SMP. (ONN. 



i)anii:l r()gi;ks novi-s ty] 43 

own and siiccoedint,' general ions woiilil he more than satisfied with the memorial 
raised by her children in the I'lioelu' Clrithn Noyes Library. 

After mother's death, lather had a daughter with him most ol tiie time, 
either Mrs. Kirbv or Mrs. I.udington. Mrs. Kirby writes of the last winter: 

"lie was very laiiK-, and siilTcri'd so iiuilIi, but was always clicerful and paticnl, and so 
considerate of others and afraiii of giving trouble. I le would go to church even when the ice would 
have discouraged some with the full use of their limbs. The young minister used to bring church 
matters to him for advice and especially I remember the discouraged salary-collector coming to 
tell him of his troubles. Father did not talk much about his religion, he only lived it. He showed 
me a little bit of his heart one day, when he took a Nlip from his pocket-book containing a poem 
by Dr. Bonar — 

' BeNond till- watching aiul the wailing 

I shall be soon. 
Love, rest and home. Lord, tarry not but coiiic — ' 
and said with trembling lip. 'that is my thought too'." 

He lived but a little more than two years after mother, and after a very brief 
illness, died November lo, 1877, aged eighty-seven, and was buried by mother's 
side. His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Gary, of Lyme, and we quote 
from it as follows: 

"lie breathed a gentle atmosphere of godliness upon the community. He lived quietly, 
and wrought in the Master's name unobservedly, and, from the depths of my conviction I say it: 
He blessed his day and generation infinitely more than he knew, and more, much more than we 
appreciate. . . . Through storms of snow and rain, while young and vigorous people staid at home, 
through the ice of winter and the heat of summer, he has been in his place at public worship. . . . 
In 1828-0, when the temperance reform spread through New England, Col. Noyes was keeping a 
grocery and general store in Lyme. The sale of intoxicating liquors was countenanced as legitimate 
and honorable business at that time when even the minister . . . drank his glass of rum. Col. 
Noyes had just received a fresh invoice of rum when a temperance lecturer came here and presented 
the cause. He immediately reconsigned the liquor to the dealers, destroyed the remnants of his 
stock, and from that day became a warm advocate of temperance reform. ... As the steady 
shining of a light gives assurance and guidance to the wanderer, so his consistent walk illumined 
the path of many who were in darkness." 

Children of Danii^l Rogers and Piioebi; Griffin (Lord) Noyi;s 

Caroline Lydia, born .May 4. 1828; marrietl Sept. 1, 1858, LJiab Burgis Kirby, son of Flisha 
and Betsey (Spencer) Kirby of .Middletown, Conn., who was born Aug. 16. 1816; Mr. 
Kirby was a merchant in St. Louis, Mo., where he died Dec. 27, 1896. His widow 
is now living there. Their children were: 
F.dmund Burgis Kirby, born July 3, 1859. 
Julian Noyes Kirby, born Nov. 16, 1861. 
Daniel Noyes Kirby, born Aug. 22, 1864. 
Charles Noyes Kirby, born Dec. ig, 1867; died April 3. 1869. 
Robert Spencer Kirby, born Oct. 27, 1870; died Oct. 9. 1875. 
Winchester Scot t Kirb\-, born Feb. 1, 1876; died .March 23. 1885. 



44 DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7] 

Edmund, born Aug. 10, 1830; died Nov. 27, 1835. 

Julia Lord, born Sept. 23, 1833, married Sept. 29, 1869, George Loveland, son of Elijah and 

Mary (Buckingham) Loveland, of Kingston, Pa., who was born Nov. 5, 1823; she died 

at Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 18, 1885. Their children were: 

George Loveland, born Oct. 25, 1871 ; died Nov. 30, 1871. 

Charles Noyes Loveland, born Nov. 26, 1872; Y. C. 1894; married June 7, 1900, 
Mabel Huidekoper Bond, daughter of George and Rebecca Calhoun (Huide- 
koper) Bond, of Jamaica Plains, Mass. Their children are: Rose Cracroft 
Loveland, born July 28, 1903, and Charles Noyes Loveland, born Aug. i, 1906. 

Josephine Noyes Loveland, born Nov. 5, 1874. 
Daniel Rogers, born Nov. 10, 1836; married Dec. 4, 1866, Helen Abia Gilman, daughter of 

WiNTHROP Sargent and Abia Swift (Lippincott) Gilman (136) of New York, 

who was born Jan. 4, 1843; now living in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their children were: 

Helen Gilman Noyes, born Oct. 12, 1867; married March 30, 1892, Rev. William 
Adams Brown, son of John Crosby and Mary (Adams) Brown of New York. 
Their children are: John Crosby Brown, born Dec. 23, 1892, and William 
Adams Brown, born Nov. 14, 1894. 

Winthrop Sargent Gilman Noyes, born April 7, 1869; Y. C. 1891. 

Evelyn McCurdy Noyes, born May 14, 1871; married May 29, 1895, Rollin Sanford 
Saltus, son of Nicholas and Maria Seymour (Sanford) Saltus of New York. 
Their children are: Rollin Sanford Saltus, born July 2, i8g6, and Winthrop 
Noyes Saltus, born March 5, 1903. 

Caroline Lord Noyes, born June 24, 1876; married June 3, 1904, Thatcher Magoun 
Brown, brother of her sister Helen's husband. Their children are: Moreau De- 
lano Brown, born March 30, 1905, and Daniel Noyes Brown, born Oct. 10, 1906. 

Josephine Lord Noyes, twin with Caroline; died Aug. 23, 1876. 

Daniel Raymond Noyes, born Aug. 20, 1883; Y. C. 1905. 
Josephine Lord, born Sept. 18, 1839; married Aug. r, i860, Charles Henry Ludington, 

son of Lewis and Polly (Townsend) Ludington, of Carmel.N. Y., who was born Feb. 

I, 1825; now living in New York. Their children were: 

Mary Louise Ludington, born Aug. 17, 1862. 

William Howard Ludington, born Sept. 24, 1864; Y. C. 1887. 

Charles Henry Ludington, born Aug. 9, 1866; Y. C. 1887; married, in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
April 24, 1895, Ethel Mildred Saltus, sister of his cousin Evelyn Noyes' hus- 
band, who was born July 4, 1871. Their children are: Charles Townsend 
Ludington, born in New York, Jan. 16, 1896, Wright Saltus Ludington, born 
in New York, June 10, 1900, and Nicholas Saltus Ludington, born in Bryn 
Mawr, Pa., Nov. 13, 1904. 

James Elliott Ludington, born Feb. 12, 1868; died March 7, 1870. 

Katharine Ludington, born Oct. 16, 1869. 

Arthur Crosby Ludington, born March 6, 1880; Y. C. 1902. 

Helen Gilman Ludington, born May 5, 1882. 
Charles Phelps, horn April 24, 1842; married Sept. i, 1874, Emily Hoffman Gilman, sister 

of his brother Daniel's wife, who was born March 10, 1854; now living in St. Paul, 

Minnesota. Their children were: 

Julia Gilman Noyes, born June 6, 1875; married, Aug. 22, 1898, Henry Wheeler 
de Forest, son of Henry Grant and Julia Mary (Weeks) de Forest, of New 



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DANIEL ROGERS NOYES [7J 45 

York, who was born Oct. 29, 1855. Tlu-ir diildrcn arc: Julia Mary tic I urcst, 
born in New ^ork.Ocl. 26, 1899, 1 lcnr> Wiicclcrdc I'orcst, born in New ^ orkjan. 
3, 1901, Charles Noycs de rorest, born in G)ld Spring Harbor, I,. I., Aug. 7, 1(^)4. 

Katherine Mct'.urdy Noyes, born June 9, 1876; died July 31. 1884. 

Emily HotTman Noyes, born June 25, 1880; died Aug. 3, 1880. 

Charles Reinoid Noyes, born May 2, [884; Y. C. 1905. 

Robert Hale Noyes, born Alarch 31, 1886; Y. C. 1908. 

Laurence Cilman Noyes, born May 26, 1893. 

lio| JOSEPH BROWN 

OF SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND 

ALTHOUGH we know very little about the father of Rev. James Noyes' 
wife, Sarah Brown, bcyotid the fact that his name was Joseph 
Brown, and that he lived in Southampton, we can gather from the 
will of one of his sons, Moses Brown, a few facts about the family. 
As they were from adjacent towns, it is not, perhaps, surprising that there seems 
to have been a connection between the Browns and the Willoughbys (81). 
The name of Willoughby Brown appears in the will as a cousin. This son, "Moses 
Browne, citizen and founder of London," appears to have been a rich man, and 
one of a large fatniiy connection. Another brother, Mr. James Brown, was one of 
the first settlers of Newbury, coming over with Rev. James Noyes (2) and his wife. 

Children of Joseph and I5rown 

Moses, who died about June, 1688; bequeathed to his "sister Sarah Noyse of New England 
one hundred pounds, to her two sons William and Joseph Noyse fifty pounds apiece," 
to his "cousin Willoughby Browne two hundred pounds," to his "sister Margaret 
Ventham one hundred and fifty pounds," to his "sister Dorothy Riggs the like sum," 
and mentioned his "late brother Thomas Browne." 

Thomas, mentioned in the above will, who died before 1688. 

James, emigrated to New England in 1634, and probably died before 1656, as he is at that 
time called "late teacher in Portsmouth." 
(2) Sarah, married in 1633, Rev. Ja.mes Noyes, son of Rev. William and Ann (Parker) 
Noyes (i) of Cholderton, Eng., and died at Newbury, Mass., Sept. 13, 1691. 

|i2| THOMAS STANTON |i 616-1677] 

and his wife 
ANN LORD [1621-1688] 

OF ENGLAND, HARTFORD, AND STONINGTON, CONN. 

THOMAS STANTON, born in England about 1616, was in early man- 
hood designed and educated for a cadet, but not liking the profession 
of arms, and taking a deep interest in the religious principles of the 
Puritans, he emigrated to America, sailing from London, England, 
for Virginia, January 2, 1635/6, in the merchantman "Bonaventura." He came 



46 THOMAS STANTON [12] 

over alone, and we cannot find that he then had any relatives on this side of the 
water, unless Robert Stanton, of Newport, R. 1., was one — perhaps a brother, as 
Savage and Austin believe. 

There is some reason to think our Thomas Stanton may have been the 
same Thomas Stanton as the one named in the Washington Family Chart,' the 
son of Thomas Stanton, Esq., of Wolverton, Warwickshire, and Katherine Wash- 
ington, daughter of Walter Washington, and niece of Laurence Washington, the 
ancestor of George Washington, first President of the United States. The fol- 
lowing suggestive coincidences make this such a clue as is often followed up in 
genealogical work with satisfactory results. First, the Washington Chart shows 
a "Thomas aet 3 1619," which corresponds exactly with Thomas' age of twenty 
years when he registered as a passenger on the "Bonaventura" in January, 1635, old 
style, 1636, as we would now say. Again, the Stanton chart in the "Visitation of 
Warwickshire" (p. 277)gives the same, "Thomas fils et haeres aetat 3 Annori 1619," 
and both the father and grandfather were named Thomas, which name has also 
comedown in every succeeding generation on this side of the water through Thomas, 
the emigrant. Again, when Thomas Stanton emigrated, he came to Jamestown, 
Virginia, and a few years later John Washington, General Washington's grand- 
father, came to the same place. Unfortunately, the records of New London were 
destroyed in 1781 by Benedict Arnold, the traitor, when he sacked and burned 
that town, and at that time Thomas Stanton's will was lost. This would un- 
doubtedly have cleared up the question of his ancestry, as there is a family tradition 
that before his death, he received a legacy from England. 

His stay in Virginia must have been very brief, less than a year, as he was 
also in Boston, Mass., in 1636. It has been suggested that he acquired his know- 
ledge of the Indians, their languages and customs, by mingling with them on this 
journey north, but his proficiency was so unusual that this explanation seems hardly 
sufficient, and we must believe that he traded with the Indians even before he left 
Virginia. It seems highly probable, too, that he brought with him letters from 
England, vouching for his personal character, as, on his arrival in Boston, Gov- 
ernor Winthrop and his associates, learning of his knowledge of the Indian lan- 
guage, although he was then a mere lad of twenty, selected him as interpreter to 
accompany Mr. Fenwick and Rev. Hugh Peters to Fort Saybrook, Conn., on an im- 
portant mission to the younger Winthrop, with reference to a treaty with the 
Pequots. The mission was evidently not successful, as the Pequot war followed 
immediately, in which Thomas Stanton served throughout. Special mention 
of his bravery in the battle of Fairfield Swamp, where he nearly lost his life, is 
found in the New London Records, and for this service he received some years later 
a grant of land. 

In 1 637, he was living at Newtowne (now Cambridge, Mass.) , and was one of the 
magistrates who examined Rev. John Wheelright when tried for heresy in the old 
church there. The same year he removed to Hartford, Conn., perhaps through 

' Water's Genealogical Gleanings, chart facing p. 396. 



THOMAS STANTON [i^] 47 

the influence of the younger John Winlhrop, later governor of Connecticut, whose 
acquaintance ho had made at lort Saybrook, and who became his intimate and 
special friend. Soon after his arrival in Hartlord he married Ann, third daughter 
of Thomas and Dorothy (Bulkeley) Lord (67), who was born about 162 1. I hey 
also had removed from Newtowne (Cambridge) to I lartford but a short time before. 
liioMAS Stanion's name appears as one of the one hundred and twenty- 
seven original proprietors of Hartford in 1637, and his special knowledge made 
him available at once for public service. The next year the General Oiurt of Con- 
necticut \oied him /,i() "for the seruice hee hath done for the countrey already 
past," also appointed him "a publicke oflficer for to attend the corte vppon all 
occasions" as interpreter, with a salary of £10 per annum. 1 le was sent with Cap- 
tain .Mason on a mission to the 

" Warranocke Indians to declare vnto tlicm that wee have a desire to speake with them 
Id knowe the reasons why they saide they are afTraideof vs and if they will not come to vs, willingly, 
I lien to compcil thfin to come by violence." 

It appears he did not always agree with the policy of Captain Mason and the 
Court, and drew upon himself their displeasure. Another man was appointed 
interpreter in his place, but after two years he was reinstated. 

In 1640 or 1641 , he was engaged in business with his brother-in-law, Richard 
Lord, of Hartford, trading with the Indians on Long Island and elsewhere. Dur- 
ing this partnership Richard was fined £'^ by the General Court, because he drew 
his sword on Stanton in a quarrel. The Court stopped their trading with Long 
Island in 1642, giving them the privilege of making one more voyage to collect 
debts due them. Possibly it was about this time that he again visited the Vir- 
ginia Indians. The only reason we have for supposing that he made such a visit, 
is a curious document, without date, but probably entered in 1668 or 1669 on the 
New London County Records, as follows: 

"Whereas Capt. Morrice hath reported and informed the King's Commissioner that Mr. 
Thomas Stanton, Scnr. did, in Virginia, some 20 odd years since, cause a massacre among the Indians 
whereby to gain their Beaver to himself, and the said Morrice named Richard Arye, mariner, to be 
his author: These may certify all of whom it may concern that the said Arye being examined 
concerning said report, doth absolutely deny that he knew or reported any such thing to Morrice 
nor ever heard of anv such thing alvuit Mr. .Stanton in Virginia to his rcmembcrancc." 

This was acknowledged in court by Richard Arye, and attested by David W'ethcrcll, 
recorder. 

Mr. Stanton was intimately connected with Indian afTairs during his whole 
life. When the Yorkshire colonists bought the site of Quinipiac or New Haven 
from the natives, he was their interpreter (see 178), acting also as agent for the 
London Missionary Society, and interpreting for the ministers who preached to 
the Indians. He also aided Rev. Abraham Pierson in translating his Catechism 
into the Indian tongue, and certified the same in his official capacity. Later he 



48 THOMAS STANTON [12] 

became the interpreter-general of New England, appointed by the Commissioners 
of the United Colonies. 

On one of his journeys with Governor Winthrop, of Connecticut, he visited 
Stonington to consult with Ninegret, chief sachem of the Eastern Niantics (see 3). 
While there he made his first acquaintance with the Pawcatuck valley, and was so 
pleased with it and its situationfor trading purposes that, on hisreturn to Hartford, 
he procured from the General Court, February 6, 1649/50, a license for the ex- 
clusive trade of Pawcatuck river with "6 acres of planting ground" and "libberty 
of feed and mowing" for three years, and was the first white man who joined Mr. 
William Chesebrough in this new settlement. Here he erected a trading house 
in 1651, trading with the Indians and sendingfurs to Boston and the West Indies. 
The business, operated with coasting vessels, was the first of the kind between New 
London and Newport, and was continued by him and later by his sons as they 
grew up to manhood. 

He does not appear to have taken his family to Pawcatuck at this time, but 
in 1651 he removed them to New London, and in 1657 or 1658 moved over to Paw- 
catuck, where he had previously built a dwelling-house. At this time Pawcatuck 
was part of Southertown, and under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and he 
was appointed selectman and magistrate. After Pawcatuck was set off to the 
Connecticut Colony by the charter of 1662, Mr. Stanton was appointed magis- 
trate and commissioner, and re-appointed every year up to the time of his death. 
From 1666 to 1675 his service was continuous as deputy to the General Assembly 
of Connecticut. 

When courts were first established in New London County, in 1666, Major 
Mason, Thomas Stanton and Lieutenant Pratt, of Saybrook, were appointed 
judges, with authority to hold a semi-annual court in New London "to issue and 
determine all cases brought before them, ... to marry persons, and punish for 
criminal matters to the value of 40s or by stocks." 

Not only did he have a prominent part in public affairs, being elected to almost 
every position of trust in the new settlement, serving his county and state as well, 
but he was also active in the foundation of the First Church of Stonington, of which 
Rev. James Noyes (3), his son-in-law, was the first settled pastor. 

An interesting document in the handwriting of Thomas Stanton sent to the 
General Court at Hartford by the town of Stonington, May 4, 1668, refers to the 
boundary between Connecticut and Rhode Island mentioned under Rev. James 
Noyes (3), Deputy Governor James Barker (30), Governor Peleg Sanford (16), 
and others. It is in part as follows: 

"A Companie of personnes from Road Island whoe threatned the east side of Paquatack 
River (w'"^ seemed at first to vs but as ridicules) yet have built, fenced improved & forsibly settled 
& ar growing numerovs; & doe noe les threaten the west side of Paquatack River; and wee know 
not but they may as well take all as part, nay, our houses over our heades, by as much right as w' 
thay at present injoye, for any thing the Pattent priviledges more to one side of the River then the 
other . . . Least multitude of business might ovrwhelme you, & our beeing remoat & as ovt 



THOMAS STANTON (12) 49 

of sight might too much buric us in oblivion, or want of information might ri-nder you the les sen- 
sible of our condition, wee mai<e bold to remind you, & if it maye bee to add a litell breath loihe 
sayils and fethers to the winges of your solicitous indeavors in our behalfe .... neither can 
any true hartcd iS: fellow-feeling Christians choose but movrne to see & heare of ovr neighboring 
disorders, iS: acknoledg ovr condition is trulie deplorable to have personnesof such corrupt prinsip- 
alis & praktises to live so near vs, and on our owne. . . May not parents hartes bleed when abovt 
to leave the world to thinke how they leave their deer children in the movth of the Lion & paw of 
the Beare, and worse, as beeing daylie tempted by exampells to folow after & imbrace lies, to live 
as riotous, wanton, luxsurious, and even no better than to bee said vnto, Serve other Gods, or no 
God? . . . Surelie if this case be made as your owne, you will not spare for cost or paynes, or bee 
vnwilling to run som hassard in the indeavour of our speedie redres." ' 

This vexed question as to boundaries continued to agitate Stonington and 
Westerly until 1728, when it was finally settled, after a controversy of sixty- 
five years. 

From the year 1636, when he was Winthrop's interpreter wiih the Niantic 
Sachem, to 1670, when Uncas, the Mohegan Sachem, accompanied by all his savage 
court and train of warriors, as witnesses, came Irom Mohegan to Pawcatuck to get 
him to write his will, Iiiomas Stanton's name is connected with almost every 
Indian transaction on record. = 

in the year of his death he returned to the Indian Cassacinamon "all the 
wampum that he holds in trust for him frotn Ninicroft." This transaction, as 
well as the visit of Uncas mentioned above, shows the esteem the Indians had for 
him. 

He died December 2, 1677, in Stonington, aged sixty-two years, and his 
will was probated in June, 1678, but, as stated above, was probably destroyed with 
the New London records. His wife lived eleven years longer, making her home with 
her daughter Dorothy, wife of Rev. James Noyes (3), and died in 1688, aged sixty- 
seven years. Both were buried in the old burying-ground on the east side of We- 
quetoquock Cove, where were also buried Rev. James Noyes (3), Mr. Chesebrough, 
and many other of the first settlers of Stonington. 

Children of Thomas and Ann (Lord) Stanton 

Thomas, born in Hartford in 1638; married in 1658, Sarah Denison, eldest daughter of Cap- 
tain George and his first wife Bridget (Thompson) Denison; was employed as in- 
terpreter by the United Colonies succeeding his father and died at Stonington, April 
1 1, 1718. 

John, born in Hartford in 1641 ; married in 1664, Hannah Thompson, sister of Rev. William 
Thompson, Jr., of Braintree, Mass.; served with distinction in King Philip's War, in 
the Great Swamp Fight and later was in command of one of the companies in 
Captain George Denison 's campaign when Canonchet was captured; died at Stoning- 
ton Oct. 3, 1713. 

Mary, born in Hartford in 1643; married, Nov. 14, 1662, Samuel Rogers, son of James Rogers 
of New London, Conn. 

'Colonial Records oj Conntciinit. I, 530. ^History oj Nrw London, Caulkins, 296. 



50 THOMAS STANTON [12] 

Hannah, born in Hartford in 1644; married Nov. 20, 1662, Nehemiah Palmer, son of Waiter 
and Rebecca (Short) Palmer of Stonington; died Oct. 17, 1727. 

Joseph, born in Hartford in 1646; baptized March 21, 1646; married (1) June 19, 1673, 
Hannah Meade, daughter of William Meade of Roxbury, Mass.; married (2) Aug. 23, 
1677, his cousin Hannah Lord, daughter of Dr. Thomas and Hannah (Thurston) Lord 
of Hartford and Wethersfield; married twice more, the fourth wife probably being a 
Miss Prentice, and died in 1714. 

Daniel, born in Hartford in 1648; married and died in the Barbadoes, where he had gone to 
establish a branch of Stanton Bros., leaving one child, Richard, who is mentioned 
in the grandmother's will as "the fatherless child in Barbadoes." 
(3) Dorothy, born 1651; married Sept. 11, 1674, Rev. James Noyes, son of Rev. James and 
Sarah (Brown) Noyes (2); died in Stonington, Jan. 19, 1743. 

Robert, born in Pequoit (New London) in 1653; married Nov. 12, 1677, Joanna Gardiner, 
daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Smith) Gardiner of Roxbury, Mass.; lived at Paw- 
catuck and was a soldier in King Philip's War and at twenty-two years, when Canon- 
chet was captured, was the youth who received this contemptuous reply from the 
Chief; "You much child! No understand war. Let your brother [Captain John] or 
Chief come. Him I will answer;" died Oct. 25, 1724. 

Sarah, born at Pequoit (New London) in 1655; married (1) Jan. 20, 1675, Thomas Prentice, 

Jr., son of Captain Thomas and Grace ( ) Prentice of Newtown, Mass.; married 

(2) in May,i686,Captain William Denison, son of Captain George and his second wife, 
Ann (Borodell) Denison, and the brother of her two sisters-in-law. 

Samuel, born at Pequoit (New London) in 1657; married June 16, 1680, Borodel Denison, 
daughter of Captain George and his second wife Ann (Borodell) Denison; lived in 
Stonington on that portion of his father's estate called "Osbrook" in the angle of 
Fawcatuck river and the bay and served in the early colonial wars. His wife died Jan. 
1 1, 1702, but the date of his death is not known. 

[14] SAMUEL SANFORD [....-....] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELEANOR [....-....] 

OF ALFORD, ENGLAND 

WE have only the name of Samuel Sanford and that of his wife Eleanor 
, and we know that their home was in Alford, Lincolnshire, 
England. Although their son emigrated three years earlier than the 
HuTCHiNSONS from the same town, his second marriage to the 
daughter of William and Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson (17), in 1637, would 
show that the families had probably known each other in the old country. 

Children of Samuel and Eleanor ( ) Sanford 

(15) John, married (i) Elizabeth Webb of Boston, who died July 14, 1635; married (2) about 
1637 in New England, Bridget Hutchinson, daughter of William and Anne (Mar- 
bury) Hutchinson (17); died between June 22 and Nov. 16, 1653. 



JOHN SANFURU [15] 51 

[i^J JOHN SANFORD [. . . .-ib'-,}\ 

AND HIS WIVES 

ELIZABETH WEBB [....-1635] 
BRIDGET HUTCHINSON [1619-1698] 

OF ENGLAND, BOSTON, MASS., AND PORTSMOUTH, R. I. 

JOHN SANFORD (sometimes spelled Sampeford) was the son of Samuel 
I and Eleanor Sanford (14), of Alford, Lincolnshire, England. He sailed 
I for America in the ship " Lyon," Captain Pierce, about the middle of August, 
J 1631, and had as fellow passengers, John Eliot, the missionary to the Indians, 
and John Winthrop, Jr., afterward governor of Connecticut. They arrived out 
of Boston Harbor, November 3rd, after a three months' voyage. His name appears 
as No. 1 1 5 on the list of members of the First Church of Boston, and he was 
made freeman April 3, 1632. From 1632 to 1637 he was employed at the Fort as 
a cannoneer, and in 1634 and 1636 as surveyor of arms and ammunition, when 
his pay was fixed at £'30. On the ist of March, 1636, he was chosen one of the 
selectmen of Boston, to which office he was re-elected until he moved elsewhere. 

Soon after his arrival he married (i) Elizabeth Webb, or Evered, a sister 
of Henry Webb, a prominent merchant of Boston. She must have come over from 
England some time before he did, as she was a member of the First Church in 1630. 
She came from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, at least four years before Mr. Thomas 
Parker and Mr. James Noyes (2), and was one of the family of Webb mentioned 
by Fuller.' He says: "They were cloth-weavers of the name of Evered, refugees 
from the Netherlands in the time of Edward HI, who called them W^ebb on account 
of their cloth manufacture." Elizabeth died on July 14, 1635, at the birth of 
her son Samuel (54). 

John Sanford then married (2), probably in 1637, Bridget Hutchinson, 
daughter of William and Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson (17), who was born Jan- 
uary 15, 1618/9, at Alford, Eng., her husband's birthplace, and left there with her 
parents in 1634. This marriage occurred the year of the trial of Anne Hutchinson, 
and John Sanford came under the condemnation of the Court, with the rest of 
her family and sympathizers. He was one of the fifty-eight members of the First 
Church who were disarmed in 1637 by order of the Council "because the opinions 
and revelations of Mr. Wheelright and Mrs. Hutchinson have seduced and led into 
dangerous errors many of the people here in New England." He was banished 
with the Hutchinsons in 1638, and on March7thof that year heandeighteenothers 
signed the compact incorporating themselves into a" Bodie Politick" for the settle- 
ment of Aquidneck or Rhode Island. He lived thereafter in Portsmouth, R. I., and 
held the offices of recorder in 1639, constable in 1640, recorder of His Majesty's 
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in 1642, lieutenant in 1644, 
assistant in 1647-9, ^"^ president of Portsmouth and Newport in 1653. 

' Church History, i lo. 



52 JOHN SANFORD [15] 

He died some time between June 22 and November 16, 1653, and his will, 
which was drawn on the first, and proved on the latter date, is that of a wealthy 
man. He left his property divided between his second wife, Bridget, and nine 
surviving children, with the special provision for the eldest son which was then 
customary. The estate inventoried £824. lis. 46. and included in the long list 
of property, sixty pounds of gunpowder, valued at £c)4. los., five pewter plates and 
a flagon, two silver spoons, a flock bed for the negroes, two negroes and a negro boy. 

His widow, Bridget, was but thirty-five years old at the time of her husband's 
death, and married (2) about two years later. Major William Phillips, whom she 
outlived. She died in Boston, probably in 1698, as her will, dated September 29, 
1696, was probated August 18, 1698. 

Children of John and Elizabeth (Webb) Sanford 

John, born in Boston June 4, 1633; baptized July 26, 1633; married (i) Aug. 8, 1654, Eliza- 
beth Spatchurst, eldest daughter of Henry Spatchurst of Bermuda; married (2) April 
17, 1663, Mary (Gorton) Greene, widow of John Greene and daughter of Samuel and 
Elizabeth Gorton; lived at Portsmouth, R. I., and held many public offices; was 
treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island, commissioner, general recorder, attorney- 
general, deputy, assistant, and member of Gov. Andros' Council. He and his bro- 
ther Samuel had legacies from their uncle Henry Webb of Boston. He died in 1687. 
(54) Samuel, born July 14, 1635; married (i) Sarah Waddell, daughter of William and Mary 
Waddell (Wodell); married (2) Susanna Spatchurst, daughter of William and 
Elizabeth Spatchurst (58) of Bermuda, probably a cousin of his brother John's 
wife; died at Portsmouth, R. I., March 18, 1713. 

Children of John and Bridget (Hutchinson) Sanford 

Eliphal, born Dec. q, 1637; married Bartho Stratton. She died Jan. 18, 1724. 
(16) Peleg, born May 10, 1639; married (i) Mary Brenton, daughter of Governor William 
and Martha (Burton) Brenton; married (2) Dec. i, 1674, Mary Coddington, daughter 
of Governor William and Ann (Brinley) Coddington (19); died at Newport, R. I., 
in 1701. 

Endcome, born at Portsmouth Feb. 23, 1640 and died young. 

Restcome, born at Portsmouth Jan. 29, 1642; lived at Portsmouth and died unmarried in 
1667, leaving a will dated Aug. 12, 1667, in which he named " Five brothers and my 
sister viz: Samuel, Peleg, William, Esbon and Elisha Sanford and Eliphal Stratton" 
and said " If brother Esbon is not heard of for a year, the four sheep assigned to him 
to be divided between brother Samuel and Sister Eliphal, provided that if afterwards 
Esbon shall come again the sheep shall be returned to him." 

William, born March 4, 1644; died unmarried after the date of Restcome's will. 

Esbon, born Jan. 25, 1646; evidently went to sea before 1667, the date of Restcome's will 
above, and probably married in England and perhaps died there, as his mother in 
1696, left a legacy in her will "to granddaughter in England, my son Esbon Sanford's 
daughter a gold ring." In 1701 Peleg also said in his will, "to daughter of 
brother Esbon deceased." 

Frances, born Jan. 9, 1648, died young. 



JOHN SANTORIJ [15] 53 

Elisha, horn Dec. 28, 1650; in 1676 had a deed from his step-father W'iiham I'hillijis, of 1.000 
acres, being part of a tract 8 miles square purchased of the Inthans "joining on the 
northwest end of the town of Wells, Maine." The name of the plantation was " Phil- 
lipston." afterwards, when incorporated in 1758, called "Sanford. ' lie probably went 
there to live and died before i6()8, the date of his mother's will, in which he is 
not mentioned. 

Ann, born March 12, 1652, died in Boston, Aug. 26, 1654. 

[ibj GOVERNOR PELEG SANFORD [10^,9-17011 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY CODDINGTON [1654-. . . .] 

OF PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT, R. I. 

PI.I.I^G SANFORD, son of John and Bridget (Hutchinson) Sanford (15), 
was born at Portsmouth, R. I., May 10, 1639. He was constantly in 
public life from early manhood till his death at the age of sixty-two, 
serving both in civil and military positions of honor and prominence. 

He inherited a large property for that time, and the first record we have of 
him is his receipt dated October 19, 1663, to his "father-in-law," i. e. stepfather, 
William Phillips, for his portion of the estate left by his own father. This was in- 
creased soon after by a legacy of a large amount of property at Portsmouth from 
his mother's bachelor uncle, Samuel Hutchinson, of Boston, who died in 1667, in 
Boston. 

On May 2, 1666, he was made freeman, and from that tiine held office con- 
tinuously. He was commissioned "Captain of a Troop of Horse" on July 24, 1667, 
and the same year was chosen assistant, or one of the Governor's ("ouncil, to which 
he was re-elected in 1668 and in 1669. This was an office of great responsibility for 
a man under thirty years of age. He was re-elected to the office in 1670, but de- 
clined to serve. He accepted the office of deputy for Newport, to which he was 
elected the same year, and served in that capacity from 1670 to 1677. 

He married (i) about 1670, Mary Brenton, daughter of Governor William 
and Martha (Burton) Brenton. Brenton had been governor of Rhode Island from 
1666 to 1668 and gave his daughter, on her marriage, one-three hundredths of Ca- 
nonicut and Dutch Islands. She died in 1674, having had three children, all of 
whom died young. Peleg Sanford married (2), December 1, 1674, Mary Cod- 
DiNGTON, daughter of Governor William and Ann (Brinley) Coddington (19), 
who was born A\ay 16, 1654. At the time of their marriage. Governor Coddington 
was the governor of Rhode Island. Peleg Sanford purchased Rose Island from 
Pessacus, an Indian, about this time, and the deed was recorded May i, 1675. 

While his public service later was mainlv political, we fmd that he had part 
in the final capture of King Philip in the swamp near Mt. I lope. a few months after 
the Great Swamp Fight, as the following record shows. "On August 11, 1676, 



54 GOVERNOR PELEG SANFORD [16] 

Capt. Goulding and Peleg Sanford informed Capt. Church of King Philip's hiding- 
place and the next day that warrior was killed." 

There had been for some time a controversy between Rhode Island and Con- 
necticut on the subject of their boundary lines, and it had reached, in May, 1677, a 
point that made an appeal to the King necessary. Peleg Sanford and Richard 
Bailey were chosen agents for Rhode Island, and sent to England to present the 
appeal, and to represent her claims to the territory in dispute. He was again called 
upon for similar service in October, 1677, when a royal order having been issued to 
the four governors of the New England Colonies to appoint commissioners to settle 
the Providence and Pawtuxet boundary dispute, he was appointed one of the eight 
commissioners, who were: Judge Simon Lynde (78), and Daniel Henchman of 
Massachusetts; Thomas Hinckley, Esq. (185), and James Cudworth, Esq., of 
Plymouth; Captain George Denison and Daniel Witherell of Connecticut; and 
Peleg Sanford, Esq., and John Coggeshall of Rhode Island. It is interesting to 
note that this important body included ancestors of both the Noyes and Gilman 
families. Captain George Denison was the noted Indian fighter of Stonington, and 
a friend and neighbor of Rev. James Noyes (3). 

Peleg Sanford served as assistant again in 1677 and 1678, and from 1678 to 
1 68 1 was the treasurer of the Colony. He was major commandant of all the militia 
of Rhode Island from May, 1679,10 1680, succeeding Major John Cranston, who was 
elected governor in 1679. The latter dying in office in 1680, Major Sanford was 
chosen by the Assembly to fill the vacancy. This was confirmed by the people at 
the general election in May following, and he was re-elected as governor in 1681, 
1682, and 1683. In 1683 he declined to serve and his brother-in-law, William 
Coddington, son of the former governor (19), was elected instead. During Gov- 
ernor San ford's administration of three years, there occurred a renewal of the 
struggle with Connecticut for that portion of the soil of Rhode Island called King's 
Province (later King's County), also the controversy with Plymouth Colony over 
the possession of Hog Island. Thomas Hinckley (185) was at that time governor 
of Plymouth Colony. The adjoining colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, and 
Connecticut laid claim to nearly all the territory of Rhode Island, refused her 
admission to the United Colonies, and, in fact, threatened her very existence. Her 
admirable resistance was conducted by Governor Sanford with marked executive 
ability. In 1683 he was sent again to England with Arthur Fenner to present an 
appeal from the decision of Governor Cranfield, of New Hampshire, who, as referee, 
had decided adversely to Rhode Island in the contest with Connecticut above 
referred to. 

He received a commission as lieutenant-colonel in 1687, and was that year 
appointed a member of Governor Andros' Council, but would not serve. In spite 
of this refusal, however, he was honored later by the King with a commission 
dated January 31, 1698, to the important office of judge of the admiralty. He 
presented this to Governor Clark, who refused to recognize it. Peleg Sanford 
evidently approved of the Governor's stand, for he is reported as saying, in 1699, 



GOVERNUK IH-Ll-.G SANFURU [lOJ 55 

that "any commission direct from his Majesty is considered as an infringement of 
the charter privileges, and tiiose wlio lake liiem are looked upon as enemies to the 
state." 

He died at liis home in Newport in 1701, aged sixty-two. His house stood 
on the corner of Broad and lareweil Streets, opposite tlie Slate House. 

His will was dated February 28, 1701, and proved September 1, 1701, the 
e.xecutors being I'rancis Briniey, Nathaniel Coddinglon, and Andrew W'illetl, who 
were also guardians to his children, Feleg, William, Bridget, and Flizauumi. It 
mentioned his wife Mary, his sons Peleg and William, his daughters Ann, Bridget 
and lii.iZABETH, his sister I{liphal Stratlon, nieces Mary Briniey, Mary Cole and 
Katherine Vernon, also the daughter of his brother Esbon. Fie left a very large 
estate consisting principally of houses and lands in Portsmouth and Newport, land 
on the Merrimac River and the Saco, also 573 acres on Flizabelh Island and the 
whole of Rose Island, a quantity of plate and household goods, a negro woman 
named Hull, and two negro men, Diruke and George. His widow Mary survived 
him, but the date of her death has not been ascertained. 

Children of Governor Peleg and Mary (Brenton) Sanford 

Peleg (r). 

William (?). 

Ann, who died in infancy. 

I5ridgct, who died in infancy. 

Catherine, who died in infancy. 

Children of Governor Peleg and Mary (Coddington) Sanford 

Ann, born about 1675; married (1) in 1703, Dr. James Noyes, son of Rev. James and Doro- 
thy (Stanton) Noyes (3), who died in 1718; married (2) July 15, 1719, Captain 
John Mason, son of Major John and Abigail (Fitch) Mason. 

Bridget, born about 1678; married Dec. 3, or 6, 1705, Job .Mmy of Tiverton, R. !.; died in 
1766. 
(4) Elizabeth, born about 1680; married Sept. 3, 1705, Captain Thomas Noyes, son of Rev. 
James and Dorothy (Stanton) Noyes (3); died Oct. 23, 1762. 

, a daughter, born about 1682; probably died young. 

, a daughter, born about 1685; probably died young. 

Peleg, born in 1687; died in Boston in 1703. 

William, born in 1690; II. C. 1711; married Alarch 1, 1714, (Jrizzel (or Griselda) ( ) Syl- 
vester. Their daughter Margaret, born June 10, 1777, married Governor Thomas 
Hutchinson.' Another daughter married Lieutenant-Governor Andrew Oliver. 
He died April 24, 1721. 

'Gov. Thom.is Hutchinson, the historian and the last colonial governor of Massachusetts, was a great-, 
grandson of Edward Hutchinson; and his wife Margaret Sanford fsee above) was the great-granddaughter of 
liRincET (Hutchinson) Sanford, Kdward's sister. Gov. Hutchinson in his MSS. speaks of this relationship 
which he had to his wife. The Oliver family, mentioned above, intermarried with the Lyndes. See Chart 
No. VIII, Salisbury, Fami/>' Hiitory ami Genealogy. 



56 THE HUTCHINSON FAMILY IN ENGLAND 



THE HUTCHINSON FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

THE New England branch of the Hutchinson family can be traced back 
in Lincolnshire to the time of the Tudors, but no connection is found 
between our ancestors in England and those of Colonel Hutchinson the 
Puritan, whose family came from Nottinghamshire, or still another branch 
in Yorkshire. We are indebted to Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester for tracing 
the New England family as below. , 

HUTCHINSON, of Lincoln, the great-grandfather of our emigrant 

ancestor William Hutchinson (17), lived at Lincoln, England, and while he has 
not been fully identified and probably never will be, as he lived before the period 
of parish registers and left no will, yet from the accounts we have of his children 
and their occupations in their very full wills, we cannot believe him to have been 
a peasant, although he was probably of humble origin. He had four sons and a 
daughter, as follows: 



Christopher, a clergyman of South Leasingham in 1522; died about 1556 and left legacies 
to his sister and three brothers and their children, thus perfectly identifying them. 

Thomas, of whom nothing is known, except that he is mentioned in his brother Christopher's 
will as having a daughter Margaret, who is again mentioned in her uncle William's 
will as still living. 

William, Sheriff of Lincoln in 1541; in March, i 545, Alderman; in Sept., 1552, Mayor; and 
at the time of his death a "citizen and Alderman of the city of Lincoln." In 
his will of 1556/7, he leaves to his brother John his "official scarlet gown," and 
his interest in certain lands in Whisby. His wife's name was Dorothy. 

John, see below. 

Alice, married James Remington, of Branston, near Lincoln. She survived him and made 
her own will with her brother John as executor. 

2 

JOHN HUTCHINSON, son of Hutchinson, above, was born in Lin- 
coln about 1515. From corporation records it appears he was apprenticed on Sep- 
tember 23, 1 529, to Edward Atkinson of Lincoln, glover, for seven years, which es- 
tablishes his birth as in about the year 1 5 1 5. He is frequently mentioned as hold- 
ing minor offices in connection with the business of the corporation, and became 
sheriff of Lincoln in September, 1547, and alderman on April 11, 1556. In the 
September following he was elected mayor, and was able to use the "scarlet robe" 
his brother had willed him. He was justice of the peace in 1558 and I56i,andin 
1564 was elected a second time mayor of Lincoln, dying in office the next year, 
May 24, 1565. He was buried in the church of St. Mary-le-Wigford, in Lincoln. He 
left a large estate in houses and lands to his eight sons, of whom the first six are 
thought to be children of his first wife, as only the younger two are left in the 
guardianship of his widow. He married (i) Margaret Browne, and (2) Ann ( ) 



THE HUTCHINSON FAMILY IN ENGLAND 57 

Ci.iNTE, a widow, as in her will she menlioncd her sons William (-lintc, Edward 
Kirkbie, and Ihomas Pindar, the two latter prohably being sons-in-law. Her first 
husband's name was probably Clinte. She named also her son, Edward Hutchin- 
son as residuary legatee, and as one of her executors. I lis children by his first wife 
were: 

William, born before 1544; married Aug. 26, 1565, Margaret Sisson, and died Jan. 14, 1583/4. 
Thomas, svas living a minor at the date of his father's will in 1565, but protably died be- 
fore 1582/3, as he is not named in his brother William's will, lie is mentioned in 
liie corporation records in 1571 as a merchant of Ashby, near llorncastle. 
Jt)hn, a minor at the time of his father's death, and still living in 1583/4, being mentioned 

in his brother William's will. 
Arlluir. conveyed on Jan. 22, 1578/9 land to "Anne llutchynson," whom he called his 
" niother-in-law, relict of his father John Hutchinson of Lincoln. Alderman," and 
described himself as an "iron-monger of Newark, Nottinghamshire." In 1581/2 
he called himself "of Lincoln fishmonger," and was still living in 161 1. 
Jane, married before her father's death, Edmund Knight, afterward an alderman of Lincoln, 

and (.lied before 1583. 
Alice, a minor in 1565, married before 1583, lluimas Dynyson, and was living in 1586. 

His children by the second wife were: 
Edward, see below. 

Mary, married (1) at Lincoln, Sept. 13, 1578, George Treeston of .Mford; married (2) 

Cuthbert. o 

EDWARD HUTCHINSON,of Alford.sonof John and Anne (Clinte) Hut- 
chinson, was born at Lincoln, England, about 1564, and was apprenticed as 
"Edward Hochynson son of John I lochyson Alderman deceased" to "Edmund 
Kn\ght Alderman and Mercer of Lincoln for eight years from the Feast of Pente- 
cost 19 Elizabeth," about May 27, 1577. Later the apprentice was assigned over 
to Christopher Dobson. He is mentioned in his brother William's will, and proved 
that of his mother in 1586, when he must have been of age. In 1592, he proved 
the will of his cousin Christopher, and is described as a mercer of Alford, so he must 
have removed there after completing his apprenticeship. Here he remained until 
his death, and was buried in Alford I'ebruary 14, 163 1/2. He left no will, and 
there is no adininistration of his estate on record. As his children married well we 
assume that he was a man of property. He married about 1585, Susanna 

, and had eleven children, all baptized at Alford. She survived him, and 

came to New England with five of her children. She went from Boston to Exeter, 
New Hampshire, with her daughter Mary and son-in-law. Rev. John Wheelright, 
and her daughter Susanna and son-in-law Augustine Storre. Later they all moved 
to Wells, Maine, where she died, probably about 1644. Their children were: 

(17) Wii.i.iAM, baptized Aug. 14, 1586; married, about 1612, Annih Marburv, daughter of 
Rev. Francis and Bridget (Dryden) Marbl'ry: emigrated to Boston in 1634. and in 
1638 moved to Rhode Island; died in 1642. 
Theopiiilus, baptized Sept. 8, 1588, and proiialil\' ilii-d young. 



58 THE HUTCHINSON FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

Samuel, baptized Nov. i, 1590; came to Boston, Mass., in July, 1637, arriving just at the 
time of the trial of his sister-in-law Anne Hutchinson. He was allowed to stay 
there but a few weeks, was in Portsmouth in the spring of 1639, but later went to 
Exeter, and remained there a year or two with his mother, the Wheelrights and the 
Storres. In 1644, he received a legacy from his brother John in England. He died 
in Boston, and his will, dated July 16, 1677, is of especial interest because he makes 
bequests to so many of his nephews and nieces and their children. As he calls them 
all "cozen," it has led to some confusion. His largest bequest is to "cozen Peleg 
Sanford" (16), son of his niece Bridget. He also mentions "sister Wheelright," 
"cozen Edward Hutchinson" [a nephew], "cozen Susan Cole" [a niece], and "cozen 
Willis of Bridgwater." He makes bequests also to the other children of John and 
Bridget (Hutchinson) Sanford (15), viz., Eliphal Stratton, Restcome, William, 
Esbon and Elisha. 

Esther (spelled Easter), baptized July 22, 1593; married (1) at Alford, Oct. 7, 1613, Rev. 
Thomas Rishworth of Laceby, Lincolnshire; married (2) Harneis.' 

John, baptized May 18, 1595; married Oct. 5, 1626, at Little Ponton, Bridget, daughter of 
William and Emme (Marbury) Bury; was buried at Alford, June 20, 1644. 

Richard, baptized Jan. 3, 1597/8; married Mary ; and is known as "the Ironmonger" 

of London. He never emigrated, but his son Eliakim married in New England in 
1668. 

Susanna, baptized Nov. 25, 1599; was buried at Alford Aug. 5, 1601. 

Susanna, baptized Aug. 9, 1601; married at Alford, Nov. 21, 1623, Augustine Storre (or 
Story). They came to New England, and were of the "Exeter Combination" (the 
founders of Exeter, N. H.), with her mother and the Wheelrights, and moved also 
with them to Wells, Maine. 

Anne, baptized June 12, 1603; married possibly Ralph Levet (or Leavitt). 

Mary, baptized Dec. 22, 1605; married as his second wife Rev. John Wheelright.^ She 
came with her husband and five children to Boston in 1636, and accompanied him 
to Exeter, N. H., when he was banished for sympathy with Anne Hutchinson, her 
sister-in-law. When Massachusetts enforced her claim to the part of New England 
where Exeter was situated, the Wheelrights moved again, going to Wells, Maine. 
Whether she accompanied her husband to England in 1657, we do not know, nor 
when she died. 

Edward, baptized Dec. 20, 1607; went to Rhode Island with his brother William, and was 
one of the signers of the compact which served for so long as the constitution of 
Rhode Island. He was elected sergeant of the first military organization at Pocasset, 
but must have returned to England before 1644, as at that date he was witness in 
England to his brother John's will. He was in business in London, and a member 
of the Ironmongers Company in 165 I. 

'Edward Rishworth of the "Exeter Combination" was probably a relative. This Combination was 
the constitution under which the settlers of Exeter, N. H., first lived. 

^ Rev. John Wheelright married ([) Marie Storre, a sister of Augustine Storre, mentioned above. He 
became the founder of Exeter, N. H., taking with him in his banishment from Massachusetts several relatives and 
other members of the Boston Church, including his mother-in-law Susanna ( ) Hutchinson, his brother- 
in-law Augustine Storre, Thomas Leavitt and Edward Rishworth, who were probably relatives, William Went- 
worth, Christopher Lawson and Christopher Helme, all grandsons of Catherine (Marbury) Wentworth, Anne 
Hutchinson's aunt. Mr. Wheelright's sentence of banishment was revoked in 1644. In 1646 he moved from 
Wells, Me., to Hampton, N. H., where he preached until he returned to England about 1657. Later he came 
back to New England and settled at Salisbury, Mass., where he died in 1679. 



WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [17] 59 

[17] WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [isS(>i(M2j 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANNE MARBURY [1591-1643] 

OF ENGLAND, BOSTON, MASS., AND PORTSMOUTH, R. I. 

WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, son of Ldward and Susanna ( ) 
Hutchinson, was baptized in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, August 
4, I 586. Of his early life we know but little, except that he followed 
the same calling as his father, and was a mercer. I lis celebrated wife, 
Anne Marbury, daughter of Rev. Francis and Bridget (Dryden) Marbury, was 
born in Grigsby, near Alford, about July 20, 1591, while her father was still a 
country gentleman. William and Anne were married by license August 9, 161 2, at 
St. Mary Woolnoth, London, when the bride was just twenty-one.' At the time 
her father was rector of St. Martin's Vintry, London. 

William Hutchinson must have had some properly in Alford, as he was 
churchwarden in 1620. This fact and the dates of the birth of fourteen of his 
children, are all that have been found recorded of him in iiis native place. Twenty- 
two miles to the south of Alford is the town of Boston, where Rev. John Cotton was 
rector of St. Botolph's, and the Hutchinsons attended his church for some years 
before leaving England. 

It was in the hope of finding greater religious freedom in the new country that, 
in 1634, when William and Anne were in middle life, they decided to emigrate to 
New England. Their eldest son Edward had sailed some months before with Mr. 
Cotton in the ship GrilTm. William took passage, with his family, in the same ship, 
and arrived in Boston, September 18, 1634, in company with Rev. Zechariah 
Symmes and Rev. John Lothrop. William was then forty-eight, and his wife 
about thirty-four, their eleven children ranging from Susanna, who was only 
one year old, to Edward, just twenty-one. They were immediately received as 
members in the First Church of Boston, as we see by the following entries. "26 
Oct. 1634 William Hutchinson merchant admitted a member," and a week later, 
"2 Nov. 1634 Anne Hutchinson wife of our brother William Hutchinson merchant 
admitted a member." This short delay of one week is not sufficient foundation 
for the theory that Anne was not acceptable to the Church authorities from the 
moment of her arrival. We find, on the contrary, that she was received with much 
friendliness, and she is spoken of as a most willing and capable help in the sick-room 
and thus won many hearts. 

William Hutchinson was made a freeman March 4, 1634/5, and was re- 
ceived at once to an honorable position by the little community, which chose him 
as representative or deputy from Boston to the General Court of Massachusetts in 
1635 and 1636. He was also made selectman in 1636, and as magistrate was ap- 
pointed to hold the county court. At this time he purchased a lot and dwelling- 

' The cnlrv of this m.irri>ipe, anpe.irs in the united registers of the parishes of St. M.iry Woolnoth and St. 
Mary Woolchurch Haw, published in ti^6.—\\'3tcT'iOenealo/;icalCleanings, 452. 



6o WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [17] 

house in Boston from John Coggeshall, which he sold shortly afterwards for;£4oo. 
He had also a farm at Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), but the family lived quietly in Bos- 
ton until the famous heresy trials forced them to find a new home elsewhere. 

During her life in Boston of only four years, Anne held classes of women on 
Monday afternoons to talk over the sermons of the day before. Such classes had 
been held for men for some time, and she was encouraged in her work among the 
women by Sir Henry Vane, Governor Coddington (19), John Wheelright, and 
other prominent men. Those ministers whose doctrines were not in accordance 
with her views of the higher life, and whose sermons were criticized in her class, 
not unnaturally wished to silence her, and the struggle between liberty for the in- 
dividual conscience on one side, and the hierarchy that would have ruled Boston on 
the other, was brief and bitter. The Antinomian heresy, as Anne Hutchinson's 
religious teaching was called, had taken deep root in Boston, and Anne was not 
the only person brought to trial, but in this brief biography we are only concerned 
with her story. 

John Forster, in his Life of Sir Henry Vane, gives a statement of Anne 
Hutchinson's views, which he says, "would provoke no hostility from enlightened 
Chi;istians now, of whatever denomination," in these words: 

"It was the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer's heart . . . that made a person 
acceptable to God, . . . the great end of the religion revealed in the Scriptures was to include us 
under a covenant of grace by imparting to our souls the Holy Spirit of God." 

She also did not assent to the doctrine of the resurrection of the body. 

For these opinions, Anne Hutchinson, John Wheelright, and others were 
brought to trial. The Court consisted of Governor Winthrop, Deputy Governor 
Dudley, Bradstreet, Endicott, and other assistants, and most of the ministers of the 
adjacent towns, including Rev. Hugh Peters. Governor Coddington (19) and 
Mary Dyer the Quaker, were Anne's only supporters as she stood at the bar during 
the two days of her trial, and in view of the fact that she was at the time expecting 
the birth of another child, her treatment by the Court can only be called inhuman. 
She was allowed no council and no witnesses, and after, as Ellis says, "one of the 
most shameful proceedings recorded in the annals of Protestantism," Anne, in 
great distress of body as well as of mind, made humble submission to the Court, 
acknowledging faults of temper, speech and conduct, but apparently did not give 
up her adherence to the doctrines for which she had been tried. The court records 
run: 

"Mrs. . . . Hutchinson (the wife of Mr. William Hutchinson), being convented for tra- 
ducing the mi" & their ministery in this country shee declared volentarily her revelations for her 
ground, & that shee should be delivred & the Court ruined w"' their posterity & therevpon was 
banished, & the meane while was coriTited to Mr. Joseph Weld vntill the Court shall dispose of her." 

Air. Weld's house was in Roxbury, at a distance from her family and friends, 
and while there she was subjected to continuous "dealings" from the ministers 
and elders. 



WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [17] Gi 

After this, a sentence of disfranchisement was pronounced on all her ad- 
herents. 1 he order reads partly as follows in reference to the disarming of certain 
men: they 

"Shall before the 30th day of this month of November deHver in at Mr. Canes house, at 
Boston, all such guns, pistols, swords, powder, shot, & match as they shalbe owners of . . . vpon 
painc of tcnn pound for evry default to bee made thereof." 

They were also forbidden to borrow any weapons "for the present." 1 he 
names in the list include William Hutchinson, his two sons, Edward and Richard, 
John Sanford (13), John Odlin (60), and i homas Savage, William's son-in-law. 
The order concludes: "The towne of Ro.xberry is required to take order for the 
safe custody of Mrs. Hutchinson and if any charge arise, to be defrayed by her 
husband." 

Apparently the Sergeant who had her in charge was her son Edward, for an- 
other entry reads: 

" 1;. Hutchinson lunior is bound in 40' that none but such as the counsell shall give leave 
vnto shall come to Mrs. I lutchinson & shee is to remaine at Mr. Gjttons vntill further order." 

Although he was disfranchised with the others, he must have submitted to 
the Court, as he continued living in Boston. 

Mrs. Hutchinson was formally excommunicated March 22, 1638. The sen- 
tence was pronounced by Rev. John Wilson, "that old, bloody priest," as a chron- 
icle of the time calls him, and ended with these words: 

"Therefore in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the name of the Church 1 do not only 
pronounce you worthy to be cast out, but 1 do cast you out, and in the name of Christ I do de- 
liver you up to Satan that you may learn no more to blaspheme, to seduce, and to lie. And I do 
account you from this time forth to be a heathen and a publican, and so to be held of all the 
brethren and sisters of this congregation and of others. Therefore I command you in the name of 
Christ Jesus and of this church, as a leper, to withdraw from this congregation."' 

Governor Winthrop says:= 

"After she was excommunicated, her spirits, which seemed before to be somewhat dejected, 
revived again, and she gloried in her sufferings, saying that it was the greatest happiness, next 
to Christ, that ever befel her." 

Following her excommunication, she was banished from the Colony, and 
the records read as follows: 

"Shee shalbe gone by the last of this month ... & for the charges of keeping .Mrs. Hutch- 
inson order is to bee given by the counsell (if it bee not satisfied) to levy it by distres of her hus- 
band's goods." 

In the autumn of 1637 W'ii.liam Hutchinson, William Coddington (19), 
John Clark, Deacon Coggeshall, and othersofthefifty-eight church members disarmed 

^Tbree Episodesof Massachusetts History, C. F.Adams, I. 531. 
' Winthrop's History of New England, I, 258. 



62 WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [17] 

for their opinions, had left Boston to seek a home for their famiUes. On the advice 
of Roger WiHiams they purchased from the Indians the Island of Aquidneck, now 
Rhode Island.' William Hutchinson's name appears, March 7, 1638, as one 
of the signers of the agreement which formed the Aquidneck settlers into a " Bodie 
Politick." It seems to have been Anne's intention to have gone with the Wheel- 
rights and other members of the family connection to Exeter, but as her husband 
had decided to settle in Aquidneck, they went with their children in the latter 
part of March to Pocasset. It was a perilous journey for one so broken in health 
as Anne, and the weather is said to have been very severe. 

William Hutchinson received at Pocasset in May, 1638, six lots and six 
acres of ground for himself and his children, and on June 27, the same year, he was 
chosen treasurer of the new Colony, but he did not hold the office long, owing to 
changes in the settlement. 

In April, 1639, Coddington, Coggeshall, and some others started a new 
town, at the other end of the Island, which they named Newport. When they 
moved they carried with them all the records, making it necessary for the people 
remaining at Pocasset to form a new government. This they did at once, changing 
the name of their town to Portsmouth, and electing William Hutchinson judge 
(or chief magistrate), with seven assistants. He held this office for a year, until 
the union of the two towns under one government in the spring of 1640. At the 
first election of the united towns in March, 1640, the title judge was changed to 
governor, and William Coddington was elected to that position, while William 
Hutchinson was made assistant. He retired the next year, and it is said that 
his wife induced him to give up the office on account of her extreme views as to the 
magistracy, but this hardly seems probable. 

He was approached while living at Portsmouth by commissioners from the 
Boston church, who offered to re-instate him and his family in their communion 
if he would only abandon Anne to her punishment. We hear so little about him 
in connection with his wife's troubles, that it is well worth while to hand down his 
answer to posterity. He said: "I am more nearly tied to my wife than to the 
church, and think her to be a dear saint and servant of God." 

He died at Portsmouth in 1642, aged fifty-six. It was before this that 
Francis, the third son, went up to Boston with Mr. William Collins, a son-in-law, 
and was imprisoned. Gorton gives us the story in these words:' 

"They went down to advise or debate the matter with the church, though they were come 
out from them and lived on Road Island in the Nanheganset Bay, and when they came to Boston, 
and the Brethren were gathered together either to give or receive satisfaction, when they saw the 
arguments produced by the Minister and his brother to weigh somewhat heavy, then the strongest 
of their church members of Boston (namely the Governor and Assistants) cast them in prison to 
regulate their opinion that differed from them, and there kept them in durance for many moneths." 

'See under William Coddington (19). 

^Simplicity's Defence in Force's Hislorical Tracts, IV, 22. 



WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [17] 63 

Governor Wintlirop tells us:' 

"At tlic h.inic Ciourt Mr. (iollins was fined £\oo. anii I'rancis Hutchinson /50., and to re- 
main in prison till ihoygave securityfor it. We assessed the fines the higher, partly that byocca- 
sion thereof they might be the longer kept in from doing harm (for they were kept close prisoners), 
and also because that family had put the country to so much charge in the Synod and other oc- 
casions to the value of /500. at least: but, after because the winter drew on and the prison was 
inconvenient, we abated them to ^40 and /20. liut they seemed not willing to pay anything. 
They refused to come to the church assembly unless they were led, and so they came duly. At 
last we took their own bonds for the fine and so dismissed them." 

\\y the record of September 4, 1641, we (ind that tliey were banished " upon 
paine ot death." To quote again from Gorton: 

"The yong men could have no rest in their spirits day or night, till they were gone out 
further from the iMassachusets then that Island was, yea, under soqie foreign government where 
the Massachusets could not pretend to have anything to do; for they had heard that the Massa- 
chusets had intended to take in all the Nanheganset Bay under their Government and Jurisdiction: 
whereupon Master Collins came where the aforesaid Gorton and his family were, and seriously 
advised him to go along to the Dutch Plantations or else to the Sweads." 

Undoubtedly this was the cause of Anne's move towards the Dutch Colony 
of New \orl<, after her husband's death. They settled in r{ast Chester, near or in 
Pelham Bay Park. James Sands of Block Island built her a house there.' 
One of her unsparing enemies said, with a grim humor, of her new home, that she 
"had settled near Hell-Gate." An unknown author in the New York Times of 
July 14, 1904, writes that the Dutch called the spot "Annie's Hoeck," after 
Anne. 

There were tribes of hostile Indians near the place, and the settlers were 
few and scattered. Without warning, in August or September, 1643, the little 
hamlet was attacked by the red men, who burned the houses and killed most of the 
inhabitants, among thein Anne Hutchinson and several of her children. Susanna, 
the youngest, is supposed to have been captured and carried away, but the whole 
story is enveloped in uncertainty. Governor Winthrop wrote that there were in all 
sixteen sufferers, but some of these were of other families, and probably only eight 
of the HuTCHiNSONS were massacred. October 17, 1643, ^'^*^ governor of Massa- 
chusetts was requested to write the Indians and ask them to "send us the Captives 
wch they have taken of the English Mrs. Hutchinsons and Mrs. Samford's chil- 
dren." 

Children of W'ii.mam and Annf. (MARnuRv) Hutchinson 

I dward, baptized in Alford, Ingland, May 28, 1613; married (1) Oct. 13, 1636, Catherine 
Hamby, daughter of Counsellor llaniby of Ipswich, Kngland; married (2) .Abigail 
Button, widow of Robert Button; came to Boston with Rev. John Cotton in 1633, and 
was made freeman March 4, 1633/4; was captain of the Ancient and Honorable 

• Winthrop's New England, 1 1, 39. ' See Note 1, No. 1 1 2. 



64 WILLIAM HUTCHINSON [17] 

Artillery Company in 1657. He was mortally wounded in battle with the Indians 
Aug. 2, 1675, while serving under his brother-in-law. Major Savage, near Brookfield, 
and died at Marlborough on the 19th of the same month. The historian says: "Thus 
he who with his mother was persecuted, poured out his blood in the service of that 
uncharitable country." Governor Thomas Hutchinson, the historian, and governor 
of Massachusetts from 1769 to 1774, was his great-grandson. 

Susanna, born at Alford, Sept. 4, 1614; buried there Sept. 8, 1630. 

Richard, born at Alford, Dec. 8, 1615; was made freeman in Boston March 4, 1634/5, with 
his father and admitted to the First Church with his brother Francis, Nov. 9, in the 
same year. He returned to England before the family removed to Rhode island, 
and kept a shop, "The Angel and Star," in Cheapside, London. On Dec. 28, 1645, he 
was dismissed to Rev. Thomas Goodwin's church in London. 

Faith, born at Alford, Aug. 14, 1617; married in 1637, Major Thomas Savage, who was one 
of the purchasers of Aquidneck. He was speaker of the House of Deputies in Boston 
in 1659, and assistant in 1680. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Co. of Boston, and commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts forces in King 
Philip's War. His wife. Faith, died in Boston, Feb. 20, 1652 and he married (2) a 
daughter of Rev. Zechariah Symmes, one of Anne Hutchinson's most zealous per- 
secutors. Mr. Savage, the genealogist, and member of the Massachusetts Historical 
Society, was proud of his descent from Mrs. Hutchinson. 
(15) Bridget, born at Alford, Jan. 15, 1618/9; married (i) about 1637, as his second wife, 
John Sanford, son of Samuel and Eleanor ( ) Sanford (14), of Alford, Eng- 
land, who died between June 22 and Nov. 16, 1653; married (2) about 1655, Major 
William Phillips; died in Boston, probably in 1698. 

Francis, born at Alford, Dec. 24, 1620; was made freeman March 4, 1634/5, at the same 
time as his father, and was admitted to the First Church with his brother Richard, 
Nov. 9, 1634; moved to East Chester, and Gorton says that he was massacred with 
the rest of the family. 

Elizabeth, born at Alford, Feb. 17, 1621 ; buried there Oct. 4, 1630. 

William, born at Alford, June 22, 1623; died young. 

Samuel, born at Alford, Dec. 17, 1624; is mentioned in his brother Edward's will in 1675, 
and had a son Richard at that time. He probably lived at Portsmouth, R. 1. 

Anne, born at Alford, May 5, 1626; perhaps married in 1641 William Collins. They were 
murdered by the Indians at Mrs. Hutchinson's home in 1643.' 

Mary, or Maria, born at Alford, Feb. 22, 1627/8; perhaps married Henry Willis.' 

Catherine, born at Alford, Feb. 7, 1629/30; probably murdered by the Indians. 

William, born at Alford, Sept. 28, 163 1 ; probably murdered by the Indians. 

Susanna, born at Alford, Nov. 15, 1633; married in Boston, Dec. 30, 1651, John Cole, son 
of Isaac Cole; was mentioned in her uncle Samuel Hutchinson's will in 1667, and in 
that of her brother Edward in 1675, and was probably the daughter referred to in 
the old tradition as having been taken captive by the Indians. It is said that when 
rescued, she could only speak the Indian language. 

Zuryell, born in Boston, March 13, 1636; probably died young. 

' We know that William Hutchinson had two daughters married to men by the names of Willis and 
Collins, but can only judge which they are by their ages. William Collins was a young minister from Glou- 
cester, England, who had been persecuted for non<onformity in the West Indies and came to New Haven 
in the summer of 1640. He taught school for a time at Hartford and was much esteemed for his piety. 



Tllli MARBURG lAiMIl.V IN 1:NC.1,AN1j 65 

THH MARBURY FAMILY IN HNGLAND 

THE MARBURY or Merbury family were from Grigsby, in the parish of 
I5urgh-upon-Bain, about fifteen miles northwest of Alford, in Lincoln- 
shire. Ihe arms borne by the family are "Argent on a fess engrailed, 
gules three garbs of the field." The ancestry of Anne (Marbury) Hutch- 
inson was traced by C,oloncl Joseph Lemuel Chester, and the earliest record in 
her family is: , 

WILLI AM MARBURY married Agnes Lenton, daughter of John Lenton, 
Esq. His children were: 

Edward who was knighted in 1603, antl died in 1605, while High ShcrifT of i.incoin'ihirc, 
leaving a son George, who was also knighted in 1606. 

William who died without issue. 

Francis, see below. 

Mary. 

Anne. 

Catherine, married Aug. IQ. 1583, Christopher Wcntworth, "Gentleman," at St. Peter at 
Gowts, in the city of Lincoln. Their three grandchildren were with Rev. John Wheel- 
right in the settlement of Exeter, N. H.' 

2 

Francis Marbury, son of Willia.m and Agnes (Lenton) Marbury, mar- 
ried (I) Elizabeth Moore, by whom he had three daughters. She apparentl}' died 
soon after the birth of her third child. He married (2) in 1589, Bridget Dryden, 
third daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cope) Dryden of Canons Ashby, North- 
amptonshire. Elizabeth (Cope) Dryden was the daughter of Sir John Cope, Kt. 
John Dryden's eldest son was Sir Erasmus Dryden, created a Baronet in 1619, 
grandfather of John Dryden, the poet, and great-grandfather of Dean Swift, who 
were thus respectively, grand-nephewand great-grand-nephew of BRiDGET(DRYnEN) 
Marbury. Erancis Marbury and his second wife Bridget had eleven children 
baptized at Alford. Shortly after the baptism of their daughter Elizabeth, when 
he was still designated as "Gentleman," he must have taken holy orders and left 
Alford, for he was presented with the living of St. Martins Vintry, in London, Oc- 
tober 28, 1605, and on February 29, 1607/8, with that of St. Pancras, Soper Lane. 
This latter he resigned in about two years, and received on January 15, 1609 10, 
the rectory of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, which he held until his successor 
was presented with the living "per Mort Marbury," February 12, 1610/11. He 
had a son Anthony, and possibly another daughter born in London. It is prob- 
able that he died in London in 1610/1 1. His children by his first wife were: 

iMary, buried at Alford, Dec. 29, 1585. 

Susan, bapti/.ed Sept. 12, 1585; married Twyford of Shropshire. 

Elizabeth, buried at Alford, June 4, 1601. 

' See page 58, Note 2. 



66 THE MARBURY FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

His children by his second wife were: 

John, baptized Feb. 15, 1589/go. 
(17) Anne, baptized July 20, 1591; married Aug. g, 1612, William Hutchinson, son of 
Edward and Susanna ( ) Hutchinson, of Alford; was murdered by the In- 
dians at East Chester, N. Y., in 1643. 

Bridget, baptized May 8, 1593; buried at Alford, Oct. 15, 1598. 

Francis, baptized Oct. 20, 1594. 

Emme, baptized Dec. 21, 1595; married William Bury, Esq., of Grantham, Lincolnshire. 
Her daughter Bridget later married John Hutchinson, of Alford, brother of William 
Hutchinson (17). 

Erasmus, baptized Feb. 15, 1596/7; matriculated at Brazenose, Oxford, April 12, 1616, aged 
nineteen. 

Anthony, baptized Sept. 21, 1598; was buried at Alford, April 9, 1601. 

Bridget, baptized Nov. 25, 1599. 

Jeremoth (Jerimoth), baptized March 31, 1601; matriculated at Brazenose, Oxford, June 11, 
1619, aged eighteen. 

Daniel, baptized Sept. 14, 1602. 

Elizabeth, baptized Jan. 20, 1604/5. 

Anthony, born in London about 1608, matriculated at Brazenose, Oxford, Oct. 20, 1626, 
aged eighteen. 

Catherine, probably born in London; married about 1638, Richard Scott, son of Edward 
Scott, of Glemsford, Suffolk, England.' They came over in 1634 in the "Griffin," prob- 
ably at the same time with William and Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson. Richard 
Scott was one of the incorporators of Providence, R. I., in 1637. Catherine was 
imprisoned in Boston in 1638, and publicly flogged for remonstrating against the 
cruelty inflicted by the authorities upon three Quakers, whose right ears were cut off. 
Her daughters Mary and Patience, the latter eleven years old, were also imprisoned 
in 1659, for the same offence. 

[19] GOVERNOR WILLIAM CODDINGTON [1601-1678] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN BRINLEY [1628-1708] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWPORT, R. I. 

WILLIAM CODDINGTON was born in 1601, and lived in Boston, 
Lincolnshire, England, until his emigration to this country. The 
following records have been but recently found at Boston, England, 
and they prove that place to have been his English home. Before 
this discovery, made by Dr. David King, of Newport, R. I., it was supposed that 
he came from Alford with the Hutchinsons. 

" Borough de Boston 
In Com. Lincoln. 

' Water's Genealogical Cleanings, 1 288. 



GOVERNOK WILLIAM CODUINGTON [19] 67 

An assembly holJcn at Boston the XXIV Day of September, 1625, being Ember Day, be- 
fore the maior. Alderman and Comon (^ounsaile. 

At this Assembly Mr. WilP Coddington is made a freeman of this Burrough for the some 
of V^ w** he hath paid and the same is putt into the Treasury." 

As he was then but twenty-four years of age, the title "Mr." indicates tliat his 
family was one of some position in his native town, lie married about this time 
his first wife, Mary Moseley, daui^hler of i^ichard Moseley, of Ouscdcn, SulToik- 
shire. In the records of St. Bololph's, Boston, Lincolnshire, the church of which 
Rev. John Cotton was incumbent before coming to New Lngland, are found the 
following entries: 

"c;hristened March 8, 1626 .Micha the sonne of William Coddington." " Buried March 22, 
1626, Micah the sonne of Mr. Coddington." "Christened April 17 1628, Samuel the sonne of Wil- 
liam Coddington." " Buried Aug. 21, 1629 Samuel the sonne of William Coddington." 

They were therefore probably childless when he and his wife Mary started 
the next year for New England. 

Mr. Coddington was chosen an assistant of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 
before leaving England, with John Winthrop and Thomas Dudley as governor and 
deputy-governor. They sailed from Southampton March 22, 1630, in the ship 
"Arbella," with a distinguished company, among whom were Sir Richard Sallonstall, 
Governor Winthrop, Isaac Johnson and his wife, Lady Arbella, who was a daughter 
of the Earl of Lincoln, George Phillip the minister. Deputy Governor Thomas 
Dudley, and Simon Bradstreet, later known as the " Nestor of New England." The 
ship was detained near the coast for several weeks by storms, and their real point 
of departure was Yarmouth, which they left, April 8th. Landing at Salem, Mass., 
they went directly to Boston, which was to be the seat of government for the Colony 
of Massachusetts Bay, and Mr. Coddington entered at once upon his public duties. 
His wife survived the voyage, but died only a few weeks after their arrival in New 
England. 

The next spring, April i, 1631, he returned to England, taking passage in the 
ship "Lion" with Rev. John Wilson and Sir Richard Saltonstall. \Vhile there he 
married {2) Mary, surname unknown, and had a child born in England in 1632. 
He returned in 1633, became a prominent merchant, resumed his position as assist- 
ant, which he held from 1630 to 1637, and is said to have built the first brick house 
in Boston. The next year he was elected treasurer of the Colony, serving for three 
years, 1634, 1635, and 1636. In 1635, he was on a committee on military affairs, 
and in 1636, was appointed "to keep particular Court." 

In 1637 the memorable contest occurred when \\ inthrop was elected governor 
over Sir Henry Vane. Coddington had supported Vane, who was of the Antino- 
mian party, and had opposed, politically, his old friend Winthrop, and for this 
reason was dropped from the government, but was immediately returned by the 
freemen of Boston as their deputy. 

With a large number of the more liberal and educated people of Boston, he 



68 GOVERNOR WILLIAM CODDINGTON [19] 

espoused the Antinomian cause, and in the trial of Rev. John Wheelright and of 
Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (17) Coddington alone of all the magistrates was their 
firm supporter. Ellis, in his Life of Anne Hutchinson, says: 

"He was a man of great influence which he deserved by true worth. His occasional ex- 
pressions during the trial looked all along to a wise indulgence and charity. He questioned the 
policy and justice of the proceedings. His firm stand is the more remarkable as he had more to 
lose than any of the others on account of his popularity, wealth, and prominence, and he would 
have been Governor of the Colony but for this." 

William Coddington, as well as all who came under condemnation for 
sympathy with Anne Hutchinson, was now warned that unless he removed of 
his own accord from the colony, proceedings would be taken to compel him to do so. 
With William Coddington, William Hutchinson (17) and John Clarke (edu- 
cated as a physician) as their leaders, the exiles proposed to establish themselves 
either on Long Island or near Delaware Bay, and while their vessel was doubling 
Cape Cod they went by land to meet it. Narragansett Bay, which seemed destined 
for the refuge of outcasts of every faith, attracted these wanderers by its fertile 
shores and genial climate, and Roger Williams advised them to settle at Sowams 
(Barrington) or on the Island of Aquidneck (now Rhode Island). They found 
that Sowams was claimed by Plymouth Colony as within their patent, and so they 
purchased of Canonicus and Miantonomi, chief sachems of the Narragansetts, the 
beautiful and fertile island of Aquidneck, etc., for "forty fathoms of white peag"; 
and for the additional gratuity of "ten coats and twenty hoes," the Indians agreed 
to move away. The title was taken in the name of William Coddington though 
later, in 1652, he executed a joint deed to his associates in the purchase. 

These men, who had emigrated from England because they could not worship 
under the forms of the Established Church, were thus obliged to leave their homes 
again, — banished because of their sincere belief in a spiritual life which was not 
subject to the political powers; and again they began a settlement in the name of 
religious liberty, where every man and woman might hold communion with their 
Maker untrammelled by written articles of faith and unawed by civil power. 
Their Civil Compact reads as follows: 

"The 7th day of the first month 1638 [Mch. 7, 1638]. We whose names are underwritten 
do here solemnly, in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he 
shall help will submit our persons, lives and estates unto Our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings 
and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy 
word of truth to be guided and judged thereby. 

Exod. .X.XIV 3, 4. 2 Chron. XI, 3. 2 Kings XI, 17." 

Among the nineteen signers were William Coddington, whose signature 
comes first, William Hutchinson (17), John Sanford (15), and several others of 
the Hutchinson family. This Compact was strictly enforced, and Rhode Island 
became, as we know, the refuge of the dissenters from the other colonies; some- 



GOVERNOR WILLIAM COUUINGTON [19] 69 

times to its own detriment, as we shall see in some of the other stories of our 
Rhode Island ancestry. 

On the same day that this paper was signed, William Coddington was chosen 
judge or chief magistrate with three elders to assist him, the rest covenanting to 
yield all due honor to him according to the laws of God, etc. He in turn promised 

"To do justice and judgment impartially according to the laws of God, and to maintain 
the fundamental rights and privileges to this Bodic Pohtick which shall hereafter be ratified ac- 
cording unio C,<k\. the Lord helping us so to do." 

The little colony at Pocasset (afterwards called Portsmouth) increased rapidly 
so that in the following spring some of their number, including all the government, 
moved to the southwest end of the Island, and began the settlement of Newport. 
On April 28, 1639, Coddington as judge and eight others signed an agreement 
upon which the new town was organized as a part of the old colony of Aquidneck. 
In imitation of the form of government during the Hebrew Commonwealth, the 
two settlements called their chief magistrates "judge," William Hutchinson (17) 
being judge of Portsmouth and Coddington of Newport. 

Coddington acquired here 750 acres of land, conducted a farm on a large 
scale, raising sheep, cattle, etc., and is said to have been the first person in New- 
port who engaged in the commerce which later was such a source of wealth to the 
colony. He shipped a quantity of horses to Barbadoes at various times. He 
also owned a house and six acres of land at Portsmouth. 

In 1640, the two towns united under one government, and the title of the 
chief magistrate was changed to "Governor." William Coddington was elected 
to this office on March 12, and held it until 1647. William Hutchinson (17) was 
one of the assistants, and John Sanford (15)3 constable for Portsmouth. A free 
and absolute charter was granted by Parliament, March 14, 1644, as the incorpor- 
ation of "Providence Plantations in Narragansett Bay in New England," and in 
May, 1647, the incorporators met at Portsmouth in a General Court of Election and 
accepting the charter, proceeded to organize a government in harmony with its 
provisions. This new government was truly democratic, as all questions were 
submitted to the final decision of the people in their General Assembly. 

In spite of the fact that Governor Winthrop was bitterly opposed to all the 
heresies that took root in the new colony, there is in existence a long letter of August 
5, 1644, to him from Governor Coddington, written in the most friendly spirit. 
It says that the winter before, he lost by a fire a large corn barn that cost ;£i50, 
besides his farm house, twelve oxen, eight cows and six other beasts, the servants 
hardly escaping, and he congratulates himself that he has still a considerable sur- 
plus, so that he has enough. 

In 1647 Coddington was chosen one of the four assistants, and in 1648 and 
1649 he was elected chief magistrate, the title then being "President." He ap- 
parently headed the unsuccessful party that sought a union with the United Col- 
onies of New England, and his attitude on this subject and the concessions he was 



70 GOVERNOR WILLIAM CODDINGTON [19] 

willing to make to gain his end, made him unpopular with the majority. Doubt- 
less, it was on this account that he made a second visit to England, in 1649, with 
his daughter. Alary, his second wife, had died in 1647, and on this visit he obtained 
another, marrying {3) Ann Brinley, daughter of Thomas and Anna (vVase) 
Brinley (20), of Exeter, England. Ann was born at Datchet, Buckinghamshire, 
in 1628, and was twenty-seven years younger than her husband. 

While in England Governor Coddington obtained from the Council of State, 
probably with the help of his friend Sir Henry Vane, a commission dated April 3, 
165 1, which appointed him governor of the Island for life with a council of six 
to assist him. This apparently annulled the Charter of the Colony. The Island 
towns submitted silently to this usurpation, but the mainland towns refused to 
recognize his authority, met as before in the General Assembly, and created a very 
strong feeling against him. He was decidedly aristocratic in his tendencies, and 
inclined to be autocratic in his dealings with his fellow-colonists, it is said of 
him by one who thoroughly appreciated the principles and the men of early Rhode 
Island, that "he had in him a little too much of the future for Massachusetts and 
a little too much of the past for Rhode Island as she then was." 

Roger Williams and John Clarke were, therefore, sent to England by the 
Colony to get Coddington's commission revoked, which after much opposition 
they effected, in 1652. For a time Coddington now retired to private life. He 
made a formal acknowledgment that he had no more right in the purchase of the 
Island than his associates, but only his proportion, and delivered the deeds of pur- 
chase to certain men who were chosen by the freemen to receive them. In 1653, 
however, he refused to lay down his commission as governor or surrender the statute 
books and records, and it was not until his election as commissioner from Newport, 
March 11, 1656, that he publicly submitted by signing the following declaration: 

" I William Coddington, do freely submit to the authority of his Highness in this Colony 
as it is now united and that with all my heart." 

About this time he became a Quaker and combated vigorously those who 
differed from his new opinions. He was greatly distressed by the persecution of 
the sect in Boston, and wrote to his old friend Governor Bellingham on the subject 
in 1672. As Bellingham burned his first "letter of admonition" without showing 
it to anyone, he wrote again a few months later, and also published a tract in 1674, 
now very rare, called "Demonstration of True Love," which defended his views. 

He was commissioner from 1656 to 1663, and was one of the petitioners 
named in the opening words of the Great Charter of 1663 granted after the Resto- 
ration by Charles II. This incorporated the "Colony of Rhode Island and Prov- 
idence Plantations," and served for one hundred and eighty years as the law of the 
State, in fact, until the Constitution was adopted in 1842. 

Governor Coddington was elected deputy in 1666, assistant in 1666-67, ^"^ 
deputy governor in 1673. In May, 1674, at the age of seventy-three, he was elected 
governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, under the Charter, and re- 



GOVERNOR W ll.UAM CODDINGTON [19] 71 

elected in 1675, thus serving during the critical period of the Narragansctt war. 
lie resented very vigorously the action of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Ply- 
mouth Colonies in declaring war on the Narragansetts without consulting the gov- 
ernment of Rhode Island, in direct violation of the Great Charter. While Rhode 
Island protested, there were many volunteers who enlisted with the Colonial troops 
and took part in the Great Swamp Fight. Governor Coddington, of course, as 
a Quaker, disapproved of war, and in the next general election, 1676, the war party 
was successful, and he was defeated, lie now again retired from public life, but 
on the death of Governor Arnold, in 1678, while in office, he was chosen to fill the 
term. 

W hen the ne.xt regular session of the Assembly was held on October 30, 1678, 
it was announced that Governor Coddington was-on his death-bed, and the As- 
sembly adjourned. He died on November i , 1678, in the seventy-eighth year of his 
age, "a good man and full of days," as is written in Callender's Dedication. His 
portrait hangs in the State House at Providence. 

Weedon says of Governor Coddington : 

"The greatest of the controlhng ideas of the Constitution, as finally adopted, was in the 
severance of religion from the central corporation of the State. . . . Heretofore the essence of 
government and of religion had been one and indivisible. This departure originated in Rhode 
Island. Small in territory, this little government had established the fact, by a century and a half 
of political experience, that a society can combine 'only in civil things,' leaving each individual 
soul to God. So much Roger Williams and William Coddington gave to mankind."' 

Governor Coddington's widow, Ann, died May 9, 1708, aged eighty. 

Chiloren of William and Mary (Moseley) Coddington 

Michael, baptized at Boston, Lincolnshire, Hng., March 8, 1626; buried March 22, the same 

year. 
Samuel, baptized at Boston, Eng., April 17. 1628; buried Aug. 21, 1629. 

Children of William and Mary ( ) Coddington 

a child born in Fngland in 1632. 

Mary, born Feb. i, 1634; baptized at the I'irst Church, Boston, .Mass., March 2. She may 

have been the daughter who accompanied her father to England in 1649, although 

Austin says she died young. 
Benajah, born Jan. 3, 1636; baptized at the First Church, Boston, Mass. He probably 

died young, as we find no further mention of him. His name is given in the Boston 

Records as " Bodaiah." 

Children of William and Ann (Brinlf.v) Coddington 

William, born in Fngland, Jan. 18, 1651; was deputy for Newport in 1679, 1680; assistant 
in 1681, 1682, 1683, and governor (jf Rhode Island from May, 1683 to 1685; died un- 
married Feb. 4, 1689. 

Nathaniel, born at Newport, May 23, 1653; married Susanna Huuhinson, daughter of 
^Economical and Social History of New England, 11,841. 



72 GOVERNOR WILLIAM CODDINGTON [19] 

Edward and Catherine (Hamby) Hutchinson, and granddaughter of William and 
Anne (Marburv) Hutchinson (17); was the first clerk in Admiralty when his 
brother-in-law Peleg Sanford (16) was Admiralty judge; deputy for Newport in 
1683, 1685, 1686, 1703, 1719; assistant in 1698, 1703, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17; commis- 
sioned major "for the Island" in 1703, and the same year was clerk of the Assembly. 
He died in January, 1724, aged seventy. 
(16) Mary, born in Newport, May 16, 1654; married Dec. i, 1674, Governor Peleg San- 
ford, son of John and Bridget (Hutchinson) Sanford (15); was living at the 
time of her husband's death in 1701. 

Thomas, born in Newport, Nov. 5, 1655; married (i) Priscilla JeflFeray, daughter of William 
and Mary (Gould) Jefferay; married (2) Nov. 22, 1689, Mary Howard; was, in 1686, 
one of the signers of a petition to the King in regard to the writ of "quo warranto" 
and died March 4, 1693/4. 

John, born in Newport, Nov. 24, 1656 and died June I, 1680, probably unmarried. 

Noah, born in Newport, Dec. 12, 1658 and probably died young. 

Anne, born in Newport, June 26, 1660 and died soon after. 

Anne, born in Newport, July 20, 1663; married May 30, 1683, Andrew Willett, son of Thomas 
and Mary (Brown) Willett, and died Dec. 4, 1751. 



[20] THOMAS BRINLEY [1591-1661] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANNA WASH [....-....] 

OF DATCHETT, ENGLAND 

THE only information we have of Thomas Brinley comes from his tomb 
and his will. His tomb, in the middle aisle of the church at Datchett, 
near Windsor, tells us that he was born at Exeter in 1591, was an 
auditor of revenues in the reigns of Kings Charles 1 and II, that he mar- 
ried Anna Wase of Pettiworth, Sussexshire, had five sons and seven daughters, 
and died in 1661. 

His will is dated September 13, 1 661, and from it we learn that he owned prop- 
erty at Newcastle, and in Yorkshire as well as in Datchett, and that but five of his 
children were living at the time of his death. 

Children of Thomas and Anna (Wase) Brinley 

(19) Ann, born in 1628; married in England Governor William Coddington, and died at 
Newport, May 9, 1708. 

Mary, mentioned in her father's will in 1661 as widow of Peter Sylvester, of Shelter Island, 
N. Y. 

Francis, born at Datchett, Nov. i 5, 1632; married in 1656, in Newport, R. I., Hannah Carr. 
He came to Newport in 1652, at the age of twenty, visited England in 1655, but re- 
turned the next year to Newport, when he was married; was a prominent and wealthy 
man and large land owner, and was assistant in 1672 and 1673; in 1674 he and his 



THOMAS BRINLEY [20] 73 

wife Hannah executed a deed of a house and land in Newport "hounded north hy 
land of my sister Ann Gsddington, west by land given to niy cousin [1. e., nephew] 
William Coddington, etc"; was a member of Sir Ldniund Andros' (^luncil in 1687, 
and judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Rhode Island and died in fioston in 
1719, aged eighty-seven. 

Grizel, or Griselda. nienlioneil in her father's will in 1661 as the wife of Nathaniel Sylvester, 
of Shelter Island, N. Y. 

Thomas, named in his father's will; married (1) Reape, a daughter of William and 

Sarah Reape; married (2) Mary Sanford, daughter of Samuisl and Sarah (Wodell) 
Sanford (54); lived at Newport from 1676 until his death; was commissary and 
bore the title of captain; was one of the founders of Irinity Church in Newport; 
his will was proved June 4, 1704; executors Nathaniel Sylvester, his brother-in-law, 
and Robert Gardner of Newport. 

William, menliuned in his father's will in 1661. 



[22] PETER WELLS [ ..-lyis] 

OF JAMESTOWN AND KINGSTON, R. I. 

WE have not been able to ascertain the ancestry of Peter Wells, 
nor do we know whether he was the emigrant of his family. There 
was a Joseph Weils (or Welles) of Boston in 1636, who went thence 
into Rhode Island, and was at Wickford about 1640, who is supposed 
to have been the first emigrant of the family. He is said to have fled from London 
about 1629,10 avoid religious persecution, and later was followed by his seven sons 
or brothers, Isaac, Edward, Thomas, Richard, George, William, and Hugh. These 
are supposed to be the progenitors of the Wells family, but which,.if any, was the 
father of Peter is unknown. 

The first record of Peter Wells is in 1678, when he was in Jamestown, R. I., 
and was one of the signers of a petition for a homestead. The General Assembly 
granted the petition, and on June 12, 1678, voted that he be "accommodated in the 
next division of the ten thousand acres formerly granted, on the same conditions 
others are." He must have been then a man of mature years, as six of his child- 
ren were born previous to this time, and in a deed to his son twenty-four years 
later, he calls himself "aged and feeble." 

In 1684, the Town Council gave him all of the estate of William Salter, on con- 
dition of his assuming the care of the aged mother, Jone Salter, who was alone in 
the world. As this estate inventoried £2'j 4s. viz., three mares and colts, a heifer, 
forty-five sheep, a gun, etc., it somewhat increased Peter's property. 

He probably left Jamestown and went to Kingston before 1687, for we find 
him taxed 4s. 3d. at Kingston on September 6 of that year. It was not until 
1693, however, that he received the grant he had applied for five years before. 
He was then allotted one hundred acres in what was called "Hall's Purchase," 



74 PETER WELLS [22] 

sometimes also called Westerly Manor.' His tract bordered on the Great Swamp, 
and the road into the Indian Fort led past where his house stood later. In all old 
deeds and wills this place was called "Little Rest," the tradition being that the 
troops on their return from the Great Swamp Fight stopped here to rest. 

The General Assembly of Rhode Island, November 2, 1698, voted that: 

"Whereas some difference doth appear betwixt the towns of Westerly and Kingston con- 
cerning bounds of jurisdiction; this assembly do declare that Ensigns John Crandall and Peter 
Wells with others there settled, some of them having paid duties to Kingston, that they are to be 
within the Jurisdiction of Kingston until further order." 

September 1 1, 1702, Peter Wells deeded to his son Peter, the homestead 
above mentioned, the deed running partly as follows: 

"The farm 1 now live on, one hundred acres, housing, orchard, &c. ... for love to him, 
he having behaved himself dutifully to his said father in this my aged and feeble condition." 

The last record we find of him is in 171 5, when he testified as to his know- 
ledge of lands in Jamestown, forty-two years before. How much longer he lived 
we do not know, nor is there any mention of the place of his death, or his wife's 
name. 

Children of Peter and Wells 

a daughter, born May, 1667. 

Thomas, born September, 1669; married Sarah Rogers, daughter of Thomas and Sarah 

Rogers, and granddaughter of James Rogers (37); lived at East Greenwich, R. I , 

and died October 16, 1727. 

, a daughter, born December, 1672. 

, a daughter, born July 20, 1673. 

John, born May, 1676; married Elizabeth Congdon, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth 

(Albro) Congdon; lived at North Kingston, and died in 1732. 

, a daughter, born Jan. 31, 1678. 

, a daughter, born June, 1680. 

(23) Peter, born in 1681; married (i) Ann Watson, daughter of John and Dorcas 

(Gardiner) Watson (27); married (2) Susanna (Peckham) Barker, widow of 

Peter Barker (31), and daughter of John and Eleanor Peckham (34); died in 1732. 
Susanna, born Nov. 2, 1684; married Dec. q, 1708, Abner Spencer, son of John and Susanna 

Spencer; died July 25, 1782. 

'Mr. J. G. Clark, Sr., a descendant of Jeremiah and Frances (Latham Duncan) Clark (32), who 
owned and lived on this farm, says of it in a letter written in October, 1859: "This farm previous to 171 5 was 
in what was called Hall's Purchase. Job Babcock and Peter Wells were among the original purchasers. One 
hundred acres were allotted to Peter Wells Sen. The eastern part of the farm on which the house stands was 
allotted to Peter Wells and the western part on which the Fort stood to Job Babcock. James Wells, son of Peter[Jr.] 
in 1755 sold to John Whitehorne of Newport. He enlarged the house to its present size. The part of the house that 
you were in was built by Peter Wells [Sr.] and was one and one-half stories high. Whitehorne mortgaged the farm 
to his son-in-law H. J. Overing of Newport and soon after Whitehorne died and Overing took possession and 
sold to my father. You recollect noticing an old barn to the westward of where we stopped, that is the nearest 
upland and we are no doubt correctly informed by tradition that the Indian path went from there on to the 
Fort and that the English entered it [i. e. the swamp] in the same way. It is probably 100 rods from the 
Fort." [The Fort was the Indian Fort captured on Dec. 25, 1675, in the Great Swamp Fight.] 



i'i;il-K Wl-.LLS, JR. \2^] 75 

[2vl PHTHR WHLLS, JR. 1 1581-1732] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN WATSON [....-.. ..] 

OF SOUTH KINGSTON, R. I. 

PF.THR WELLS, son of Peter and Wells (22), was born in 
Kingston, R. I., in 1O81. He was made a freeman there in 1712. 
Before this time and probably about 1705, he married (i) Ann 
Watson, dauj^htcr of John and Dorcas (Gardiner) Watson (27), 
by whom he had eight cliildren. She died before 1728, as appears from her father's 
will of that date, and soon after he married (2) Susanna (Peckham) Barker, widow 

of Peter Barker (31), and daughter of John and F.li:anor ( ) Peckham (34), 

by whom he had no children. Susanna must, however, have brought with her 
four of her own children under sixteen, and possibly several of her first husband's 
by his first wife. 

We know but little regarding Peter Wells, Jr., but he lived on and culti- 
vated the homestead farm of one hundred acres at South Kingston, known as 
"Little Rest," given him by his father in 1702, "for love to him he having be- 
haved himself dutifully to his said father in this my aged and feeble condition," as 
the deed reads. Evidently he was not in public life, but he seems to have been 
successful as a farmer. He died in 1732, as his will was dated November 13, 1732, 
and proved December 1 1 of the same year. The e.xecutor was his son James (24), 
to whom was devised a quarter of the farm in South Kingston, with the guardian- 
ship of the minor children, and the "rest of the moveables," after the bequests of 
money, etc., were made to the other children. The inventory was £372 los. 6d. 
and included a riding horse, nine cows, a heifer, five yearlings, a mare, thirty-seven 
sheep, ten books worth ;^i 5s., three beds, a gun, 17s. in money, fowl, a loom, 
etc. 

The date of his widow Susanna's death is not known, but she gave a receipt 
"to son-in-law James Wells" (24), on February i, 1733. 

Children of Peter and Ann (Watson) Wells 

(24) James, born Sept. 30, 1706; married April 22, 1731, Mary Barker, daughter of 
Peter and Susanna (Peckham) Barki;r (31); died at Hopkinfon, R. 1., in 
1778. 

Ann, horn Oct. 20, 1708: married Nov. 26, 1735, Thomas Irazcr. 

Rebecca, born Dec. 30, 1710; married Sept. 4, 1731, William Clarke. 

•Peter, born May 4, 1713. 

John, born April 14, 1716. 

Mary, who was mentioned in her father's will, but whose birth date is not found. 

Dorcas, born Sept. 17, 1720. 

Samuel, born I'eb. 2, 1725/6. 



76 CAPTAIN JAMES WELLS [24] 

[24] CAPTAIN JAMES WELLS [1706-1778] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY BARKER [. ...-....] 

OF SOUTH KINGSTON, AND HOPKINTON, R. I. 

TAMES WELLS, son of Peter and Ann (Watson) Wells (23), was born at 
I South Kingston, R. 1., September 30, 1706. Like his father, he was a farmer, 
I and seems to have passed a quiet and uneventful life on the portion of the 
J homestead at South Kingston which came to him by his father's will. 

He was the eldest of eight children, and his mother dying when he was about 
twenty-two, his father married (2) in 1729 or 1730, a well-to-do widow, Susanna 
(Peckham) Barker (31), of Westerly. Mrs. Barker brought with her to the 
Wells home her own children, and perhaps one or two of her first husband's. 
Mary, her eldest daughter, was under twenty, and she and James soon after fol- 
lowed their parents' example, and were married April 22, 1731. 

The record of their marriage is in the Town Clerk's office at South Kingston 
[Wakefield],' and while it appears that they lived until 1755 on the homestead in 
South Kingston, we find the births of all their children recorded at Westerly. The 
records of the First Sabbatarian Church at Hopkinton show that they were mem- 
bers there. This, however, is not strange, as the three villages were but a few miles 
apart. 

James Wells was captain of the Westerly Company (4th) Rhode Island 
Militia, from June, 1746 to 1749. In 1755, he sold his homestead farm to John 
Whitehorne, of Newport,' and moved to Hopkinton, where he and his four sons 
were all living in 1774 as heads of families, according to the census of that year. 

Captain James Wells died probably in 1778, at Hopkinton, R. I., where his 
will is filed in the Probate Records. It bears date of March 16, 1773, and was ad- 
mitted to probate December 7, 1778. In it he provided for his wife Mary, and 
divided his estate among his sons James, Joshua, Barker, and Peter, and his daugh- 
ter " Barbary Noyes, wife of Joseph Noyes, of Westerly." He named his son 
Joshua as executor. 

His wife Mary survived him, but the date of her death has not been ascer- 
tained. 

Children of Captain James and Mary (Barker) Wells 

James, born Nov. i, 1732, married Mary ; he was lieutenant of the Hopkinton Com- 
pany in 1765 and 1766, and deputy to the General Assembly from Hopkinton for 
several )'ears. 
(5) Barbara, born Aug. i, 1734; married July 31, 1753, Colonel Joseph Noyes, of West- 

' In Arnold's yHal Statistics the name is given as "Mary Barber," but the fact that Mary named one 
of her sons " Barker" caused the writer to look the matter up and he found that the original records read plainly 
"Mary Barker." Under Peter Barker (31) a receipt is mentioned which is given by Susanna (Peckham 
Barker) Wells to her " son-in-law " James Wells. 

'No. 22, Note I. 



CAPTAIN JAMES W ILLS [24] 77 

eriy, R. I., son of (laptain I'homas and Elizabeth (Sanford) Noyes (4) of Ston- 
ington, Conn.; died Sept. 7, 1814. 
I'ctcr, born Aug. 29, 1737; married March 1, 1759, Elizabeth Carpenter. 

H.irkcr, burn .May i6. 1750; married Rebecca — ; was captain of the First llopkinlon 

("ompany in his brother-in-law Colonel Joseph Noyes's regiment, i'irst Kings (xjunty. 

in 1775 and 1776, in the War of the Revolution. 
Joshua, born .Aug. 24, 1753; married (1) Deborah ; married (2) Sylvia ; was 

ensign in 1768, lieutenant in 1769 and 1770, and captain in 1774 of the Hopkinton 

C<)ni|iaiiv, which his bnilher commanded later. 

[27] JOHN WATSON [ ...-172SI 

AND HIS WIFE 

DORCAS GARDINER [....-....] 

OF NORTH KINGSTON, R. I. 

JOHN WATSON was probably born in this country, but we have been 
unable to trace his ancestry. Savage says that John Watson, of 
Hartford, Conn., the son of John Watson, of the same place, by his 
wife Ann , had a son John, who was born in 1680. The newly 

opened country of Narragansett was much coveted by the Connecticut colonists, 
and there was frequent emigration into it, and it may be that our John Watson 
was the first named, although the date of his son John's birth does not correspond 
with the one we have. 

The first record of John Watson is when he and his wife Dorcas Gardiner, 
daughter of George and Herodias (Long Hicks) Gardiner (28), were witnesses 
to a deed from Dorcas' brother George and his wife Tabitha to her brother 
Nicholas Gardiner, in 1673. John Watson was then a tailor in North Kingston, 
R. I., and in 1687 was elected constable, the next year was on the grand jury, in 
1 689 and 1690 was "conservator of the peace," and deputy to theGeneral Assembly. 
His wife, Dorcas, was probably the mother of all his children, but died before 1702, 
as about that year he married (2) her sister, Rebecca, the next younger daughter 
of George Gardiner (28). On August 4, 1702, he and his wife, Rebecca, deeded 
to his son John all his "farm of ninety acres, orchard, housing, &c."and, on No- 
vember 17, 1705, he and Rebecca signed a deed with her brothers. His wife 
probably died before him, as she is not mentioned in his will. 

John Watson died in 1728, and in his will, which was proved the same 
year, he mentions his daughters, Frances Brown and Herodias Sheldon, his sons 
John, William, and Samuel Watson, and his sons-in-law John Sheldon and Daniel 
Brown. He leaves to his granddaughter, Ann Wells, a kettle, a brass warming-pan, 
etc. 

CHiLDRnN OF John and r)()R( as (CARniMiR) Watson 

John, born July 22, 1676; married (1) April 8, 1703, Hannah Champlin, daughter of Jeffrey 



78 JOHN WATSON [27] 

Champlin; married (2) in 1722, Abigail (Northrup) Eldred, widow of Samuel Eidred 
and daughter of Stephen and Mary (Thomas) Northrup; married (3) in 1738, Sarah 
Money; hved at South Kingston, and in 1708, his wife Hannah joining, deeded land 
that came to him through the Gardiners, his mother's family; was deputy to the 
General Court in 1718, 1721, 1723, 1724, 1723, 1726; died Nov. 8, 1772, aged ninety-six. 

Samuel, born in 1686; married (i) Mercy Helme, daughter of Rouse and Mary Helme; 
married (2) Hannah (Carr) Slocum, widow of Samuel Slocum, and daughter of Ed- 
ward and Hannah (Stanton) Carr; died at North Kingston, R. I., Nov. 24, 1779, 
aged one hundred and thirteen. 

William, married Mary ; lived at Kingston and Charlestown, R. 1.; died after 1740. 

Frances, married Daniel Brown, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Gardiner) Brown; probably 
lived at Westerly, R. I., and both died in 1726. 
(23) Ann, married Peter Wells, Jr., son of Peter and Wells (22), of South King- 
ston, R. I.; died before 1728. 

Herodias, married April 1 1, 1706, John Sheldon. 

[28] GEORGE GARDINER [. . . .-1677] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HERODIAS (LONG) HICKS [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWPORT, R. I. 

ALTHOUGH we know nothing of George Gardiner's antecedents in 
England, there is a tradition in the family that he emigrated to New 
England with Roger Williams in 1631, sailing in the " Lion" from Bristol 
to Nantasket. He came to Rhode Island from Quincy, or Braintree, 
Mass., with Governor Coddington (19), and we find his name among those who 
were admitted as inhabitants of Aquidneck in October, 1638, "having submitted 
himself to the Government that is or shall be established." This was the first year 
of the colony at Pocasset (Portsmouth), where he settled and was made freeman on 
December 17, 1639, when, of course, he was of age. 

On March 10, 1640, it was recorded that he owned fifty-eight acres of land, 
and two days later he was present at the General Court of Elections. He was made 
constable and senior sergeant in 1642, and in 1644 he received a commission as 
ensign. 

It was about this time, in 1645 or 1646, that Herodias (Long) Hicks be- 
came his wife by common-law marriage, and that he settled in Newport. Hero- 
dias was interested at this time in the Quakers, although there is no evidence that 
she ever joined that society. She, however, was persecuted in consequence, as is 
recorded in a Quaker tract of the time. Bishop's New England Judged. With a 
somewhat strained idea of her own responsibility in the cause of religious liberty, 
she went, accompanied by Mary Stanton' as nurse to her babe, from Newport to 

' Probably the young girl M.iry Stanton who accompanied Herodias to Boston was Robert Stanton's 
daughter. Savage says Robert was a brother of our ancestor Thomas Stanton (12). 



GEORGE GARDINER [28] 79 

Weymouth, Mass., to deliver testimony for the Quakers. Bishop says she was 

"the mother of several chiliircn, and a woman of good report, . . . she was hurried by the 
baser sort to Boston, before your Governour, John r.ndicot, who, after he had entertained her with 
much abusive language, and tlic girl that came with her to help bear her child, he committed them 
both to prison, and ordered them to be whipped with ten lashes apiece. . . . with a three-fold- 
knotted whip of cords. . . . The woman came a very sore Journey, and (according to man) hardly 
accomplishable, through a Wilderness of above Sixty Miles, between Rhode Island and Boston. . . . 
[She] . . . after the Savage, Inhumane and Bloody Execution on her, of your Cruelty aforesaid, 
Kneeled down and I'raycd — Tlu' lord Id Forgive you."' 

While HtRoniAS may have been entirely sincere in this reh'gious fervor, the 
story of her life would lead us to regard her as a most erratic character, and this is 
confirmed by the fact that George Gardiner made no objection to the subsequent 
divorce proceedings which she instituted. 

In 1660, George Gardiner was witness to a deed from Socho, an Indian 
Chief, which conveyed a tract of land called Misquamicoke, now Westerly, and in 
1662 he was commissioner, as the deputies were then called, frorn Newport to the 
General Assembly. Soon after this time he probably moved with his family to 
Pettacomscott or Pettaquomskutt, now South Kingston, R. !., as Herodias gave 
it as her residence when she petitioned the (>)urt for a divorce on May 5, 1665. 

in this suit she gave the story of her life, and said that when her father died 
in England she was sent to London, and there married, unknown to her friends, 
John Hicks, in the under Church of St. Paul's, called St. Faith's, being only be- 
tween thirteen and fourteen )ears old. She told how she came to New England 
with her husband, and lived at Weymouth two and a half years, thence coming to 
Rhode island about the year 1640. Soon after this there happened a difference 
between herself and her husband, and he went away to the Dutch Colonies, carry- 
ing with him most of her estate which had been sent her by her mother, and her boy.' 
She acknowledged that she had not been formally married to George Gardiner, 
but that she had lived with him for eighteen or twenty years, and by him had had 
several children. Her petition was that" the house upon my land i may enjoy with- 
out molestation and that he may allow me my child to bring up." The Court acted 
upon the only point that she made: that she had not been legally married to her 
husband. George Gardiner admitted the fact, but said that he considered 
Herodias his wife. Robert Stanton testified that: 

"One night being at his house both of them did say before him and his wife that they did 
take one the other as man and wife." 

' M.iny men and women went from Rhode Island to Boston to protest against the persecution of the 
Quakers beside "llorrcd Gardiner" as Bishop calls her; among others Catherine (Marhury) Scott, a "Grave, 
Sober, .\ncient Woman" and the sister of Anne Hutchinson (17). 

'John Hicks was the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Morgan) Hicks, the emigrant. He married (1) IIf.ro- 
niAS Long; married (2), 1662, Rachel Starr, a widow, and died in 1672. The children of John and Herodias 
were: (1) Thomas, born in 1640, married Marv (Butler) Washburne, (2) Hannah, married William Haviland, (3) 
Elizabeth, married josias Starr. In the Council Minutes of New York. June 1, T65S. is the following: "Divorce 
granted to lohn Hicks of Flushing, L. F. from his wife Harwooil Fong, on the ground of adulterv with permis- 
sion to said Hicks to re-marr>'." John Hicks was a delegate from I lushing to Hartford in 16O3, and in 1665 
was member of the Assembly from Hempstead. 



8o GEORGE GARDINER [28] 

The Court granted the divorce, and fined them both for not having been mar- 
ried according to the custom of the place.' 

Herodias subsequently married for her third venture John Porter, a man 
of some prominence in Pettacomscott, but whose first wife Margaret had just secured 
a divorce, in May, 1665, on the ground of cruel neglect. He and his wife Herod, 
in 1671, deeded large tracts of land to her sons by George Gardiner — William and 
Nicholas. 

George married (2) Lydia Ballou, daughter of Robert and Susanna Ballou, 
of Portsmouth, R. 1. In 1668 he was made one of the overseers of the will of his 
father-in-law, Robert Ballou, with Governor William Brenton, Deputy Governor 
Nicholas Easton, and William Vaughan as co-executors. In May, 1671, he and his 
three sons, Benoni, Nicholas and Henry, were in the list of residents of Pettacomscott. 
He died probably about the year 1677, in Pettacomscott. His second wife, 
Lydia, survived him, and married (2) June 14, 1678, William Hawkins, of Prov- 
idence, R. I., who seems to have assumed the care of her children. The date of the 
death of Herodias (Long Hicks Gardiner) Porter is unknown. 

Children of George and Herodias (Long Hicks) Gardiner 

Benoni, married Mary ; lived at Kingston, and on Nov. 17, 1705, with tiis brothers 

and sisters and his brother-in-law, John Watson (27), sold John Potter 410 acres 
of land, bounded partly by a branch of Point Judith Pond, for ;£i50. This money 
was to be paid to Thomas Hici<s of Flushing, L. I., their half-brother. Benoni, in 
1727, calls himself "aged 90 years and upwards," and died after 1731. 

Henry, born 1645; married (1) Joan ; married (2) Abigail (Richmond) Remington, 

widow of John Remington, and daughter of Edward and Abigail (Davis) Richmond; 
died at Kingston in 1744, aged ninety-nine. His will was dated Oct. 25, 1732, and 
proved May 5, 1744. The estate inventoried /i, 016. is., and comprised silver money, 
pewter, five cows, a heifer, furniture, and five negroes valued at /570. 
, George, married Tabitha TelTt, daughter of John and Mary Tefft; was one of the signers of 
a petition to the King in 1679; died at Kingston in 1724. 

William, married Elizabeth ; in 1671 received by deed from his mother Herodias 

(Gardiner) and her third husband, John Porter, two hundred acres in Narragansett, 
adjoining the property of his brother Henry; was also one of the signers of the peti- 
tion to the King in 1679, and died at Kingston in 171 1, leaving an estate inventoried 
at /368. 9s. lod. 

Nicholas, born in 1654; married Hannah ; took the oath of allegiance in 1671, and 

bought some land of John and Herodias (Gardiner) Porter; in 1673 received a 
deed of one hundred acres of land from his mother and her third husband; signed 
the petition to the King with his brothers in 1679, and died at Kingston intestate, 
but left a large amount of property. 
(27) Dorcas, married John Watson, and lived at South Kingston, R. I. The exact date of 
her death is unknown, but it was before 1702. 

' As there were evidently other cases of the same kind, the General Assembly enacted a new Marriage 
Law at this time, requiring formal marriage in the future and providing that "all such marriages at present ex- 
isting, however there may have been some neglect of the due observance of the rules and directions to that end 
prescribed" should be regarded as "good, firm and authentic, ... neither shall any take advantage thereby to leave 
either such wife or such husband, neither shall the children be reputed illegitimate." 



GEORGE GARUlNliR [28J 81 

Rebecca, married about 1702, as his second wife, John Watson (27), and probably died 
before 1728. 

Samuel, married Elizabeth (Carr) Brown, widow of James Brown, and daughter of Robert 
('arr; lived at Freetown, Swansey, Mass., and was selectman, town clerk, and 
deputy. He died Dec. 8, 1696. 

Children of George and I.vdia (Ballou) Gardiner 

Joseph, born i66q; married Nov. 30, 1693, Catherine Holmes, dauj^hter of John and Francis 
(Holdcn) Holmes; lived in Newport, and was lieutenant and deputy; died Aug. 22, 
1726, and he and his wife were buried in the cemetery at Newport. 

Lydia, married April 4, 1689, Joseph Smith, son of John and Sarah (Whipple) Smith. 

Mary, probably married Jeremiah Brown, son of Elder Chad Brown. Their son 
Daniel married his first cousin Frances Watson, daughter of John and Dorcas 
(Cjardiner) Watson (27). Mary gave a receipt in 1688 to her "father-in law," 1. e., 
step-father, William Hawkins, for her share in her father George Gardiner's estate. 

Peregrine. In 1684 William Hawkins, his step-father, made an agreement with William 
Turpin, of Providence, about his schooling, and he is also mentioned in a deed from 
Joseph Gardiner, his eldest brother, to William Hawkins in 1699. 

Robert, married a daughter of his step-father, William Hawkins; died at Providence in 1690, 
leaving his property to his brothers, Joseph and Peregrine, and his step-father, who 
was also executor of his will. 

Jeremiah, married Sarah . 

[2c)J JAMHS BARKER [....-1034] 

OF HARWICH, ENGLAND 

JAMES BARKER was a son of James Barker, of Harwich, Essexshire, 
England. Of his early life we know nothing, but that he married, had at 
least one child, and was probably a widower when he started for New 
England with his young son James. They came over in the ship " Mary and 
John," in 1634, with Rev. James Noyes (2), Rev. Thomas Parker, Nicholas Easton 
and his two sons, Peter and John Easton. 

James Barker died on the passage over, and before his death, confided the 
care of his young son to his sister Christianna,' then the wife of Captain Thomas 
Beecher, and living at Charlestown, Mass. Nicholas Easton, who was undoubtedly 
a friend of the Barkers, brought the boy to his aunt at Charlestown. 

Child of James and — Barker 

(30) James, born probably at Harwich, England, about 1623; married in 1644, Barbara 
Dungan, daughter of William and Frances (Latham) Dungan (32). He died in 
1702, probably at Newport. 

' Chrisli.mna married in Engl.md (i) Thomas Cooper of Wapping. who left her a freehold estate in Har- 
wich: married (j) Captain Thomas Beecher, who was Captain of the ship "Talbot "in 1629: with him she came to 
New England in 1630 and settled at Charlestown: after his death, which occurred in 1637, married (3) probably 
about 1639, as his second wife, Nicholas Easton and removed to his home in Newport, R. I. Nicholas Eas- 
ton was associated with Rev. James Noyes (2) in the first settlement of Newbury, Mass.: was later disarmed 
because of his svmpathv with" the "opinions and revelations" of Anne Huichinson (17), became associated 
with Governor William (".onniNGTON (19) and others in the purchase of the l>land of Aquidneck in 1638, and was 
governor of Rhode Island from 1672 to 1674. Both Governor Easton and his second wife Christianna, were 
Quakers and they were buried in the Friends' burial-ground at Newport. 



82 DEPUTY GOVERNOR JAMES BARKER [30] 

[30] DEPUTY GOVERNOR JAMES BARKER [1623-1702] 

AND HIS WIFE 

BARBARA DUNCAN [1628-....] 

OF NEWPORT, R. I. 

TAMES BARKER, son of James and Barker (29), was born probably 

I at Harwich, England, about 1623. In 1634, when only about eleven years 

I of age, he came to New England with his father, who died on the voyage. 

J He was brought by Nicholas Easton to his aunt, Mrs. Thomas Beecher, 

then living at Charlestown, Mass., and remained in her family when she removed to 

Newport, R. 1., after her third marriage to Mr. Easton, in 1638. 

He married, in 1644, Barbara Duncan, daughter of William and Frances 
(Latham Weston) Duncan (32), who was born in London about 1628. At this 
time Barbara was living with her step-father, Mr. Jeremiah Clarke, a prominent 
citizen of Newport. Through this marriage James Barker became connected with 
a number of the principal people in the Colony, as will be seen later. 

The same year, 1644, he was commissioned corporal, and four years later, 
in 1648, ensign, in Newport. He was also the latter year a member of the General 
Court of Elections, and in 1655, 1661 and 1663 a member of the Court of Commis- 
sioners. 

In 1 66 1 he was one of a committee to receive contributions toward the ;£200 
needed to send Roger Williams and Rev. John Clarke to England to obtain a charter 
for Rhode Island, and the revocation of Governor Coddincton's (19) commission 
as governor for life. The same year he and others had shares of land allotted to 
them at Misquamicut (Westerly), but not many actually settled there. The 
General Assembly ordered "that all the affairs of Misquamicut" be left to a com- 
mittee, one of which was James Barker. 

Connecticut always considered Westerly as within her jurisdiction, and in 1 670 
she made an effort to enforce her claim, which was resisted by the people of Rhode 
Island. James Barker was sent with others to meet the Connecticut commissioners, 
and secure a settlement of the controversy. His name also appears in the Royal 
Charter granted by Charles II in 1663. 

He served as deputy in 1667, 1669-71, 1674, 1676, 1677, 1681, 1683-86, 
and as assistant in 1663-66, 1671, 1672, 1676-78. 

He and a number of the family connection were on the committee appointed 
by the General Assembly in 1676, when it was voted: 

"That in the troublesome times and straits in this Collony [King PhiHp's War] the Assembly 
desiringe to have the advice and concurrence of the most juditious inhabitants if it may be had, 
for the good of the whole, doe desire at their sittinge, the company and counsel of Mr. Benedict 
Arnold, Mr. John Clark, Mr. James Barker, Capt. John Albro, William Carpenter, Capt. Randall 
Holden [James' brother-in-law], Obadiah Holmes, William Vaughan [his wife's step-father], Wil- 



DEPUTY GOVERNOR JAMES BARKER [30] 83 

liam Hiscox, Christopher lloKior, I'hihp Shoarnian, William Woilcli [scir No. 54 ,Note 1], (""iL'orKC 
Lawion [lirothi-rof Thomas Lawion (46)], Kohcrl Hodgson, Capi. John Greene, Gregory Dexler 
anil the General Sergeant [James Rogers (37)], was directed to inform the several persons the 
Assembly's desire therein."' 

During the short ascendancy of the war party — 1676 to 1678 a commission 
was appointed to order "watch and ward of the Island," and Jami-.s Bakkhk was 
a member. At this titne Walter Clark, who was a half-brother of James's wife, was 
governor, and Major John Cranston, who had married her half-sister, Mary Clark, 
was deputy governor. After the death in office of Governor Coddinoton, in No- 
vember, 1678, Deputy Governor John Cranston succeeded as governor, and James 
Barkf.r was elected deputy governor. 

in 1087, J A.Miis and his son James were overseers of the will of John Peabody, 
who had married the widow of James Rogers (37). A family MS calls him a 
"teaching brother among the Baptists many years." lie was an intimate friend 
and elder in the church of Rev. John (Jarke, referred to above. In the records of 
this church (the Eirst Baptist) it is stated that the ordination of Rev. Richard 
Dingley, in 1690, was performed by Mr. Thomas Skinner, pastor of a church in 
Boston, and "James Barker a ministering brother belonging to this church." 
His son James joined the Second Baptist Church, Peter, and probably Joseph, the 
Seventh Day Baptist, and William became a Quaker. 

James Barker died in 1702, probably in Newport. The date of his wife's 
death is not known. 

Children of James and 15arbara (Duncan) Barker 

Elizabeth, married, Nov. 30, 1666, Nicholas Easton, son of Peter and .Ann (Coggeshall) 
Easton, and grandson of Nicholas Easton, the third husband of her grand-aunt 
Christianna. She lived at Newport, and died July 5, 1676. 

James, born in 1648; married in 1673, Sarah Jeflferay, daughter of William and Mary (Gould) 
Jefferay; was deputy and assistant many years; was commissioned captain, and 
is spoken of in an old family MS as "a very bold man"; died in September, 1722. 

Mary, married (1) Elisha Smith, son of Edward Smith; married (2) April 16, 1677. Israel 
Arnold, son of Stephen and Sarah (Smith) Arnold; died Sept. IQ, 1723. 

Sarah, was unmarried at the death of her father. 

Joseph, married Sarah Read; lived at Newport, and died after 1725. 
(31) Peter, married (i) in 1692, I'reelove Bliss, daughter of John and Damaris (.\rnold) 
Bliss, and granddaughter of Benedict Arnold, mentioned above; married (2) in 1712, 

Susanna Pec.kham, daughter of John antl Eleanor ( ) Peckham (34), of 

Newport; died in r725. 

Christianna, married William Phillips, son of Michael and Barbara Phillips. 

William, born in 1662; married Elizabeth Easton, sister of the husband of his sister Eliza- 
beth; was deputy for five years, and became a Quaker; died Nov. 3, 1741. 

'These men had all been prominent in public life; Arnold as governor. Rev. John Clarke as deputy cov- 
crnor and English agent for the Colony, and the others as assistants, deputies, etc. They were all past middle 
life. 



84 CAPTAIN PETER BARKER [31] 

[31] CAPTAIN PETER BARKER [. .-1725] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SUSANNA PECKHAM [....-....] 

OF NEWPORT AND WESTERLY, R. I. 

PETER BARKER, son of Deputy Governor James and Barbara 
(Duncan) Barker (30), was born at Newport, R. I., but the date of 
his birth has not been found. He married about 1692, perhaps 
earher, Freelove BHss, daughter of John and Damaris (Arnold) BHss, 
and granddaughter of Benedict Arnold, who was born in 1672. In 1692 Peter and 
his wife Freelove were members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of Newport. 

The earliest record we find of him is in 1696, when he was made freeman. His 
wife, Freelove, died after 1708, and before 1712 he had married (2) Susanna Peck- 
ham, daughter of John and Eleanor ( ) Peckham (34), of Newport, as in 

February, 17 12, she signed with him a deed for ten acres of land sold to Jeremiah 
Clarke. This Jeremiah Clarke was Peter's mother's step-brother. 

in 1 7 14 he was elected captain of the Second Company, Newport, " 1st Reg. 
of the Militia of the islands," but before 1718 he and his wife had removed to 
Westerly, as their names then appear as members of the church there. 

Peter died probably in 1725. He left no will, but the administration of 
his estate is dated December 7, 1725. The bondsmen were his son-in-law Edward 
Bliven, and Joseph Barker, his eldest child by Susanna. The inventory of his 
property is that of a prosperous farmer, and amounted to £902. 5s. 2d. Some of 
the items are: "Wearing apparel £\4. 8s." a pair of oxen, four cows, and many 
other farm animals, spinning wheels, guns, a sword and belt, three Bibles, etc. 
He was buried in Westerly, in what is called "the Bliven burying ground." in 
a description of the place Mr. Denison says, " Here were [buried] the earlier owners 
of this farm, John Barker and his wife, Peter Barker and his wife, Edward Bliven, 
etc."' 

His widow Susanna married (2) about 1729 or 1730, as his second wife, 
Peter Wells (23) of South Kingston, R. I. PETER'sfirst wife had been dead about 
two years, and he had eight children, the eldest about twenty-four, and the young- 
est two or three years old. Mary, Susanna's eldest daughter, married in 1731, 
James Wells, Peter Wells' eldest son. Susanna's second husband only lived 
a year or so after her marriage, dying in 1732. In the settlement of his estate, 
Susanna gave a receipt to her step-son, James Wells (24), dated February i, 1733, 
for ;^8 which he had paid as executor to her own daughter Sarah Barker. In this 
receipt she calls James her "son-in-law." From other receipts given by Susanna, 
we obtain the names of her other children by Peter Barker, as given below. 

Children of Captain Peter and Freelove (Bliss) Barker 
Penelope, born at Newport, in 1698. 
' Denison's H-'eslerly and Us H'Unesses, 277. 



CAPTAIN FLll-.K liAl^KLR IjiJ 85 

Frcelovc, twin with I'eiu'lopc; marricil (i) Swarcs; married (2) May 12. 1719, 

Edward Bliven.' 
Peter, born at Newport, in 1701. 
Thomas, born at Newport, Dec. 31, 1703. 
Hannah, born at Newport. 

Childrln of Caitain I'lter and Susanna (i'tcKiiAM) IJakki.u 

Joseph, bondsman of his father's estate in 1725. 

John, who died about 1738. The original of a bill of Edward Bliven, his brother-in-law, 

dated Dec. 27, 1738, against his estate, for expenses incurred in his last illness, is in 

the Pawcaluck Valley Historical Collections. 
(24) Mary, married April 21, 1731, her step-brother James Wells, son of Peter and Ann 

(Watson) Wells (23). 
Sarah, who received a bequest|from her step-father, Peter Wells (23), for which her mother 

gave a receipt in 1733. 
Barbara. 
Susanna. 
Patience. 

[32J WILLIAM DUNGAN [....-1050] 

AND MIS WIFE 

FRANCES (LATHAM) WESTON [1609-1677] 

OF LONDON, ENGLAND 

WILLIAM DUNGAN or DUNGIN, as the naine is sometimes spelled, 
li\ed in the parish of St. Martins in the Fields, London, one of the 
t)ldest in England. It was open country in his day, and game of all 
sorts was preserved there. He was a perfumer, according to his will, 
and probably his business was in the city. Near the church were the Royal Mews, 
where the King's falcons were kept. 

I Ic married Frances (Latham) Weston, widow of Lord Weston, and daugh- 
ter of Lewis and — Latham, Sergeant Falconer to King Charles 1. Frances 

was born at Kcmpston, in 1609, and later lived with her father at Elstow, a mile 
from Bedford. 

His will was made September 1 3, 1636, and proved October 5 of the same year, 
so that he must have died between those dates. It names his wife Frances as 
executrix, and Mr. Thomas Gibbon and Mr. Samuel Smith as overseers. Tie left 
to his four children, Barbara (30), William, Frances, and Thomas, each ^-jo, to be 
paid at their coming of age or marriage. His wife was made guardian of the children 
and manager of the estate, with the provision that if she "marry again she is to 

'A paper exists in the P.iwcatuck Valley Historical Society dated Aug. 1 1, 1740, and signed by William 
Babcock, Surveyor and others, which says that thev "were appointed by the Town Council to make a dividend 
on v^ real estate of \'^ late deceased Mr. Peter Barker . . . Mr. Edward Blcavin come and forewarned us of run- 
ninjj any line there and so we desisted." lie was probably trying to protect his wife's interest in her father's 
estate. 



86 WILLIAM DUNGAN [32] 

give good security to the overseers for the true and sure payment" of the legacies 
to the children. He gave Frances "all other my estate whatsoever be it in goods, 
chattels, leases, ready money, plate or other my substance whatsoever," and to 
the two overseers los. apiece to "buy them rings." 

Frances was but twenty-seven years old when she was left a second time a 
widow, with four small children. She soon after married (3) Mr. Jeremiah Clarke, 
with whom she came to New England before 1638, with her family. They settled 
at Newport, and had five sons and two daughters.' Jeremiah Clarke, who held 
theoflficeof treasurer of the Colony for some years, and was president regent in 1648, 
when Governor Coddington went to England to secure a charter, died in 1652. Be- 
fore 1656, Frances married (4) Rev. William Vaughn, of Newport, by whom she 
had no children. In a letter written September 2, 1677, by Samuel Hubbard, of 
Newport, to his children at Westerly, he says: " For news, Mr. Vahan is gone to his 
long home and his wife is like to follow him if not dead." In fact, she outlived 
her fourth husband but a day or two. 

Her tombstone is still standing in the old cemetery at Newport. The in- 
scription reads as follows: 

" Here Lyeth ye Body of Mrs. Frances Vaughan, Alius Clarke, Ye mother of ye only children 
of Cap"" Jeremiah Clarke. She died ye i week in Sept 1677 in ye 67th year of her age." 

Children of William and Frances (Latham Weston) Duncan 

(30) Barbara, born about 1628; married in 1644, Deputy Governor James Barker, son of 
James and ( ) Barker (29), of Harwich, England. 

William, born , came over to this country with his mother. 

Frances, born about 1630; married in 1648, Randall Holden, a prominent man of Warwick, 
R. I.; died in 1697.' 

Thomas, married in Newport, Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Clement and Mary (Freeborn) 
Weaver; was made a freeman at Newport in 1656, and on jury there in 1671 ; in 1677 
moved to East Greenwich, R. I.; was sergeant in 1678, and deputy in 1678 and 1681 ; 
in 1684 he removed to Cold Spring, Bucks Co., Pa., and was "the first Baptist min- 
ister in them parts." Morgan Edwards, writing in 1770, says: "The Rev. Thomas 
Dungan, the first Baptist minister in the province, now exists in a progeny of be- 
tween 600 and 700." He died at Cold Spring, Pa., in 1688. 

'Frances' children bv Jeremiah Clarke were: i. Walter, married (i) Content Greenman: married (2) 
Hannah Scott, daughter of Richard and Catherine (Marbury) Scott; married (3) Freeborn (Williams) Hart, widow 

of Thomas Hart and daughter of Roger and Mary ( ) Williams: married (4) Sarah (Prior) Gould. 2. Mary, 

married (1) Dep. Gov. John Cranston; (2) John Stanton, son of Robert and Avis Stanton, brother of Thomas 

Stanton (12). 3. Jeremiah, married Ann Audlev, daughter of John and Margaret ( ) Odlin (60). 4, 

Latham, married (1) Hannah Wilbur; married (2) Anne (Collins) Newbury. 5. Weston married (1) Mary Easton, 
daughter of Peter and Ann (Coggeshall) Easton and granddaughter of Nicholas Easton (see No. 30); married (2) 
Rebecca (Thurston) Easton, the widow of his brother-in-law Peter Easton, Jr. 6. James, married Hope Power. 
7. Sarah, married (i) John Pinner; married (2) Caleb Carr. So that the mother married four times, one son 
four times, two daughters twice, two other sons twice and two sons each once, making eighteen marriages 
among eight people. See Austin's Genealogical Dictionary. 

^ The portrait of Lewis Latham mentioned in the article on the Latham Family in England came 
through this granddaughter into the possession of the Holden family, who still own it. 



THE LATHAM FAMILY IN ENGLAND 87 

THE LATHAM FAMILY IN HNGLAND 

LEWIS LATHAM, of Elstow, Bedfordshire, Sergeant-Falconer to King 
Charles I, is said to have descended from a junior branch of the house of 
Latham in Lancashire, and bore the same coat of arms. At the death 
of Sir Thomas Latham of Latham, in 1385, the senior branch was repre- 
sented by his daughter and heiress, who married Sir Jf)hn Stanley, Kt., from 
whom came the Stanleys, Earls of Derby. The part of the Latham estate called 
Knowsley is the present seat of Lord Derby. 

The name of Lhwis Latham's father and the date and place of his birth have 
not been ascertained, but he had a brother William, who died at Elstow, March 20, 
1632, Lewis being the executor of his will. He had also a brother Simon,' who 
died at Bletsoe, and two sisters, Ursula, the wife of William Carter, and Elizabeth, 

wife of Thomas , all three of whom are mentioned in this will of W illiam 

Latham. 

Li;wis Latham was married before 1609, as his eldest daughter I-'rances was 
baptized at Kempston, February 15, 1609. Before 1617 he had settled at Elstow, 
and undoubtedly spent the greater part of his life there. Elstow is a small town 
two miles from Bedford. 

The office of falconer, which was held by Li:wis Latham during the reign of 
Charles 1, was one of importance and distinction at that time. The Master Fal- 
coner was Sir Patrick Hume, and associated with him as falconers were thirty- 
three gentlemen, of whom one was " Lewis Latham of Elstow, Co. Bedford, Gent.," 
as he was designated. The King's falcons were kept in London, where the Na- 
tional (jallerv now stands, in the Mews afterwards used for stables. In falconer's 
parlance, mew means to moult. The falconers were in attendance at any of the 
Mews where the King might desire, and we suppose that it was while Lewis Latham 
was in attendance in London that his daughter Frances met her husband, who lived 
in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, near the Mews. 

July 15, 1625, a warrant was issued to 

"pay Andrew Piicairn master of the Hawks to the use of Lewis Latham, Eustace Norton, 
and the rest of the under falconers the stipend formerly allowed them when the King was Prince of 
Wales." 

Lewis was promoted August 18, 1627, as appears from a warrant from Sec- 
retary Conway to Attorney-General Heath "to prepare grants of the place of Ser- 
geant of the Hawks to Lewis Latham with £6^ per annum." 

From the parish register at Elstow we learn that " Lewys Lalhame Gent, 
deceased ye 15th day of May 1655." His wife Winnifred survived him, and was 
the executrix of his will. She was evidently his second and possibly his third 
wife. 

'Simon L.Ttham was the author of The Fauhon'i Lure and Cure, published in 163^. which is quoted 
in the article (in Falconry in the Encyclopedia linlannica. 



88 THE LATHAM FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

His will was dated May 6, 1653, and proved at London, September 1, 1655. 
It begins "in the name of God Amen," and after the usual preamble continues: 

"To my sons Henry Latham and John Latham 1 2d. apiece if they demand it. ... To 
my daughters Ann Seager, Frances Clarke, Katharine Garrett and Elizabeth Bibble, I2d. apiece 
if they come to demand it. . . . To Winnifred Dewnes [probably a daughter of his wife by a former 
husband, he gave] one bedstead with all furniture thereto belonging. ... all the rest of my goods, 
chattels, and cattle whatsoever I give and bequeath to Winnifred my loving wife." 

His widow, called "wife of Latham the King's Sergeant-Falconer," petitioned 
on May 9, 1662, for the arrears of her husband's salary. Her patron. Sir Lewis 
Dyve (the royalist and defender of Sherborne Castle), desired a warrant for her of 
fyo or £40, "from the late Privy Seal," and it was issued May 13, 1662, for the 
last named sum. 

A portrait in oils of Lewis Latham has been preserved through many gener- 
ations. Brought to this country by his daughter Frances, then wife of Captain 
Jeremiah Clarke, it descended to her daughter Frances, who married Randall 
Holden, and is now (1894) in the possession of a descendant, Francis A. Holden, 
of Washington, D. C. The inscription in the corner of the portrait states that he 
died aged one hundred years, but whether he was as old as that may be doubted. 
The portrait is certainly that of an extremely old man. 

Children of Lewis and Latham 

Henry, married (i) ; married (2) May 10, 1656, Anne Goodwin. 

John, was a justice of the peace in Bedford, in 1657. 

Ann, married Seager. 

(32) Frances, baptized Feb. 15, 1609, at Kempston, England; married (i) Lord Weston; 
married (2) William Dungan, of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, London, who 
died in 1636; married (3) Mr. Jeremiah Clarke, who died in 1652; married (4) before 
1656, Rev. William Vaughn, of Newport, R. I.; died in September, 1677. 

Katherine, married Garrett. 

Elizabeth, baptized in 1617, at Elstow; married Bibble. 

Sarah, baptized in 1618, at Elstow; probably died before 1655, as she is not mentioned 
in her father's will. 

Ellen, married Sherringham; probably died before 1655, as she is not mentioned 

in her father's will. 

[^1 JOHN PECKHAM [....-1681] 

and his wife 
ELEANOR [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWPORT, R. I. 

JOHN PECKHAM probably was born in Suffolkshire, England, about the year 
1600. Whether he was connected with Sir George Peckham of Denham, 
Buckinghamshire, who was interested in colonizing in America with Gilbert 
and a partner in his voyage in 1583, is not known, but it is quite possible 
that such a connection may yet be established. 




HON. LEWIS LATHAM 
B. 1555. n. 1655 



JOHN PliCKHAM [j4J 89 

He married in Fngland (1) Mary Clarke, ilauijliter of Thomas aiui Rose 
(Kcrridge) (Jarke, ot Sullolk, wlu) was baptized July 17, 1607." lie emigrated 
with his wife, and probably her four brothers, to New England, and we find his name 
as well as those of the four Clarkes, in the list of those admitted as inhabitants of the 
Island of Aquidneck in lOjS, the first year of the settlement at Pocasset. In 1640 
his bounds were established, and in i()4i he was made a freeman at Newport. 

His wife Mary died about this time, and he married (2)before 1648, Elisanor 

. He is named in 1648 as one of the ten men who were members, or the 

founders, of the First Baptist Church of Newport, of which his brother-in-law. Rev. 
John Clarke, was pastor, and his "wife 1-deanor" was baptized the same year. In 
1635 his name appears on a list of the freemen of Newport, ninety-six in all, and he 
was taxed there in 1680. 

His death occurred probably in 1681. Although his will has not been found, 
it is mentioned in a list of seventeen wills ha\ing but two witnesses. It bore the 
date of January 6, 1681; witnesses John Clark and Henry Tew. These were all 
proved between the dales of 1676 and 1695, and were presented to the Court by 
interested parties, as the law required three witnesses. 

His residence was in that part of Newport which is now the town of Middle- 
town, and a stone marked "1. P." on what was then his land (now owned by 
William F. Peckhamj, is supposed to mark his grave. 

Childrln of John and Mary (Clarke) Peckham 

Jolin, liorn about 1645; married Sarah ; had eleven children, and lived at Newport; 

died about 1712. 
William, born about 1647; married (1) his cousin, daughter of Joseph Clarke; married (2) 

Phoebe Weeden, daughter of William Weeden; was ordained the pastor of the First 

Baptist Church of Newport, Nov. 11, 171 1, probably after the death of his uncle, and 

died June 2, 1734. His wife, Phoebe, survived him. 

Cmi.DRF.N OF John and [ileanor ( ■ — ) Peckham 

Stephen, married, about 1682, Mary ; moved to Dartmouth, Mass., about 1686, and 

died there April 23, 1724. 

Thomas, married (1) ; married (2) after 1683, Hannah (Weeden) Clarke, 

widow of William Clarke, son of Joseph Clarke, and sister of his half-brother William's 
wife; was deputy for Newport in 1708, and one of the proprietors of common lands. 
He died in 1709. 

Clement, married Lydia ; was a weaver; lived at Newport, and owned lands at Tiv- 
erton; died in 1712. 

James, probably unmarried; died at Newport, Feb. 26, 1712; left a large property, the 
inventory of his real estate in Little Compton alone amounting to ^644 9s. 6d. His 
sister Susanna, and her husband, I'eter Barker (31), signed among others as his 
legal representatives. 

' Rev. John CI.Trkc, nientioncd frequently in these .irlicles, and Carew, Thomas, .ind Joseph, Clarke .ill of 
Newport, R. 1., were her brolhcrs. The fact that Carew Clarke's first wife died at Ruffum, Suffolk, Engl.md, indi- 
cates that thev came from th.it county. 



90 JOHN PECKHAM [34] 

(31) Susanna, married (1) Peter Barker, son of James and Barbara (Duncan) Barker 
(23) (30), who died probably in 1725; married (2) about 1730, Peter Wells (23), son of 

Peter and Wells of Kingston, R. I. (22); died after 1733. 

Sarah, married probably John Greene, son of John and Mary (Jefferay) Greene. 
Rebecca, married John Spooner, son of William and Elizabeth (Partridge) Spooner. 
Deborah, married Robert Taylor, son of Robert and Mary (Hodges) Taylor. 
Phoebe, born in 1666; married Thomas Gray, son of Edward and Dorothy (Lettice) Gray; 

died in 1746. 
Elizabeth, married Peter Taylor, son of Robert and Mary (Hodges) Taylor, a brother of 

her sister Deborah's husband; died May 24, 1714. 



ROGERS ANCESTRY 

OF 

DANIEL ROGERS NOYES 

[7] 



[37] JAMES ROGERS L -1^76] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY [,...-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND NIIWI'ORT, R. I. 

TAMES ROGERS is thought by many to be one of the sons of Thomas 
I Rogers who came over in the "Mayflower" to New England in 1620 
I with his son Joseph and died the fiext winter. Governor Bradstreet 
J says, "the rest of the children came over, are married, and have 
(1650) many children." Unfortunately he does not give the names of these chil- 
dren, but it is now settled beyond question that John Rogers of Duxbury, Mass., 
was one, and there is some reason to believe that James of Newport was another, 
although it has not yet been satisfactorily proved. 

James came to Newport about 1638, and was one of the very early settlers. 

He was at that time married to Mary , and had one daughter, Sarah. He 

was made freeman in Newport in 1640, and was then a miller, probably the first 
of his business in Rhode Island. 

He was elected general solicitor for the Colony from 16157 to '659. and gen- 
eral sergeant from 1659 to 1676.' in August, 1659, he complained that being both 
general sergeant and town sergeant, and being also infirm in body, etc., there- 
fore he "desireth t-he Court to allow him to constitute a deputy upon occasion for 
executing some writs belonging to his office of General Sergeant," he to be respon- 
sible for the deputy. This was granted by the Assembly. 

He was ordered, July 20, 1669: 

"To apprehend the Indian Sactiem Ninecraft, aiui bring him iicforc Ihe Governor and Qiuncil 
on Thursday next at eight o'clock in the morning to answer the charge of a plot among tlie Indians 
to cut off the English. He was empowered to take assistance of a boat and two men for trans- 
portation," and also "two men and three horses in the King's Province." 

During'_his service as general sergeant the famous Harris litigation took 

' See No. ^o. 



92 JAMES ROGERS [37] 

place, in the course of which James Rogers went to the house of dne John Harrud 
to serve an execution. The following curious affidavit was sworn to later: 

"Tolleration Harris aged 25 yeares or thereabouts being Engaged testefieth That upon the 
21 day of April! in this presant yeare 1670: hee goeing along with James Rogers Gennerall Serjant 
unto Mashantatat where John Harrud dwelleth, the sayd serjant goeing thither to serve an Exe- 
cution agaynst John Harrud, but when thither the came, and about tenn rodd of the howse where 
John Harrud dwelleth, the sayd John Harrud called to them & bid them to stand, he the sayd 
John Harrud standing by the sayd howse, & presented a gunn at them Commanding them in his 
majestyes name to stand, telling them if they would not stand hee would shoote them; The serjant 
then demanded of John Harrud to deliver possession of the howse unto him, that he might state 
William Harris therein. But Harrud smiting his hand upon his breast answered that he would not 
yeeld possession whilst he had life in his body There being present John Weekes Sen' Edmund Cal- 
verly, John Weekes jun'' Benjamin Barton Roger Burlingham & divers others in all to the number 
of ffifteene or there abouts; And when John Harrud declared himself that he would not yeeld pos- 
session whilst he had breath in his body, John Weekes Senf: Replyed that it was well spoken; the 
said John weekes sen'': John weekes ju"': & Edmund Calverly Encouraging the sayd John Harrud 
not to yeeld possessi" but with Cudgells in theire handes stood in resistance of the Execution. 

May the first 1670: Taken before me Tho; Olney jun': 
Assiss':"' 

A court martial of certain Indians was held August 24, 1676, in Newport, at 
which James Rogers was present. These Indians were charged with being en- 
gaged in King Philip's designs, and several were convicted and executed. 

James Rogers died in the fall of 1676, during a season of general sickness, to 
which these new settlements seemed to be occasionally subject. Arnold men- 
tions it as follows: 

"A fatal epidemic prevailed in the Island at this time (October, 1676), so sudden in its effects 
that two or three days sufficed to destroy its victim, and so general that but few families escaped with- 
out the loss of some of their number. Among the deaths that occasioned business for the Assembly, 
was that of James Rogers, who had been longer and more steadily in public office than any other man 
in the Colony, having been elected for twenty successive years, the first three as General Solicitor 
and the last eighteen as General Sergeant, — for one year he filled both offices." 

A petition was made by his widow Mary Rogers, October 25, 1676, for 
moneys due her husband in his lifetime from the Colony, and a committee was ap- 
pointed to audit the account, in 1677 Mary married (2) as his second wife, John 
Peabody of Newport, and died between 1678 and 1687. 

Children of James and Mary Rogers 

Sarah, married Richard Knight, who was keeper of the prison in Newport in 1648 and 1649, 
and general sergeant for seven years before his father-in-law held the office. The 
date of this marriage is not known, but they had at least two children in 1648. Sarah 
died a widow after 1685. 

^Harris Papers, R. I. Hist. Collections, X. 



JAMi:S ROGl-RS [37] 93 

Thomas, born in 1639; married Sarah ; in 1696 he himglit lands in Dartmouth, and 

in the records is sonietimes called "of i'ortsniouth, " hut his resilience was chiefly 
at Newport, where, in 1702, he was a proprietor in common lands, and where he 
died Nov. 23, 1719. He had a daughter Sarah, who married Thomas Wells, son of 
Petkr Wells (22). 

(38) John, horn Oct. 8. i6.(i. riKirried abdul 1667, !■ 1 i/.Ain ill — , and died March 

27, 1716. 

[38] CAPTAIN JOHN ROGERS [1641-171OI 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH [. . . .-1676] 

OF NEWPORT, R. I. 

TUllN KOGEKS, son of James and Mary ( ) [Rogers (37), was born at 

I Newport, R. I., October 8, 1641, and made freeman in 1668. He married 

I in Newport, probably about 1667, Elizabeth , who died October 

J 24, 1676. 

John Rogers was deputy for Newport in 1678, and again from 1701 to 1705. 
In i6go he was commissioned as captain, and cominanded the Second C-ompany of 
the Newport Mihtia. From 1701 to 1705 he was justice of the peace, and the last- 
named year was speaker of the House of Deputies and assistant, which important 
office he held again in 1707, and until 1712. 

With three others, he was empowered, in 1708, to "proportion and affix rates 
of grain and other specie for a tax." They appointed Indian corn to be taken at 
2s. a bushel, barley at is. 8d., rye at 2s. 6d.,oats at i4d., wheat at 3s. and wool at 
9d. a pound. 

He died at Newport March 27, 1716, and was buried on the homestead farm. 
The Holy Cross Chapel, in Middletown, R. I., occupies part of this homestead, and 
his gravestone may still be seen in the churchyard to which place this and several 
other stones were moved, some years since, from a part of the farm not far 
distant. 

Children of John and Elizabeth ( ) Rogers 

(39) John, horn Aug. 26, 1668; married Nov. 4, 1698, Sarah Lawton, daughter of Isaac 

and Elizabeth (Tallman) Lawton (47); died Aug. 11, 1727. 

Joseph, born in 1670; married (1) Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Philip and Mary Smith; 
married (2) Mary (Wilkins) Jenkins, widow of Richard Jenkins, and daughter of 
John and Anstis (Gold) Wilkins; died Oct. 2, 1710, and was buried in the Newport 
Cemetery, although for a time he lived at Tiverton. 

Samuel, born April 25, 1673; married Jan. 31, 1706, Lydia Holmes, daughter of Jonathan 
and Sarah (Borden) Holmes; was Captain of the Second Newport Company in 1722 and 
1723; was a farmer, and lived on the homestead in that part of Newport now called 
Middletown; died Nov. 14, 1752, and with his wife is buried in the Holy Cross Chapel. 
His estate inventoried £ 1,925. 12s. id. 



94 JOHN ROGERS, JR. [39] 

[39] JOHN ROGERS, JR. [1668-1727J 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH LAWTON [i 676-1 731] 

OF NEWPORT, R. I. 

JOHN ROGERS, son of Captain John and Elizabeth ( ) Rogers (38), 
was born at Newport, August 26, 1668, and married there, November 
4, 1698, Sarah Lawton, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Tallman) 
Lawton (47), of Portsmouth, R. 1., who was born October 25, 1676. 
He was a proprietor in common lands in 1702, and in 1709 to 17 14 was deputy 
for Newport to the General Assembly. In 17 14 he was commissioned as ensign. 
He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church, under the pastorate of Rev. William 
Peckham, son of John Peckham (34). 

His death occurred August 1 1, 1727, at Newport. His wife Sarah survived 
him, and died February 20, 1 73 1 . Both were buried in the Newport Cemetery. 

Children of John and Sarah (Lawton) Rogers 

(40) William, born July 14, 1709; married (1) July 11, 1734, Abigail Lyndon, who died 

March 4, 1747; married (2) Nov. i, 1748, Sarah Sanford, daughter of Joseph and 

Lydia (Odlin) Sanford (55); died Oct. 1, 1772. 

Elizabeth, married Barker. 

Sarah, born June 14, 1706; married (i) Jan. 20, 1726, John Comer; married (2) Samuel 

Miller; died Aug. 10, 1758. 
James, born in 1714; married (i) Dec. 1, 1734, Charity Brayton; married (2) Sept. 28, 1746, 

Abigail Arnold, daughter of Oliver Arnold; died Aug. 22, 1776. 
Isaac, born April 4, 1716; married (i) Nov. 10, 1751, Mary Ingraham; married (2) Jan. 17, 

1754, Sarah Bennetland. 

[40] WILLIAM ROGERS [1709-1772] 

and his wife 
SARAH SANFORD [1723-1776] 

of NEWPORT, R. I. 

WILLIAM ROGERS, son of John and Sarah (Lawton) Rogers (40), 
was born at Newport, July 14, 1709, and married there (i) July 11, 
1734, Abigail Lyndon. She died March 4, 1747, and he married (2) 
November i, 1748, Sarah Sanford, daughter of Joseph and Lydia 
(Odlin) Sanford (55), of Newport, who was born September 28, 1723. 

He was made a freeman in Newport in 1731, and in 1747 was justice of the 
peace. He was lieutenant of the Newport Company in 1755, and captain later. 
Both he and Joseph Sanford, his father-in-law, were signers of a petition to the 
King in 1750, relative to bills of credit. 



I 



WILLIAM ROGERS [40] 95 

He died at Newport, October i, 1772, leaving a large family. His wife Sarah, 
survived him and died May 1 1, 1776. Newport was then occupied by the Ikitish 
for about three years, and his family became scattered, and none returned to live 
there. All of his sons but one served in the War of the Revolution, as well as his 
son-in-law, Tiio.mas Noyes (6). 

("hildren oh William and Sarah (Sanford) Rogers 

Abigail, horn July 18, 1749; married Nov. 28, 1768, Richard Reynolds Barker; lived in 
Charleston, S. C, where she died Sept. 27, 1797. 

Joseph, born July 4, 1750; died July 20, 1751. 

Williani, born July 22, 1751; married (1) June 29, 1773, Hannah (jardner; married (2) 
Jan. 15, 1795. Susannah Marsh; was the (irst student in Rhode Island (lollcgc, and 
for some months the only one; graduated in 1769; was the pastor of the Philadelphia 
Baptist Church from 1772 to 1775, and professor of Belles Lettres in the University 
of Pennsylvania. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania commissioned him as 
chaplain in 1776, and he served as brigade chaplain in 1778. lie died at Philadelphia 
.'\pril 7, 1824. 

Daniel, born Peb. 2, 1753; married June 10, 1773, .Xnnc Saunders; served as corporal in the 
Second Regiment Rhode Island State Troops, with Colonel Archibald Crary in 1776, 
and died at Newport, Aug. 31, 1792. 

Joseph, born March 21, 1754; married (1) April 19, 1781, Martha lla/.ard; married (2) Ruth 
Sears; married (3) July 1, 18^4, Kli/.abeth Sayre; lived at Hartford, Conn., and died 
there Dec. 31, 1825. 

Martha, born Aug. 21, 1755; died Oct. 3, 1756. 

John, born Dec. 16, 1756; married Dec. 5, 1779, Elizabeth Rodman; was ensign in Colonel 
Pzek Hopkins' regiment in 1775; lived in Providence, R. I., and died there July 17, 
1810. 

Robert, born April 18, 1758; married April 2, 1780, Mary Rhodes; was lieutenant in Col- 
onel Benjamin Tallman's regiment in 1776, and served also as lieutenant in the 
I irst Rhode Island Battalion in the campaign of 1779: died Aug. 6, 1835. 
(6) l.YDiA, born .May 19, 1760; married Jan. 31, 1781, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Noyes, 
son of Colonel JosKi'ii and Barbara (Wells) Noyes (5), of Westerly, R. I. She 
died at Westerly, Nov. 15, 1798. 

Sarah, born May 28, 1762; married John ^■oung, of Providence, R. I.; died in Providence, 
April 13, 1800. 

Sanford, born Jan. 22, 1764; died Aug. 30, the same year. 

Martha, born Aug ii, 1765; died Oct. 12, 1766. 

[46] THOMAS LAWTON [....-1681] 

OF ENGLAND AND PORTSMOUTH, R. I. 

THOMAS LAWTON and his brother George were at Pocasset, R. 1. in 
the spring of 1639, but when they emigrated or from what part of Eng- 
land they came, has not been discovered. Both were signers of the 
agreement to organize a new government at Pocasset, when William 
CoDDiNGTON (19), John Clarke, Nicholas Easton, and others left to settle at 



96 THOMAS LAWTON [46] 

Newport, taking with them the records of the colony. The name of the town 
was at once changed to "Portsmouth." 

As it appears that Thomas Lawton owned rights at Martha's Vineyard, he 
may have settled there first, and later removed to Portsmouth. He married either 
just before coming to Portsmouth, or immediately after, his first wife whose name 
is not known. She was the mother of all his children, and died after 1650, which 
is the date of birth of her last child, Isaac. 

Thomas Lawton was made freeman in 1635, and was also commissioner that 
year, and in 1636, 1658, 1661. In 1657, he sold a house and land in Warwick, but 
it is not supposed that he ever lived there. He received, in 1660, a deed of lands 
in Narragansett from Cadganaquant, chief sachem, who had "formerly received 
several kindnesses" from him. in 1666 he was deputy to the General Assembly 
of Rhode Island. 

He married (2), sometime before 1674, Grace (Parsons) Bailey, widow of Wil- 
liam Bailey, and daughterof Hugh and Elizabeth Parsons. This proved an unhappy 
union, and he appears to have left her, and failed to provide for her maintenance. 
There is no explanation of this affair, unless it be the statement made in his will. 

On June 14, 1676, his wife Grace, having often presented her many griev- 
ances to the town and several times to the Assembly, asking for "due and suffi- 
cient maintenance, she being much neglected in her husband's absence," it was 
ordered by the Assembly that 6s. per week be paid her by her husband's agent, 
Daniel Lawton, probably his eldest son, and future provision for her maintenance 
was made a charge against his estate. The next year Thomas Lawton made an 
agreement with her by which she accepted ;^io a year in silver, "for term of time 
she liveth without changing her name by marriage," and acquitted him of all 
"dowry, thirds, portions or legacies, etc." 

He died about 1681, as his will, dated June 6, 1674, was proved September 29, 
1681. His son Daniel was executor, and William Wodell' and George Sisson, 
overseers. This will, made two years before the action of the court mentioned 
above, is in part as follows: 

"'1 do hereby declare that although Grace have not behaved herself towards me as a wife 
ought to do towards an husband, yet for the manifestation of my care of her, 1 do hereby give, be- 
queath unto her all the goods that are yet remaining in my custody of those that were hers when 
I married her and also one good feather bed and boulster'; also £\i. per annum for life in lieu of all 
right she has [in my estate]. To son Daniel farm now in his possession called 'Long Swamp farm' 
and confirmation of another farm called 'Hunting Swamp farm' at expiration of William Wodell's 
lease of it. To son Isaac a farm at Puncatege and all rights at Martha's Vineyard. To daughter 
Elizabeth Sherman . . . a quarter of a share in Dartmouth, and a piece of land in Portsmouth . . . 
also all that my now dwelling house with land about it, and a pasture called 'fifty acres.' To 
daughter Ann Slocum 5s. with what she had already received. To daughter Sarah Sisson £^0. 
To overseers ;^5 apiece. To daughters Elizabeth . . . and Sarah, the rest of real and personal."' 

'See No. 54, Note'i. 

' Austin's Genealogical Dictionary oj Rhode Island. 



THOMAS LAWTON [46J 97 

From the fact thai his daughter FJizabeth, wife of Pelcg Sherman, received 
a larger share than the others, it seems jiroliable that he made his home with her 
after his separation from his wife, and until his death. His widow Grace died after 
1677. 

Children of Thomas and Lawton 

Elizabeth, married July 25, 1657, I'eleg Sherman, son of i'hih|i and Sarah (Odding) Sherman. 
They lived at Portsmouth, R. I., Dartninuih ,iiul Swan/.ey, Mass., an<l at Kingston, 
R. I. She died after 171 1. 

Daniel, married Rebecca ; lived at Portsmouth, and was a farmer. He was a 

deputy in 1674, on the Grand Jury in 1687, and died June 28, i7rQ. 
Ann, married May 26, i66g, Giles Slocum, son of Giles and Joan Slocum. He was a prom- 
inent Quaker, and held nian\' inipdrtant public olVices. They lived at Portsmouth 
and Newport, R. I. 
Sarah, married Aug. i, 1667, George Sisson, son of Richard and Mary Sisson; died July 5,1718. 
(47) Isaac, born at Portsmouth, Dec. 11, 1650; married (i) Mary Sisson, sister of his 
brother-in-law, and daughter of Richard anii Mary Sisson; married (2) March 3, 

1673/4, Elizabeth Tallman, daughter of Pi:Ti:r and Ann ( ) Tallman (50), 

who died May 20, 1701; married (3) Oct. 11, 1701, Naomi (Hunt) Lawton, widow 

of his cousin George Lawton, and daughter of Bartholomew and Ann ( ) Hunt. 

He died January 25, 1732. 

[47] ISAAC LAWTON [1650-1732] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH TALLMAN [....-1701] 

OF PORTSMOUTH, R. I. 

ISAAC LAWTON, son of Thomas and Lawton, was born at Ports- 
mouth, December 11, 1650. He married (1) Mary Sisson, sister of his 
brother-in-law, and daughter of Richard and Mary (— — — ) Sisson. She 

died without children, and he married (2) March 3, 1673/4, Elizabeth Tall- 

MAN, daughter of Peter and Ann ( ) Tali.man (50). By her he had eleven 

children. She died May 20, i7oi,and in less than five months he married (3) 
October 11, 1701, Naomi (Hunt) Lawton, widow of his cousin George Lawton, 

and daughter of Bartholomew and Ann ( ) Hunt. She had four children 

by her first husband, but none by Isaac Lawton. In 1676, Isaac Lawton was 
made freeman, was on the Grand Jury in 1688, was assistant in 1690 and 1691, 
and deputy for Portsmouth in the years 1696, 1698, 1699, 1702, 1704 to 1706 and 
1708. His third wife, Naomi, died January 13, 1721. 

He died at Portsmouth, January 25, 1732, aged eighty-one. In his will, made 
January 20, 1727, and proved February 14, 1732, he appointed his son John as ex- 
ecutor. As given by Austin, it is as follows: 

"To eldest son Isaac 5s. he already having had house and farm he lives on in Ports- 
mouth, lo son Thomas 5s. he alread\' having received house anti farm in Bristol. To son Job 



98 ISAAC LAWTON [47] 

all the house and land he now hath improvement of in Portsmouth and negro boy Jamme. To 
five daughters, Sarah Rogers, Anne Aimy, Mary Vaughan, Susanna Pearce and Ruth Hall, each 5s., 
they having had already. To five daughters of Elizabeth Smith deceased . . . each 5s. To . . . 
'two children of my daughter Isabel Cory late deceased' 5s. each. To daughter Ruth Hall, negro 
girl Phillis. To son John all my farm whereon I 'dwell in Portsmouth with dwelling-house, 
orchard, &c, and all money, silver plate, bonds, household goods, husbandry gear, negro servants, 
cattle, horses, sheep, &c."' 

The inventory, considering the fact that most of his children had been pro- 
vided for already, was large, amounting to ;£ 1,780 i6s. and consisting of, besides 
the articles already mentioned, a gold ring and three pieces of gold, £4, wrought 
plate £6-]., bonds £886., and negro man, girl, boy, and child of two months, £300. 

Children of Isaac and Elizabeth (Tallman) Lawton 

Elizabeth, born Feb. 16, 1674/5; married Edward Smith, son of Philip and Mary Smith; 

died Dec. 17, 171 1. 
(39) Sarah, born Oct. 25, 1676; married Nov. 4, 1698, John Rogers, son of Captain 

John and Elizabeth ( ) Rogers (38), of Newport; died Feb. 20, 1731. 

Ann, born April 25, 1678; married in March, 1696, Captain Job Almy, son of Christopher 

and Elizabeth (Cornell) Almy. They lived at Newport, where he was deputy for eight 

years, and captain of Militia. She died Feb. 12, 1739. 
Isaac, born May 25, 1681 ; married Dec. 25, 1705, Mary Hill, daughter of Jonathan Hill. 
Mary, born April 3, 1683; married John Vaughan, son of Daniel and Susanna (Grimes) 

Vaughan. They lived at Newport, where she died after 1734. 
Isabel, born March 12, 1684/5; married Sept. 11, 1718, William Cory (Corey); died Jan. 24, 

1722. 
Thomas, born April 25, 1687. 

Susanna, born April 3, 1689; married May 22, 1723, Richard Pearce. 
Job, born April 28, 1691; married Sept. 10, 1713, Abigail Dexter, daughter of John Dexter; 

was justice of the peace in Newport in 1721, and later. 
Ruth, born April 9, 1694; married March 24, 1714/5, Nathaniel Hall. 
John, born Sept. 2, 1696; married March 10, 1719/20, Abigail Abbott, daughter of Josiah 

Abbott. 

[so] PETER TALLMAN [....-1708] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN [....-. ...] 

OF NEWPORT AND PORTSMOUTH, R. I. 

PETER TALLMAN, orTAELMAN, as it is sometimes spelled, was probably J 

an emigrant from the Netherlands, as one Jan Taelman is recorded I 

as coming from the Netherlands to New York in 1664/5. ^ Peter ■ 

Tallman had clearance of a vessel from Manhattan to South(or Delaware) " 
River on June 27, 165 1, and on January 25, 1656, the same man was complained 

' Genealogical Dictionary oj Rhode Island, 1 23." 



PETER TALLMAN [50] 99 

of by the magistrateof Middloboroiigh (Newtown), I.. I., for removing tobacco at- 
tached by order ot theCoiirt at I lushing. L. I. Whether lliisisthe I^htiirTaiiman 
of Newport and Portsnioulli is not known, but Austin believes him to be the 
same. 

He married (1) before coming to Rhode Island, Ann , who was the 

motherof several of his children. In 1655 he was a freeman at Newport, R. l.,and 
in 1658 he bought land at Portsmouth. In these deeds he is called Peter Tallman 
of Newport. 

In 1661 we find him at Portsmouth, and he was this year elected general 
solicitor for the Colony, in this olTice following Jamks Roghrs (37). In 1661 and 
1662 he was commissioner for Warwick and Portsmouth, and in 1662 and 1665 was 
deputy to the General Assembly of Rhode Island. 

He received a divorce from his wife Ann in 1665. She was ordered by the 
Court to be "whipt at Portsmouth 15 stripes and after an interval of a week, at 
Newport 15 stripes," but she escaped and a year later it was ordered "that she be 
apprehended and punished." 

The same year, on July 24, 1665, an ante-nuptial agreement was made be- 
tween Peter and Joan Briggs, of Taunton, by which he agreed to give her a house 
and certain land, all to be hers and her heirs' born of their marriage. He also gave 
her certain household goods, but "if she die without issue," the estate given her 
was to revert to his eldest son, Peter, and if the latter died without issue, then to 
his eldest daughter Mary and her heirs. To Joan, "absolutely as a free gift of 
donation" he gave three good cows and a good breeding mare. 

He must have married (2) Joan Briggs this year, 1665, and she was un- 
doubtedly the mother of most of his children, as we have the record of her son 
Benjamin born in January, 1683 4, eighteen or nineteen years later than the mar- 
riage. 

in 1674 Peter Tallman was imprisoned in Plymouth Colony, for violation of 
a law of Massachusetts prohibiting the receipt of land from Indians by deeds of gift, 
but after relinquishing all claim to the land and giving up the deeds, the Court re- 
leased him July 7, 1674. 

in 1681 he bought lands in Warwick, but probably never lived there. His 
son Benjamin, however, was there in 1747, and died there in 1759. 

He was on a coroner's jury in Portsmouth in 1683, in the case of a man 
found dead by hanging. The verdict was: "That we do not find but that the 
said man said to be named John Crags was absolutely the only actor of his own 
death." 

His wife Joan died about 1685, and he married (3) probably in 1686, Esther 

. She was the mother of only one of his children, Samuel, and died before 

1708. 

Peter Tallman died at Portsmouth, probably in 1708. No will is found, but 
in this year the inventory of his estate was presented by his son James. Admin- 
istration having been given to another son, Jonathan, he took acquittances May 3, 



100 PETER TALLMAN [50] 

1709, from his brothers and sisters, the signers of the instrument being as follows: 
William Wilbur, Israel Shaw, Jonathan Tallman, James Tallman, Benjamin Tall- 
man, Mary Pearce, Susanna Beckett, Peter Tallman, Isaac Lawton (47), William 
Potter, John Tallman, Joseph Tallman, Samuel Tallman. 

it is impossible to give the exact order in which the children were born, no 
record of the date of birth of some having been found. Neither can it be definitely 
stated which of the children were by his first wife, but the following arrangement of 
them is probably correct. 

Children of Peter and Ann ( ) Tallman 

Mary, married John Pearce, son of Richard and Susanna (Wright) Pearce. He was a 
farmer, and they lived at Portsmouth and Tiverton, R. I. He died in 1707, leaving 
an estate valued at /51Q. 3s. Mary died in 1720. 

(47) Elizabeth, married March 3, 1673/4, Isaac Lawton, son of Thomas and 

Lawton (46), of Portsmouth, R. 1.; died May 20, 1701. 

Peter, born March 22, 1657/8; married Nov. 7, 1683, Ann (Wright) Walstone, widow of 
John Walstone, and daughter of Benjamin and Jane ( ) Wright; was a phy- 
sician, and a deputy in 1715; they lived at Portsmouth, R. I., and Guildford, Conn. 
He died July 6, 1726. 

Ann, married March 8, 1679, Stephen Brayton, son of Francis and Mary ( ) Brayton. 

They lived at Newport and Portsmouth, R. I. 

Children of Peter and Joan (Briggs) Tallman 

Joseph, of whom nothing is known except that his name appears among the children in the 
administration of his father's estate. 

Susanna, married Beckett. 

, a daughter, married William Wilbur, son of William Wilbur. They lived at Ports- 
mouth, and Little Compton, and she died before 1732. 

Jonathan, married Sarah ; lived at Dartmouth, Mass. and died in 1762. 

James, married (i) March 18, 1689, Mary Davol, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Brayton) 
Davol; married (2) Sept. 14, 1701, Hannah Swain, daughter of John and Mary 
(Wyer) Swain, of Nantucket; was a physician, lived at Portsmouth, and died there 
in 1724. 

, a daughter, married William Potter. 

John, married Mary ; lived at Flushing, N. Y. and died in 1709. 

■ , a daughter, married in 1689, Israel Shaw, son of Anthony and Alice (Stonard) 

Shaw. 

Benjamin, born Jan. 28, 1683/4; married (i) Sept. 23, 1708, Patience Durfee, daughter 
of Thomas and Deliverance (Hall) Durfee; married (2) June 7, 1724, Deborah Cook, 

daughter of Captain John and Mary ( ) Cook, of Tiverton; lived at Warwick, 

R. L, and died May 20, 1759. 

Children of Peter and Esther ( ) Tallman 

Samuel, born Jan. 14, 1688, of whom nothing more is known. 



SAMUEL SANFORD [54] loi 

[54] SAMUHL SANFORD [Krr.-iyi^,] 

AND ms Willi 

SUSANNA SPATCHURST [. . . .-1723] 

OF PORTSMOUTH, R. I. 

SAMUEL SANFORD was born in Boston, July 14, 1635, and was a son of 
John Sanford (15) by his first wife Elizabfth Wubb, who is said to 
have died at the time of his birth. On the 18th of May, 1658, he and 
others "being freemen of Portsmouth, are admitted freemen of this 
Colony," that is, Rhode Lsland and Providence Plantations. 

Me married (i) in October, 1662, Sarah Wodell (or Waddellj, a daughter of 
Wiiham and Mary Wodell, of Boston,' who died December 15, 1680. He is re- 
corded at Portsmouth as a juryman June 7, 1671. He married (2) April 13, 1686, 

Susanna Spatchurst, daughter of William and Elizabeth ( ) Spatch- 

urst (58), of "the Bermudas," who survived him. 

He died at Portsmouth, March 18, 1712/3 in his seventy-eighth year. His 
will, dated April 30, 1709, proved April 13, 1713, appointed his wife Susanna exe- 
cutrix. He gave to the children of his first wife, viz., his "daughters Elizabeth 
Allen and Mary Arnold, and his sons John, William, and Samuel, each one shilling," 
and to those of Susanna, viz., "sons Restcome, Peleg, Elisha, Endcome, Esbon, 
Francis, Joseph, Benjamin, and Joshua, and daughter Elizabeth Sanford each five 
shillings." To his wife Susanna he left the rest of his estate "within doors and 
without." 

His wife Susanna died November 13, 1723. 

Children of Samuel and Sarah (Wodell) Sanford 

Elizabeth, horn Oct. 2, 1663; married Samuel Allen, probably a son of John and Elizabeth 
(Bacon) Allen. She survived him, and died April 4, 1743. 

John, born June 10, 1668; married Sept. 6, 1689, Frances Clark, daughter of Jeremiah and 
Ann (Audley) Clark, and granddaughter of John and Margaret Audlev (or Odlin) 
(60), as well as granddaughter of Frances Latham (32), and her third husband, 
Jeremiah Clark. John died Oct. 23, 1723. 

Bridget, born June 27, 1671; named for her step-grandmother Bridget (Hutchinson) 
Sanford (15); died young. 

Mary, born April 27, 1674; married (1) as his second wife, William Brinley, son of Francis 
and Hannah (Carr) Brinley and grandson of Thomas and .'Xnna (Wase) Brini ev(2o); 
married (2) Feb. 12, 1704, as his second wife. Captain Josiah .Arnold, son of Gov- 
ernor Benedict Arnold, of Rhode Island. They lived at Jamestown, R. I., and she 
died there July 15, 1721. 

William, born May 21, 1676; married Jan. 26, 1699, Hope Sisson, daughter of George and 
Sarah (Lawton) Sisson, and granddaughter of Thomas and Lawton (46). 

'William Wodell was one of the supporters of Anne Hutchinson (17) and was banished from Massa- 
chusetts on that account. He was one of the original purchasers of Warwick with Gorton, and was depulv for 
Warwick and Portsmouth for many years. He was also elected assistant "but positively declined to engage." 
He died in 1692. He was executor of the will of Thomas Lawton (46). See also (30). 



102 SAMUEL SANFORD [54] 

Samuel, born July 14, 1678; died in October, 1704, aged twenty-six. 

Children of Samuel and Susanna (Spatchurst) Sanford 

Restcome, born Feb. 26, 1687; married Oct. 27, 1710, Honora Stringer or Strange; died at 

sea July 6, 1713. 
Peleg, born Aug. 16, 1688; married Dec. 1 1, 1718, Sarah Arnold, daughter of Captain Josiah 

and his first wife Sarah (Mills) Arnold. This connection is noticeable as Captain 

Josiah was at the time of the marriage the second husband of Peleg's half-sister 

Mary. Peleg died at Sandy Point, St. Christopher's, W. I., May 6, 1730. 
Elisha, born Feb. 24, 1689/90; married March 5, 1714/5, Rebecca (Wood) Ware, widow of 

Charles Ware, and daughter of William and Martha Wood. 
Endcome, born Nov. 19 (or 29), 1691 ; died at sea, June 13, 1717. 
Esbon, born Oct. 20 (or 26), 1693; married Sept. 27, 1716, Mary Woodward; was captain 

of the Third Newport Company in 1735, deputy in 1740, and died Aug. 22, 1743. 
Francis, born Oct. 24, 1695, married Freelove Arnold, daughter of Captain Josiah and Sarah 

(Mills) Arnold, and so a sister of his brother Peleg's wife, Sarah (see above). Francis 

died Oct. 20, 1748. 
(55) Joseph, born Aug. 13, 1698; married Feb. 8, 1721/2, Lydia Odlin, daughter of John 

and Lydia (Tillinghast) Odlin or Audley (62); died Oct. i, 1765. 
Benjamin, born June 4, 1700; drowned at St. Eustatius, W. I., Nov. 21, 1733. 
Joshua, born April 18, 1702; died at Martinique, W. I., Nov. 13, 1721. 
Elizabeth, born Dec. 7, 1706; married Dec. 20, 1736, Simeon Clark, of Westerly, R. I. 



[^5] JOSEPH SANFORD [1698-1765] 

AND HIS WIFE 

LYDIA ODLIN [1702-1781] 

OF PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT, R. I. 

JOSEPH SANFORD, son of Samuel and Susanna (Spatchurst) Sanford 
I (54), was born at Portsmouth, R. L, August 13, 1698. He married Feb- 
I ruary 8, 1721/2, Lydia Odlin, daughter of John and Lydia (Tillinghast) 

J Odlin or Audley (62), of Newport, R. L Lydia was born January 29, 

1701/2. 

Joseph Sanford was made freeman in Newport in 1738. He was ensign of 

the Second Company of the Newport Militia, and served under Captain Robert 

Lillibridge, Jr. He and his son-in-law William Rogers (40) were signers, in 1750, 

of a petition to the King relating to bills of credit. 

He died at Newport, October i, 1765, and his wife Lydia survived him, and 

died May 20, 1781. 

Children of Joseph and Lydia (Odlin) Sanford 

(40) Sarah, born Sept. 28, 1723; married William Rogers, son of John and Sarah (Lawton) 
Rogers (39); died May 11, 1776. 



m 



JOSEPH SANIOKI) [55J 103 

loscpli, born in 1725; marrieii Sojit. 18, 1752, 1'sIIkt I'Ici'l; liicil May 26, 1759. 

Daniel, born Aug. 5, 1729. 

Martha, born July 10, 1732; married May 25, 1759, Gardiner Thurston. 

John, born in 17)5. 

Odhn, born in 1738. 

WILLIAM SPATCHURST | . -. . .] 

AND HIS Wll li 

ELIZABETH [. ...-....] 

OF BERMUDA 

WILLIAM SPATCHURST is mentioned in ilic Rhode Island records as 
being "of the Bermudas," i, e., it is stated that Susanna Spatchurst, 
who married Samuel Sanford, as given below, "was the daughter of 
William and Elizabeth Spatchurst, of the Bermudas." 
it should be noted that Samuel Sanford's own brother John' married an 
Elizabeth Spatchurst, "daughter of Henry Spatchurst of the Bermudas." Henry 
and William Spatchurst were probably brothers. Neither are mentioned as hav- 
ing been residents of Rhode Island at this or any time. We cannot help wishing 
that there was some fuller information to be had, so that we might know whether 
the two brothers John and Samull met and married their wives in Bermuda, where 
perhaps they had gone on one of the trading vessels from Portsmouth, or whether 
the marriages occurred in Rhode Island. 

Children of William and Elizabeth ( ) Spatchurst 

(54) Susanna, born , married April 13, 1686, Samuel Sanford, of Portsmouth, R. 1., son 

of John and Elizabeth (Webb) Sanford (15); died Nov. 13, 1723. 

[60I JOHN ODLIN (OR AUDLHY) [i6o2-i68s| 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARGARET [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND BOSTON, MASS. 

THE name Odiin is spelled in the Boston Records, Odlin, Odlen, Audlin, 
Audlyn, Audling, Audley, and Awdley. The town clerk wrote it 
Odlin, probably by sound, while in the Eirst Church Records it is 
usually written Audlyn, which is perhaps the original spelling. In 
later generations it has become, however, " Odlin," so we use that form. 

John Odlin's name was No. 139 on the list of the original members of the 
First Church of Boston, in 1630. We do not know when he came to America, but 
he was the founder of the Odlin family here. 

' See No. 15. 



104 JOHN ODLIN (or AUDLEY) [6o] 

He married, probably about 1634, Margaret , whom he survived. 

By occupation he was a cutler or armorer. At that time this was a most lucrative 
business, and in some cases a large bonus was paid to induce expert workmen to 
come from England to supply the colonists with arms so sorely needed to protect 
themselves and their families. 

He was one of the signers of the remonstrance against the decision of the 
Synod of Boston, which banished Anne Hutchinson (17); and for signing it, was 
disarmed with others May 15, 1637. He was afterwards restored to citizenship 
and to his church membership. 

In 1636 he owned land in Boston, as December 24, 1637, we find the record of 

"a wryting under the hand of John Odlin dated igth of 5 mo, [July] last past, that for the sum of 
£ 29. 8s. he hath sould his great Lott of 84 acres att Romely Marsh [Chelsea] &c." 

August 6, 1636, John Odlin with Mr. William Coddington (19), Mr. Wil- 
liam Hutchinson (17), John Sanford (15), William Brenton, father-in-law of 
Governor Peleg Sanford (16), and others contributed "towards the maintenance 
of a free school master for the youth with us." This was at a "general meeting 
of the richer inhabitants." In 1638 he was a member of the Ancient and Honor- 
able Artillery Company of Boston. 

He lived to be one of the oldest citizens of his adopted town. On the loth of 
June, 1684, with three other 

"ancient dwellers and inhabitants of the Town of Boston from the time of the first planting and 
settling thereof and continuing so until this day," 

he testified respecting the purchase of Blackstone's rights in 1634, and gave his age 
as "about 82 yeares." 

John Odlin died December 18, 1685, aged eighty-three. In Judge Samuel 
Sewall's Diary is the following mention of his death and burial: 

"Decemb"^ 18 1685. Father John Odlin one of the very first Inhabitants of Boston dies. 
Know not of above one more besides the Governour" [Bradstreet]. "Satterday Dec'' 19 Father 
Jno. Odlin buried in the first Burying place". [Corner of Tremont and School streets] 

His will, dated March 3, 1685, was proved January 11, 1686. The executor 
was his son Elisha. In it he mentioned his sons Elisha, John, and Peter, and a 
granddaughter, Hannah Bumstead. Though he did not mention any daughter, 
it is known that he had at least the two mentioned below, and probably a third, who 
married a Bumstead. 

Children of John and Margaret ( ) Odlin 

John, born June 3, baptized June 28, 1635, and died soon after. 
Hannah, born Feb. q, baptized March 4, 1638, and died soon after. 
' Elisha, born July 1, baptized July 5, 1640; married in August, 1659, Abigail Bright, daughter 
of Henry and Ann ( ) Bright, of Watertown. Their son. Rev. John Odlin, 



JOHN ODLIN (OR AUDLEY) [60] 105 

founder of the town of Exeter, N. H., was the friend and pastor of Fidward Oilman 
(130), and liis son Hon. John Oilman (131). Ilishawas a tailor, living in Bos- 
ton, and died there about 1724. 
(61) John, born Feb. 3, baptized I eb. 13, 1641/2; married Maktha and died at New- 
port, R. I., Dec. 13, 171 1. 

Hannah, born July 31, baptized Aug. 8, 1643: married Jonathan Davol, son of William 
Davol. I'hey lived at Newport, R. I., and Dartmouth, Mass. 

Peter, born Aug. 2, 1646; liied March 9, 1647. 

Peter, mentioned in his father's will in 1685. 

Ann, married Jeremiah Clark, son of Jeremiah antl Francis (Latham) Clark (32). Ann 
died Dec. 15, 1732. 



[61] JOHN ODLIN JR. [1642-1711! 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARTHA [1640-17 II] 

OF NEWPORT, R. I. 

JOHN ODLIN, son of John and Margaret ( ) Odlin (or Audley) (60), 
was born at Boston, Mass., February 3, and baptized February 13, 1641/2. 
Of his early life we know nothing except that he learned his father's trade of 
cutler and armorer. He married about 1665, Martha , probably be- 
fore leaving Boston for his new home in Newport, R. I., where his first child, John, 
was born in 1666. Martha was born May 13, 1640. 

The first record we find of him in Newport is on Alay 13, 1667, when "he and 
others skilled therein," were ordered "to repair all arms brought to them by order 
of the Captain or Lieut, of the Train Band of Newport." in 1672, his servant hav- 
ing been beaten by an Indian, the latter was fined £ji. 20s. If the Indian was 
unable to pay the fine, he was to be sold for a slave to the Barbadoes. 

John Odlin had a legacy in 1685 of certain land in Roxbury, Mass., by the 
will of his father, and deeded it two years later to his brother Elisha, of Boston. 
The same year he had land laid out to him at East Greenwich, but never went 
there to settle. This land he deeded to his son Robert in 1698. 

He was one of the signers, July 16, 1686, with Peleg Sanford (16), Francis 
Brinley, Thomas and Nathaniel Coddington, and others, of the address to King 
James 1 1 in relation to the writ of "Quo Warranto." In 1702, he was a proprietor 
in the common lands, and in 1707, was appointed on the committee to audit the 
Colony's and general treasurer's account. In 1708 he with two others were chosen 
to oversee the repairing and finishing of the Colony House, for which ;^ioo was ap- 
propriated by the Assembly. 

John Odlin died at Newport, December 13, 171 1, aged seventy, and about 
two weeks later, December 30, his widow Martha died, aged seventy-one. They 
were both buried in the Newport cemetery. 



io6 JOHN ODLIN, JR. [61] 

Children of John and Martha ( ) Odlin 

(62) John, born in 1666; married (i) in 1687, Lydia Tillinghast, daughter of Pardon and 
Lydia (Taber) Tillinghast (65), who died June 30, 1707; married (2) before 171 1, 
Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Captain Josiah and Sarah (Mills) Arnold, and grand- 
daughter of Governor Benedict Arnold; died June 29, 1738. 
Robert, the only record of whom is the deed from his father mentioned above, dated June 
6, 1698. 

[62] JOHN ODLIN 3RD [1666-1738] 

AND HIS WIFE 

LYDIA TILLINGHAST [1665-1707] 

OF NEWPORT, R. I. 

T OHN ODLIN, son of John and Martha ( ) Odlin, was born in Newport 

I in 1666. We have no record of his early Hfe, which was probably spent at 
I Newport, but soon after he came of age, about 1687, he married (i) Lydia 
J Tillinghast, daughter of Elder Pardon and Lydia (Taber) Tillinghast 
(65). She was born February 18, 1665, and by her John Odlin had eight chil- 
dren. She died June 30, 1707, aged forty-two. 

He married (2) before 171 1, Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Captain Josiah and 
Sarah (Mills) Arnold, and granddaughter of Governor Benedict Arnold.' This 
marriage made a curious relationship, as Captain Josiah had as second wife, Mary 
Sanford, whose half-brother Joseph later married John Odlin's daughter Lydia 
(see below). Elizabeth was born May 19, 1684. 

John Odlin was a proprietor in common lands March 4, 1702, and in 1716 
was allowed £^ for services in building the Newport jail. He became deputy for 
Newport to the General Assembly in 1724. His second wife Elizabeth died Oc- 
tober I, 1726. 

March 18, 1728, he gave a deposition about Aquidneck Point in a suit of 
Jonathan Marsh vs. Job Carr, and then called himself sixty-two years of age, which 
gives us the date of his birth as 1666. He died at Newport, June 29, 1738, aged 
seventy-two. He and both of his wives were buried in the Newport cemetery. 

Children of John and Lydia (Tillinghast) Odlin 

John, born in March, 1688/9. 

Elisha, born in November, 1690. 

Martha, born in 1692. 

Mary, born in 1694. 

, a son, born July 8, 1700; died young. 

■Governor Benedict Arnold was a prominent man in the Colony of Rhode Island. He was president of 
the four towns of Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and Warwick from 1657 to 1663, was named as governor of 
the Colony in the second Charter and elected to that office for many years after. In politics and theology alike. 
Governor Arnold was opposed to Governor Coddincton (19) and was the friend of Rev. John Clarke (see No. 
30) and of Deputy Governor James Barker (30). The latter was one of the executors of his will. 



JOHN ODLIN 3RD [62] 107 

(55) I.YDiA, born Jan. 29. 1701/2; married Feb. 8, 1721/2, Joseph Sanford, son of Samuel and 
Susanna (Spatchurst) Sanford (54), the brother of her step-mother's step- 
mother. Lydia died May 20, 1 78 1. 
Abigail, born Sept. }o, 1703. 
tlizabeth, born in October, 1706. 

Childrun of JoitN AND Elizabltii (Arnold) Odlin 

Sar.ih. bnn\ in ( VIhIut. 1711. 
Josiah, born Sept. 12, 1714. 
Jonathan, iiorn in July, 1715. 
|ohn, born March 12, 1718/9. 

[6sl ELDER PARDON TILUNGHAST [1622-1718! 

AND HIS WIFE 

LYDIA TABER [1640-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND PROVIDENCE, R. I. 

ELDER, or Rev., Pardon Tillinghast was born at Seven Cliffs, near Beachy 
Head, Sussex, England, about the year 1622. Nothing is certainly known 
of his parentage, but he is thought to have been a descendant of the 
Norseman i illinghast, who, under William the Conqueror, landed at 
Strachy Head in 1066, and settled in that region after the battle of Hastings. 

There is a tradition that, before coming to this country, Pardon Tillinghast 
served in Cromwell's army. He was but twenty-three years old when he emigrated 
to New England in 1645, and he settled first in Connecticut, but his stay there must 
have been short, as we find his the second name in a list of citizens of Providence, 
R I., dated January 19, 1646. This document is a receipt for twenty-five acres of 
land apiece as a gift to the signers, who pledge themselves to be loyal to the gov- 
ernment under whose protection they had placed themselves. 

On May 9, 1649, Pardon Tillinghast bought the lot called "Mrs. Lea's" 
in the record, "paying her presently 30s. therefor." This Mrs. Lea has been 
thought to be Phoebe (Browne) Lee, widow of Thomas Lea (or Lee) (76), until 
recently, but now it seems improbable. (See No. 76.) 

Pardon Tillinghast married (i) in 1653, Sarah Butterworth, of Rehoboth, 
Mass., born in 1623, by whom he had three children. She died in 1660, at Newport. 
They had removed from Providence to Newport in 1658, and he seems to have re- 
mained there after the death of his wife Sarah until the spring of 1664. He then 
married (2) April 16, 1664, Lydia Taber, daughter of Philip and Lydia (Masters) 
Taber (or Tabor) (66), who was born at Tiverton, R. 1., in 1640. 

Soon after this, probably in 1665, they returned to Providence, where he 
was engaged in trade as a merchant and cooper. His land and that of John Whipple, 
Sr., were the boundaries in the town between which "no man should presume to 
ride a gallup on a horse." 



,o8 ELDER PARDON TILLINGHAST [65] 

He was a deputy for Providence in 1672, 1680, 1690, 1694, 1697, and 1700, 
member of the town council from 1688 to 1707, and also held the office of overseer 
of the poor in 1687. The fact that he was chosen for these important offices while 
conducting his various business enterprises and discharging his duties as pastor of 
the First Baptist Church, shows that he was considered a man of exceptional ability. 

In 1680 he was granted on his petition twenty feet square of land "for build- 
ing him a warehouse with privilege of a wharf over against his dwelling-house." 

After the death of Rev. Thomas OIney, in 1681 , he was chosen to succeed him 
as the sixth ordained pastor of the First Baptist Church of Providence, the same 
church over which Roger Williams had served as pastor. Many years later he 
erected on the corner of North Main and Smith Streets, at his own expense, their 
first meeting-house, his people having worshipped for more than half a century in 
a grove and, when the weather was inclement, in private houses. On April 14, 
171 1, he deeded this meeting-house, called the Baptist meeting-house, together 
with the lot on which it stood, to the church and its successors 

"in the same faith and order" for "the christian love, good-will and affection which 1 bear 
to the church of Christ in Providence, the which I am in fellowship with and have the care of as being 
elder of the said church." To this was added the following memorandum: " 1 do intend by the 
words same faith and order such as do truly believe and practice the six principles of the doctrines 
of Christ mentioned in Heb. 6: 2: such as after their manifestation of repentance and faith are bap- 
tized in water and have hands laid on them." 

Pardon Tillinghast would receive no salary for his services as pastor, as 
he was in comfortable circumstances, but he always maintained the right of pastors 
to a support from the churches they served. It is said of him that "he was re- 
markable for his piety and his plain dress," and also that "he was a man exemplary 
for his doctrine as well as of unblemished character." 

In 1684 he deeded to his son John, of Newport, then a married man and 
twenty-seven years old, his portion, consisting of certain lands in Newport with 
houses, brew-house, warehouse, etc. He was still a merchant in 1688, as in his 
ratable estate are: shop-goods assessed at ;£40., enclosed land 4 acres, vacant land 
80 acres, 2 shares of meadow, 4 cows, 3 heifers, 24 sheep, 5 horsekind, 2 swine, part 
of 2 boats, and "a little sorry housing." 

Having reached the great age of ninety-six, he died at Providence, January 29, 
1718, leaving a widow and nine children, and was buried in his own lot at the south 
end of the town, which is still kept as the burial lot of his family. His will, dated 
December 15, 1715, and proved February 11, 1718, names as executors his wife 
Lydia with his " sons Philip and Benjamin to help her." The will opens with these 
words : 

" I do bequeath my life and spirit into the hands of the Fountain of Life and Father of Spirits 
from whom I have received it and my body to the dust from whence it came, in hope of a resurrec- 
tion to eternal life." 

He left to his sons Pardon, ;Philip, and Benjamin £'jo. each, and to his son 



ELDER PARDON TILLINGHAST [63] 109 

Joseph, his dwclling-liousc and lot after his mother's death. To his five daughters 
Mary Carpenter, Abigail Sheldon, Mercy Power, Hannah Hale, and Elizabeth 
Taber ;£io. each, and to each grandchild 5s. 

The inventory of his personal property amounted to£i,542.4S. 3d., viz., silver 
money £S8. 18s., due by bonds /; 1,1 33. 18s., due by book £()\., bills of credit £155. 
4s., etc. 

There is a marriage recorded under the date of November 4, 1718, at Provi- 
dence, of a " Mrs. Lydia Tillinghast, to Samuel Mason, of Swanzey." This may pos- 
sibly be a second marriage of the widow of Elder Pardon Tillinghast, although it 
hardly seems probable, in view of the fact that she was then seventy-eight years of 
age, and it was only nine months after her husband's death. 

Children of Pardon and Sarah (liuTTHRWoRTii) I ii.linc.hast 

Sarah, born Sept. 17, 1654; died unmarried at Providence, in 1671. 

John, born July i, 1657; married in 1678, Isabella Sayies, daughter of John and Mary 

(WiMiams) Sayies; was a cooper and was deputy for Newport at the time of his death, 

which occurred Dec. 16, i6go. His widow married (2), Robert Hicks, perhaps the 

brother of John Hicks (see 28). 
Mary, born in August, 1659; married Benjamin Carpenter, son of William and Elizabeth 

(Arnold) Carpenter, of Pawtucket, R. !.; died after 1715. 

Children of Pardon and Lydia (Taber) Tillinghast 

(62) Lydia, born Feb. 18, 1665; married in 1687, John Odlin (or Audley), son of John and 
Margaret Odlin (61); died June 30, 1707. 

Pardon, born Feb. 18, 1667; married (i) in 1688, Mary Keech, daughter of George and 
Mary Keech, who died Feb. 7, 1726; married (2) April 28, 1728, Sarah Ayers, of West 
Greenwich, Mass.; was deputy from Last Greenwich for eleven years between 1702 
and 1725; was also justice of the peace, and a man of considerable means; died at 
East Greenwich, Oct. 15, 1743. 

Philip, born Aug. 15, 1669; married May 3, 1692, Martha Holmes, daughter of Jonathan 
and Sarah (Borden) Holmes; was a merchant in Providence, and served in Captain 
Samuel Gallup's Company, in the expedition against Canada in 1690. He was jus- 
tice of the peace, and for many years deputy and assistant in 1714; he died March 14, 
1732. 

Benjamin, born Dec. 3, 1671 ; married in 1700, Sarah Rhodes, daughter of Malachi and .Mary 
(Carder) Rhodes; was a merchant in Providence; died Sept. 14, 1726, and both he 
and his wife were buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence. 

Abigail, born Jan. 30, 1674; married in 1691 Nicholas Sheldon, son of John and Joan (Vin- 
cent) Sheldon; died Nov. 23, 1747. 

Joseph, born June 11, 1677; married (1) in 1703, Freelove Stafford, daughter of Samuel 
and Mercy (Westcott) Stafford; married (2) in 1720, Mary (Paris) Hendron, probably 
daughter of Abraham Paris, mariner, of Barbadoes; was a merchant in Providence 
and Newport, and died Dec. 1, 1763. 

Mercy, born in July, 1679; married in 1699 as his second wife, Colonel Nicholas Power, son 
of Nicholas and Rebecca (Rhodes) Power; died Nov. 13, 1769. 



no ELDER PARDON TILLINGHAST [65] 

Hannah, born in 1682; married John Hale, son of Richard and Mary (Bullock) Hale, of 

Swansea, Mass. 
Elizabeth, born in 1685; married her first cousin, Philip Taber, son of her uncle Thomas 

and Mary (Thompson) Taber (see No. 66). 



[66] PHILIP TABER [1605-1672] 

AND HIS WIFE 

LYDIA MASTERS [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND TIVERTON, R. I. 

FROM what place in England Philip Taber emigrated, or in what ship he 
came over we do not know, but it was probably in 1633. The first record 
found of him is in Watertown, Mass., on April i, 1634, when he made a 
subscription of two hundred feet of four-inch plank towards tli£ sea fort, 
Boston, or as Savage puts it, "towards building the galley for the security of the 
harbour." He was made a freeman at Watertown, May 14, 1634, and was a member 
of the Watertown Church. He must have removed soon after to Yarmouth, as he 
is named as one of the first settlers of that place, and in March, 1639, was on a 
committee to make an equal division of the planting land in the first allotment. 

He married (1), before 1639, Lydia Masters, daughter of John and Jane 
( ) Masters (66-a), of Cambridge, Mass. He represented Yarmouth as dep- 
uty in the earliest Assembly of Plymouth Colony in 1639, and again in 1640. The 
latter year he appears to have moved to Barnstable, and to have remained there 
several years, as four of his sons were baptized there between 1640 and 1646. 
Soon after 1646 he removed to Martha's Vineyard, where he stayed until 1651, 
when he went to New London, Conn. He must have been there but for a few 
years, as in 1656 we find him in Portsmouth, R. !., where he was made freeman 
the same year. He was a deputy for Portsmouth in 1660, 1661, and 1663. In 1663 
he was on a committee for raising the money to be paid Rev. John Clarke by the 
Colony for his services as agent to England. This was at the time that Governor 
Coddington tried to set aside the Charter. The record reads: "Two men from 
each town shall be chosen to draw up their thoughts how the money shall be pay"* 
to Mr. John Clarke." 

In 1664, Philip Taber had again moved and was living in Newport, as we 
see by a deed of a house in Portsmouth, in which he called himself "of Newport." 
He also deeded, in 1665, another house and 10 acres of ground in Portsmouth, evid- 
ently his former home there, for the consideration of "£40 and three hundred 
good boards." 

His first wife Lydia died when and where we do not know, and he married (2) 
Jane Masters, a sister of Lydia. He then went to Providence to live and on June 
10, 1669, he made deposition regarding a child drowned in a river near his house, 



I'll 11.11' TABI;R [66] III 

and gave his age as sixty-four. His wife Jane also gave testimony, also giving her 
age as sixty-four. She died soon after at Providence. 

In the William I larris case, which has been referred to under General Sergeant 
James Rogers (37), Philip Taber gave testimony, I'ebruary 24, 1672, to be read 
before the General Assembly. About this time he is said to have settled in Tiver- 
ton, R. 1., where he died in 1672, leaving six children, all supposed to be by his 
first wife. 

Children of Philip and I.ydia (Masters) Taber 

John, baptized in Barnstable, Nov. 8, 1640, and died young. 
(65) Lydia, born in 1640; married April 16, 1664, as his second wife. Pardon Tillinghast. 

Joseph, baptized in Barnstable, in February, 1646; was a mason by trade, and lived at 
Tiverton, R. I. 

Philip, baptized at Barnstable in February, 1646; married Feb. 29, 1675, Mary Q)oke, 
daughter of Elder John and Sarah (Warren) Cooke,' and granddaughter of Richard 
Warrf.n (234-A) of the "Mayflower"; lived at Dartmouth, Mass., where he died after 
1693. His widow survived him, and married (2) Davis. 

Thomas, baptized at Barnstable in February, 1646; married (1) in 1667, Esther Cooke, 
sister of his brother Philip's wife who died in 1672; married (2) June, 1672, Mary 
Thompson, daughter of Lieutenant John and Mary (Cooke) Thompson, first cousin 
to his first wife. Thomas was a mason by trade, was town clerk in Dartmouth (now 
Fairhaven), Mass., in 1679, and selectman for many years; was captain in 1689, 
deputy in 1693, and died Nov. 11, 1730. 

Job, so given in the Leonard Papers, in the New Bedford Public Library. 



[66-Al JOHN MASTERS [1585-1639] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JANE [....-1639] 

OF ENGLAND AND CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 

TOHN MASTERS was born about 1585, and came to America with the W'in- 

I throp fleet in 1630, probably with his wife Jane and some or perhaps all 

I of his children. He is mentioned in Winthrop's diary as one who accom- 

J panied him on an exploring tour up the Charles River in 1631. Masters 

Brook, one of the tributaries of Charles River, was named after him, he being the 

oldest man in the company. He was then forty-six years of age. 

He was made freeman May 18, 1631, at Cambridge, his name appearing with 
the significant prefix of "Mr." The same year he engaged to construct a canal 
from the Charles River to Newtowne (Cambridge), 12 feet broad and 7 feet deep, 
for which the Court promised him satisfaction "according as the charges thereof 
shall amount unto." The cost of the canal was ;^30. 

John Masters died at Cambridge December 21, 1639, and his wife Jane 

'Savage says that John Cooke "was the latest male survivor of the passengers of the blessed Mayflower." 



112 JOHN MASTERS [66-a] 

died only five days later, on December 26. His will is dated "19th, 10th month, 1639" 
(December 19, 1639), or only two days before his death, and reads as follows: 

"This is the minde & will of me John Masters. Item. I give to my wife all my estate for 
the terme of her life & after hir decease I will & bequeathe vnto my Daughter Sarah Dobyson ten 
pounds. 

Item, to my daughter Lidya Tabor ten pounds. Item, to my grandchild John Lockwood ten ■ 

pounds. Item, to Nathaniel Masters ten pounds, to Abraham Masters ten shillings, also my minde I 

& will is that the ten pounds I give to John Lockwood and the ten pounds I give to Nathaniel 
Masters shall be layde out vpon somethinge that may turne to the encrease of theire portions, 
ffurthermore my will is that these leagacyes shal be well & truly discharged within six monthes 
after my wives decease, these & all other my debt beinge discharged I give all the remainder of my 
estate vnto my daughter Elizabeth Latham." 

Nathaniel and Abraham may have been sons, but more likely, as Savage 
thinks, Natha;iiel was a grandson and son of Abraham. 

Children of John and Jane ( ) Masters 

Jane, born in 1605; married as his second wife, Philip Taber, her brother-in-law, and died 

in i66(). 

Sarah, married Dobson or Dobyson. 

(66) Lydia, married about 1639, Philip Taber, of Yarmouth, Mass. 
Elizabeth, married Gary Latham. 
Abraham, mentioned in his father's will, and, Savage says, had a son Nathaniel living at 

Beverly, Mass., in 1659. 
, probably another daughter, who married Lockwood, and was the mother 

of the John Lockwood mentioned in her father's will. 



LORD ANCESTRY 

OF 

PHOEBE GRIFFIN LORD 
[7] 



[67I THOMAS LORD [158=,- ] 

AND HIS WIFE 

DOROTHY BUI.KELEY [1589-1675] 

OF ENGLAND AND HARTFORD, CONN. 

IT is to be regretted that so little can be ascertained with regard to the Eng- 
lish home of Thomas Lord, as we are descended from him through two of his 
children; his daughter Anna, who married Thomas Stanton (12), and his son 
William (68). Hinman and Porter agree in saying that he was the son of 
John Lord who "was in the division of lands at Hartford in '39,"' butwecanfmd no 
other authority for the statement. It has been conjectured by some that he came 
from Essex«tHfe, England, as his friends Governor Haynes and Rev. Mr. Hooker 
were from that county, and numerous Lord gravestones, inscriptions, etc., still 
exist in the village of Braintry, Essex.' 

He was registered as a "smith" in his sailing papers in 1635, which seems 
to correspond with a record found by E. Stanley Waters, of a "Thomas Lord 
Armiger' who in 1634 conveyed a large amount of landed property in Milton, near 
Gravesen'd, Kent, England.' He sailed from London, and from the fact that his 
son Richard devised in his will lands in that citv worth ;^8o, we suppose that 
Thomas Lord owned property there. It may be that he sold the land mentioned 
above in preparation for his emigration. Savage conjectured that his registering 
himself as "A smith" was a "godly deception" to facilitate his leaving his mother 
country, but it seems more probable that it was his trade in England. 

He married in England Dorothy, perhaps Dorothy Bulkeley, daughter 
of Will lAM BuLKF.LEY of Bury, England, and all his children were born before 
his emigration. His eldest son F^ichard came to New England in 1632, when he was 
twenty-one years old, and Thomas Lord followed in about three years. His 

' Hinman's Puritan Selllers oj Connecticut 47. Porter's Hartjord in 1640. 
' Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, I, 254, note. 
' Ibid., 255 note. 



114 THOMAS LORD [67] 

family were registered, April 29, 1635, from the port of London to New England in 
the "Elizabeth and Ann," Roger Cooper, Master, as follows: 

"Thomas Lord A smith aged 50. 

Dorothy Lord Uxor " 46 

Thomas Lord " 16 

Ann Lord " '4 

William Lord "12 

John Lord " lo 

Robert Lord " 9 

Aymie Lord " 6 

Dorothy Lord " 4" 

He settled first at Newtowne, afterwards Cambridge, Mass., where his son 
Richard had already established himself. Savage says that Thomas Lord "per- 
haps had sent him to look out the most desirable place for his friends Gov. Haynes 
and Rev. Thomas Hooker, "who came over in 1633 with "two hundred other pas- 
sengers of importance to the colony." 

He remained in Newtowne but a year or so and in 1636 the whole family with 
that "pious band" led by Rev. Thomas Hooker, made their way through a track- 
less wilderness across to the Connecticut Valley and founded a new settlement on 
the Connecticut River at Hartford. Thus Thomas Lord became one of the 
original proprietors and one of the first settlers of Hartford. His name and 
that of his son Richard are inscribed on the granite monument in the old grave- 
yard, as prominent among the first settlers. 

A near neighbor to his friends Governor Haynes, Rev. Mr. Hooker and Mr. 
Matthew Allyn, he lived on the "north side," fronting Mill River. His son's lot 
was next to his. That part of Hartford called Lord's Hill took its name from his 
family. He was a merchant and mill-owner in Hartford, in the description of the 
Burnham estate, Burnham mentioned his half-interest in a mill with "Mr." Thomas 
Lord. We know that this title was then used as significant of respect. 

The date of his death and the place of his burial are not known, but Porter 
says he "died early." His widow Dorothy died in 1675, aged eighty-six years. 
She was therefore born about 1 589 and was three or four years younger than her 
husband. Her will, dated February 8, 1669, is on file in the probate records at 
Hartford. The seal affixed to the original shows the Lord coat-of-arms which 
correspond with the Laward alias Lord arms given in Berry's Encyclopedia and 
Burke's Armory. The fact that Dorothy (Bulkeley) Lord owned a seal cut 
with these arms, executed, of course in England, is presumptive evidence that 
Thomas Lord descended from this family. 

Children of Thomas and Dorothy (Bulkeley) Lord 

Richard, born about 1611; married Sarah Graves, probably a daughter of George Graves, 
of Hartford; preceded his father to New England, and was in Cambridge in 1632; 
was made a freeman in 1635, and came to Hartford in 1636; commanded as captain 



THOMAS LORD [67] 115 

the first troop of horse raised in the Colony, and distinguished himself in the Indian 
Wars; was deputy from 1656 until his death; was named in the Koyal Charter of 
Connecticut as one of the Patentees, and was "the richest man in the Colony," and 
one of the most influential, lie died at New London, May 17, 1662. 
I liunias, horn about 1619; married in lioston, in 1652, Hannah Thurston; was a physician 
and surgeon, probably the first regularly educated one in the Colony, but had served 
as schoolmaster in the pay pf the (Colony for a time before entering upon his practice; 
later the court granted him £153 year "for setting of bones and otherwise as at all 
times occasions or necessityes may or shall require"; died in 1662. 

(12) Ann (or Anna), born about 1621 ; married Thomas Stanton in 1637; died in 1688. 

(68) William, born about 1623; married (1) ; married (2) in 1664, Lydia Brown of 

Rehoboth, Mass.; died May 17, 1678. 
John, born about 1625; married (i) perhaps Rebecca Bushnell of Guildford, Conn.; married 
(2) May 15, 1648, Adrean or Adrienne Ikiysey, of Hartford, Conn.; removed to Appo- 
mattox, Va., before 1648, and was living there in 1663. 
Robert, born about 1627; married Rebecca Stanley, daughter of Captain Christopher and 
Susanna Stanley, of Boston; was a master-mariner, sailing between Boston and 
London; was living in Boston in 1670, and evidently died abroad, probably in I'ng- 
land. He could not have been the Captain Robert Lord who was reprimanded for 
bringing over Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (17), as has been suggested, as he was but 
seven years old when she came over in 1634. 
Aymie (or Amy), born about 1629; married May 6, 1647, Corporal John Gilbert, of Hartford; 

died Jan. 8, iGqi. 
Dorothy, born about 1631, married in 1651, Jt)hn ingersoll, of Hartford, and died at North- 
ampton, Mass., in January, 1657. 



[bS] WILLIAM LORD [1623-1678] 

OF ENGLAND AND SAYBROOK, CONN. 

AS we have seen in the record of his father, William Lord was twelve years 
of age when he came over in 1635 with his parents Thomas and Dorothy 
(BuLKELEY) Lord (67), in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," so that he was 
born about 1623. They lived first at Newtowne (Cambridge), Mass., and 
went a year later to Hartford, Conn. 

He appears to have married about 1642 while in Hartford, but the name of 
his first wife has not been ascertained. Their first child was born in October, 1643. 
Soon after, probably about 1645, he went down the river and settled at Say- 
brook, Conn., was there at the division of lands in 1648, and remained there the 
rest of his life. During this time his first wife died, and he married (2) in 1664, 
Lydia Brown, of Rehoboth, Mass. 

In 1666 the portion of Saybrook on the east side of the Connecticut River 
was set off as a separate township and named Lyme, in April, 1669, Chapeto, a 
kinsman of Uncas, gave to William i,oRi) a tract of land eight miles square, 
within or adjacent to the town of Lyme, the deed of gift reading as follows: 



ii6 WILLIAM LORD [68] 

"Having had long acquaintance with WilHam Lord, my very loveing friend: and having 
singular respects to him, did move me to him rather than to any other man to sell my land for a 
certain sum and sums of money, already received." 

This tract was subsequently known as the Paugwonk lands and appears to 
have included all or nearly all of the present township of Salem. Chapeto's title was 
derived from Ananpau, his father, and Woncohus, his grandfather, "both of them 
Sachems of Paugwonk" (i. e., Crooked Pond). The land was afterwards disposed 
of to the town of Lyme by his sons Thomas and Richard in exchange for other 
land, and a controversy arose between the town and Uncas about the boundaries, 
which was finally settled by the General Court in 1681 . 

William Lord died at Saybrook May 17, 1678. 

Children of William and Lord 

William, born Oct. 1643; married Mary (or Sarah) Shayler. He had "a dwelling-house," 

a "home lot," and other lands in Lyme in 1666-7, ^"t moved to East Haddam, and 

died there Dec. 4, 1696. His widow married (2) Samuel Ingram. 
Thomas, born in December, 1645; married Dec. 22, 1693, Mary Lee, daughter of Lieutenant 

Thomas and Mary (DeWolfe) Lee, and granddaughter of Thomas Lee (76); lived at 

Lyme, and died there June 27, 1730. 
(69) Richard, born in May, 1647; married in 1682, Elizabeth Hyde, daughter of Samuel and 

Jane (Lee) Hyde (75), and first cousin of his brother Thomas' wife; died Aug. 20, 

1727. 
Mary, born May, 1649; married Samuel Olmstead. 
Robert, born in August, 165 1; married Esther , and lived at Saybrook, Conn, in 

1677, and at Lyme in 1688; sold to his brother Thomas in 1685, one-fourth part of the 

lands bought from the Indians by their father, William Lord, and soon after moved 

to Fairfield, Conn. 
John, born in September, 1653; of whom we know nothing more. 
Joseph, born in September, 1656; probably never married; was captain of a sailing-vessel; 

lived at Lyme, and died there Dec. 20, 1687. 

Children of William and Lydia (Brown) Lord 

Sarah, born ; married John Coult (or Colt); inherited some of the Lord land in Lyme, 

which is now in the possession of the Coult family.' 

, a daughter, perhaps named Abigail, and married to Ebenezer Skinner. 

Benjamin, born in 1667; married April 16, 1693, Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of Ensign John 
and Sarah (Jones) Pratt, of Saybrook; was deputy from Saybrook for many years, 
and died there in 1714. 

Dorothy, married Oct. 26, 1701, John Hopson, son of John and Sarah Hopson, of Guildford, 
Conn., where she died Oct. 12, 1705. 

Daniel, was living in Saybrook in 1727. 

James, was ensign of the Saybrook Train Band, under Major John Clark in 1716; died Feb. 
10, 1730/1. 

Samuel, married Susannah , and died at Saybrook, Oct. 8, 1707, His widow mar- 
ried (2) Daniel Bartlett. 
'John Coult was the ancestor of the Colt family of Hartford 



LIEUTLNANT RICIIAKIJ LoKI) [(k^] 117 

[60] LIHUTHNANT RICHARD LORD [1647-1727I 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH HYDE [1660-1736] 

OF SAYBROOK AND LYME, CONN. 

RICHARD EORD, son of Wii.iiam and — Lord (68), was horn in May, 
1647. He served in King Philip's War in 1675, and many years later, 
in 1701, received a portion of the lands set aside in Voluntown by the Gen- 
eral C'oiirl for these services. He evidently removed from Saybrook to 
Lyme after his father's death, which occurred in 1678, taking possession of the 
extensive lands there left him by his father. The first record we find of him is as 
a landholder in Lyme in 1680, when he was thirty-three years old. In 1682, he 
married Llizabf.th Hyde, eldest daughter of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde (75) 
of Norwich, Conn. Elizabeth was born in August, 1660, and was "the first 
child born of English parentage in Norwich." 

In 1703 his public service began when he was commissioned ensign of the 
Lyme Train Band. Two years later, as "Mr. Richard Lord" he was appointed 
justice of the peace and Quorum, the latter a court subsequently known as the 
Court of Common Pleas or County Court. The following year as "Richard Lord 
Gent," he was made judge and justice. He was commissioned lieutenant, the 
title by which he is ordinarily known, by Governor Saltonstall in 1708, and com- 
manded the New London Company for service in Queen Anne's War, in the Colony 
of Connecticut. 

About two and a-half years before his death, in 1725, he deeded more than 
a thousand acres of land to his sons, his eldest son Richard (70) receiving one-half 
of the entire estate. A few days later he made a will bequeathing one-third of his 
moveable estate to his wife " to be hers forever." To Deborah, the only unmarried 
daughter, he gave ;^ioo worth of "household goods and moveables" as a marriage 
portion. His other six daughters had evidently each received a similar sum on 
their marriages. He then divided all the rest of his moveable estate among the 
seven daughters alike. 

The land in Lyme lay along the river, and included the properties known as 
Lord's Hill, now owned by Z. Stiles Ely, Tantamehege, owned by the late 
Richard Griswold, and Henry Noyes' property on ''the Neck." The old Lord 
house commanded a fine view up and down the river. 

Lieutenant Richard Lord died August 20, 1727, at Lyme. His wife survived 
him and died there July 23, 1736. Their gravestones are still standing in the Duck 
River burying-ground at Lyme, with the following inscriptions: 

"Here lyeth interred the Body of Lev' Richard Lord who deceased August the 20, 1727, 
aged 80 years and 3 months." 



!i8 LIEUTENANT RICHARD LORD [69] 

"Here Lieth y^ Body of Mrs. Elizabeth y^ Remains of Lev' Richard Lord, who died July 
y' 22, 1736, aged 76 years." 

Children of Lieutenant Richard and Elizabeth (Hyde) Lord 

Elizabeth, born Oct. 28, 1683; married about 1700, Isaac Watrous, eldest son of Isaac and 

Sarah (Pratt) Watrous, of Lyme. 
Phoebe, born about 1686; married in 1705, Joseph Sill, eldest son of Captain Joseph and 

his second wife, Sarah (Clark Marvin) Sill; see under Lieutenant Reinold 

Marvin (85). Phoebe died Jan. 4, 1772. 
Jane, born about 1688; married Samuel Ely, son of Richard and Mary (Marvin) Ely, and 

grandson of Lieutenant Reinold Marvin (85); lived at Saybrook. 
(70) Richard, born about 1690; married July 11, 1720, Elizabeth Lynde, daughter of Judge 

Nathaniel and Susanna (Willoughby) Lynde (79); died Aug. 26, 1776. 
Mary, born about 1692; married Sept. 20, 1716, Peter Pearson (or Pierson), of Lyme, son of 

Samuel and Dorcas (Johnson) Pearson, of Newbury, Mass.; died about 1737. 
Lydia, born about 1694; married Dec. 6, 1720, "Mr." John^ Reynolds, son of Joseph and Sarah 

(Edgerton) Reynolds, of Norwich, Conn.; lived at Norwich, where she died July 16, 

1786. The tablet to her memory bears this inscription' " Here lies a lover of truth." 
Deborah, born about 1698; married, Dec. 23, 1729, Captain Nathan Jewett, son of Joseph 

and Mary (Hibbert) Jewett, of Rowley, Mass.; settled in North Lyme, and died in 

1777- 
Abigail, born about 1700; married Dec. 24, 1719, Colonel Stephen Lee, son of Thomas and 

Mary (DeWolfe) Lee. He was her mother's first cousin, and also a grandson of 

Thomas Lee (76). 
John, born about 1703; married Nov. 12, 1734, Hannah Rogers, daughter of Lieutenant 

Joseph and Sarah Rogers, of Milford, Conn. His father gave him three hundred acres 

of land in North Lyme, where he died in January, 1776.' 

[70] JUDGE RICHARD LORD [1590-1776] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH LYNDE [1694-1778] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

RICHARD LORD, son of Lieutenant Richard and Elizabeth (Hyde) Lord 
(69), was born in Lyme in 1690. Inheriting a large fortune and connected 
with many of the best families of Connecticut, he was undoubtedly am- 
bitious and discriminating, and we are not surprised to find that he mar- 
ried, July 1 1, "1720, Elizabeth Lynde, daughter of Judge Nathaniel and Susanna 
(Willoughby) Lynde (79), by far the wealthiest and most prominent man in that 
part of the State. She was born December 2, 1694. He was thirty years of age 
when he was married, and it was not until nine years later that he appears to have 
taken any prominent part in public life. 

From 1729, hewas,as"Mr." Richard Lord, chosen as deputy from Lyme for 

•Their daughter Anna married Col. Zebulon Butler, of Wyoming massacre fame. 



JUDGL RICHARD LORD [70] 119 

several years, and in 1731, he was made one of the justices of the peace in New 
London County, an oHice held then by the lorcmost men. In 1740 he was ap- 
pointed justice of the peace and Quorum. I hese ortices he held during most of the 
remainder ot his life. 

Mrs. Salisbury says of him: 

"We infer that like his famous great uncle, (.aplain Kicliartl i.dril, of llartforj, he also 'in 
composing Paroxysmes was cheife' for we read of several instances in which he was chosen by the 
Governor and Assembly cither singly or together with others, to decide between disagreeing parties 
and to select places for 'meeting houses,' a duty requiring no small amount of tact, good sense, fair- 
mindedness, good temper, patience and firmness."' 

On a deed made by him in 1761, he used a seal on which was the coat of 
arms of Laward alias Lord, referred to as belonging to his great-grandfather, 
Thomas Lord (67). 

He "was a kind, genial man, afTectionate in his family and inclined to pleasantry. He had 
a large household, with many slaves, entertained a good deal, and was fond of making hand- 
some gifts. There are several silver tankards still in the family which were his gifts to his grand- 
daughters and other pieces of silver bearing his initials and those of his wife, as well as some pieces 
which came from the l.yndes. There are also still preserved rich pieces of mahogany furniture 
with which he supplied his daughters on their marriages."' 

He died at Lyme, August 26, 1776. His wife survived him and died June 22, 
1778. Both are buried in the Duck River burying-ground at Lyme, their head- 
stones bearing the following inscriptions: 

"This Monument Sacred to the Memory of 
Richard Lord l-".sq. who in Life was an eminent 
Lxample of Piety and i^ublic Spirit, and after 
Sustaining the offices of Dea", Justice of y' Peace, 
and judge of the Quorum, for many years, departed 
this Life in peace August 26th A. D. 1776 aged 86 years" 

" In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Lord wife of the late 
Richard Lord Rsq. who departed this Life June 22 A. D. 
1778 In the 83d year of her Age." 

Judge Richard Lord's will is published in full in Mrs. Salisbury's Family 
Histories, 1, 295. 

Children of Judge Richard and LLizABtiTti (Lynde) Lord 

Richard, born April 17, 1722; died Sept. 3, 1742; unmarried. 

Susannah, born Jan. 16, 1724; married Jan. 23, 1746, Elijah Lothrop, of Norwich, Gjnn., a 

descendant of Rev. John Lothrop, first minister at Scituate, Mass. They lived at 

Norwich, and she died I'eb. 3, 1808. 
(71) Enoch, born Dec. 15, 1725; married March 31, 1749, Hepzibah Marvin, daughter of 

Joseph and Jane (Lay) Marvin (87) of Lyme; died Feb. 16, 1814. 

' Family Histories and Centahgies, Salisbury, \, 292. 
' Ibid., 293. 



,20 JUDGE RICHARD LORD [70] 

Elizabeth, born Nov. 14, 1727, and died April 23, 1731. 

Ann, born Dec. 22, 1729; married Jan. 16, 1752, John McCurdy, of Lyme; died Sept. 3, 1802.' 

Lynde, born Feb. 2, 1733: married July 7, 1757, his second cousin Lois Sheldon, daughter 
of General Elisha Sheldon; settled at Litchfield, Conn., and was high sheriff of Litch- 
field County for twenty-nine years; died June 15, 1801. 

Elizabeth, born Nov. g, 1735; married April 17, 1760, Jared Eliot, Jr., son of Rev. Jared 
Eliot, minister of Killingworth (Clinton), Conn., and great-grandson of Rev. John 
Eliot, the apostle to the Indians. Elizabeth died Nov. 5, 1820. 

[71] CAPTAIN ENOCH LORD [1725-1814] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HEPZIBAH MARVIN [1731-1813] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

ENOCH LORD, son of Judge Richard and Elizabeth (Lynde) Lord (70), 
was born at Lyme, Conn., December 15, 1725. He received by deed from 
his father, probably when he became of age, as appears from his father's 
will, a large tract of land on "the Neck" and on this land he lived all 
his life as a farmer. 

He married, March 31, 1749, Hepzibah Marvin, daughter of Joseph and 
Jane (Lay) Marvin (87), who was born March 11, 173 1. Her parents had several 
children who died young, and she, the only survivor, was idolized by them. Her 
"christening blanket of a rich yellow satin brocade for which her parents sent to 
London ... is now owned by her great-granddaughter, Mrs Daniel Chadwick, 
of Lyme."= Traditions do not represent her as a woman of much force or ambition. 

She inherited a large property in lands from her father, which was divided 
among her children, to whom she is reputed to have been almost over-indulgent. 
Her sweetness of character made her carry the same quality into her treatment of 
the servants and negro slaves of the family, who were regarded as almost members 
of the household. 

Captain Enoch Lord received his appointment as captain in the Third Regi- 
ment of the Colony in 1769, when he was forty-three years of age, but no record of 
special service is found. 

The writer's grandmother, Phoebe (Griffin) Lord (72), used to describe 
him (her father-in-law) to her daughters thus, as recalled by the eldest, Miss Harriet 
Lord: 

"He was a man of strong m[nd and more than common information, very conversant with 
Bible History and ecclesiastical matters, though quiet and unobtrusive. A constant attendant on 
public worship, no storm keeping him at home though he lived five miles from the meeting-house. 

'John McCurdv was the ancestor of Evelvn McCurdv Salisbury of Lyme and New Haven, Conn., joint 
author with her husband, the late Professor Edward E. Salisbury, of the Family Hnioncs and Genealogies from 
which we have quoted so extensively in the Lord, Lynde, Willoughby and Lee families. 

^ Family Histories and Genealogies, SaWsbury, III, 131. 



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CAPTAIN [-:N0(:H lord [71] 121 

He was remembered by his grandcliiklren in iiis quaint costume, consisting of a three-cornered 
hat and a wig, a sky-blue over coat with many capes, and small clothes, in which he bestrode an 
old mare, often followed by her colt. "' 

His wife Hepzibah died in Lyme, October 19, 1813, and he only survived her 
a few months and died I'cbruary 16, 1814, aged eighty-eii^'hl. The I.okd, Marvin 
and Lay properties which ho and his wife had inherited were divided among their 
children, giving a large farm to each of the sons and other tracts to each of the 
daughters, whore all but 0110 of their sons settled, bringing up thoir families in 
comfort. 

Children of Captain Knoch and Hi pzibaii (Marvin) Lord 

Richard, born Sept. 15, 1752; married Dec. q, 1790, Ann .Mitchell, daughter of Captain 
William Mitchell, of Chester, Conn.; served in the Revolutionary Army, owned 
Tantomehegc farm, ami built a house on the banks of the ('onnecticut River; died 
at Lyme, July 29, 1818.= 

Ann, born Dec. 4, 1754; married .Sept. 1, 1774, Captain Stephen Johnson, son of Rev. 
Stephen and Elizabeth (Diodate) Johnson; died at Lyme, Oct. 29, 1838. 
(72) Joseph, born June ^, 17^7; married, Nov. 25, 1794, his third cousin, Phoi;be Griffin, 
daughterof C.ioRGE and Five (Dorr) Griffin (103): died March 15, 1812. 

Enoch, born July 28, 1760; married (1) June 3, 1790, Esther Durfey, daughter of Richard 
Durfey, of Waterford, Conn.; married (2) his second cousin, F^hoebe Sill, daughterof 
Richard Sill, of Saybrook; lived at Millington, Conn., and died there Dec. 22, 1834. 

William, born June 17, 1763; Y. C, 1784: married (i) Sept. 4, 1790, Anna .Mather, daughter 
of Samuel and Lois (Griswold) Mather; married (2) Nancy Howe, of Stoningion; for 
nearly half a century was a leading physician at Stonington, Conn. Late in life 
he returned to Lyme, and died there Feb. 13, 1852. 

Jane, born Aug. 13, 1764; married about 1786, Captain Joseph Noyes, son of Judge William 
and Eunice (Marvin) Noyes; died in 1843. 

Lynde, born July 17, 1767; married Mehitable iMarvin, daughter of Matthew and IJi/.abeth 
(Deming) Marvin; died May 19, 1856, at Lyme. 

Hepzibah, born June 30, 1770: married Sept. 30, 1793, Dr. James Lee; died Oct. 22, 1805. 

[72] JOSEPH LORD [17^7-1812] 

and his wife 
PHOEBE GRIFFIN [1768-1841] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

JOSEPH LORD, son of Captain Enoch and Hepzibah (Marvin) Lord (71), 

I was born in Lyme, Conn., June 3, 1757. His early life was spent assisting 

I his father in the care of his property. He was about thirty-seven years old 

J when he married, November 25, 1794, Phoebe Griffin, daughter of George 

and FvF. (Dorr) Griffin (103) of East Haddam, Conn., who was born May 4, 

' lamtly Historia and Caiftilngies, Salisbury. I, 303. 

'He wastlie maternal granJf.ither of Mrs. lidward E. Salisbury. See No. 70, Note 2. 



122 JOSEPH LORD [72] 

1768. The young couple settled on one of the Marvin farms, and lived in the 
old house at the head of the Lyme Street, where all their children were born and 
where the last daughter, Frances Jane, died unmarried, in 1888. 

This house was built, probably, by General or Colonel Sheldon in 1730, and 
is said to have been purchased by the grandfather of Joseph Lord, Joseph Marvin 
(87). It was one of the old style of New England shingled houses built around a 
huge chimney, and as it was pulled down a few years ago to make way for the 
Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, a short description of it as it remains in the memory 
of more than one of Joseph Lord's great-grandchildren, will not be out of place. 

In our time, the chimney was not only the center of the house, but was the 
main support of the structure, all the rooms sagging away from it on every side. 
Walking over the waving floors almost gave one a sensation of sea-sickness, so much 
had the old beams sunk. The shingles on the sides of the house, being cedar and 
handmade, lasted for many years, much longer than those upon the roof, and 
when, during Aunt Harriet's life, they were replaced, the writer kept one of them 
as an interesting souvenir of the old house. It was worn by the weather down to 
the thickness of heavy paper. The front door opened into a small hall, with a stair- 
case going around it at the back, enclosing a seat just large enough for two, built 
in the woodwork of the stairs. The view from this seat was directly down the 
village street, and when the writer took his bride for the first time to see the house. 
Aunt Harriet insisted that they should sittheresideby side, with the front door open, 
just as her father and mother had sat so often together. Upstairs the wall-paper in 
one of the bed-rooms was a particularly quaint old-fashioned one, with the god- 
dess Minerva, helmet and all, repeated over its surface. It is a pleasure to think 
that the old Aunts lived beyond the days when old furniture, etc., was cast aside, to 
the times when it was again appreciated, so that they had the pleasure, as few of that 
generation had, of themselves seeing the value that their descendants put upon 
their possessions. 

Joseph Lord was a farmer, owned and operated about one hundred and eighty 
acres of land and kept a large number of cattle, sheep and other stock. He appears 
to have been fairly successful, as the inventory of his estate, which amounted to 
$11,923.98, included over $3,000 in notes and mortgages held by him for money 
loaned to several of his neighbors and relatives. He died at Lyme, March 15, 1812, 
aged fifty-five years, leaving eight daughters, the eldest, Harriet, being only sixteen. 
His widow, Phoebe, managed the farm for years and it is said managed it 
well, but with no sons to aid her, and with more land than money, it was necessary 
for her to study the closest economy. She evidently had business capacity and kept 
her accounts well, and her hand-writing, as seen in her account-books and her 
letters is sufficiently remarkable to be specially mentioned, with its great distinction 
and almost manly character, so unusual at a time when women generally wrote with 
such a fine pen that their letters now preserved are almost illegible. 

In her youth she had kept up with the college studies of her talented brothers, 
Rev. Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. and George Griffin, LL.D., of New York, and was 




IIOMI- Ol JOSHI'll LORD [72J 
I >Mi;, CONN. 



JOSEPH LORD (72) 123 

considered their equal in nicnlal ability. She had been specially devoted tt; her 
youngest brother George, who was ten years her junior, anti had had much to do 
with his education. She encouraged him in his studies and is said to have carried 
him his dinner when he was hidden away under a big cheese-press with a book, 
instead of being at work in the fields. The letters from her brothers during her 
widowhood show their alTeclion and respect for her, and their aid and counsel was 
given her most generously. 

She devoted her life, after the death of her husband, to her daughters, and 
while they had the extraordinary industry of the women of their time with more 
than common intellectual capacity, it was the influence of their mother that gave 
the home its atmosphere of refinement, in later life. Aunt Harriet, in her reminis- 
cences to her nieces and nephews, often recalled the family circle in the evening, 
when one daughter would be spinning, another engaged in the beautiful needle- 
work of which so many specimens have come down to the present generation, her 
mother taking care of the baby, Josephine, born four months after the father's 
death, and she herself reading Byron or some other poet aloud to the circle of in- 
telligent listeners. 

Mrs. Lord was a handsomer woman than any of her daughters, and a strong 
character, honored and loved by all who knew her. in some of her letters written 
to her daughters when away from home, teaching, we see with what a firm hand she 
dealt with them, in some cases her guidance amounting to absolute commands. 

" If a high and wide sphere had opened to her, she would have been able to fill it with dis- 
tinction,' and the same may be said of several of her daughters. She was the leader in the intel- 
ligent society that surrounded her, was a wise and kind adviser to her neighbors, and especially 
in times of sickness and death. As far as tradition shall carry her name it w^ill be held in respect." 

When her brother George, then a successful lawyer, had a home in New 
York, he sent for one of the daughters to come and live with him. Why Phoebe 
was chosen (see No. 7) we do not know, but perhaps because the eldest, Harriet, was 
needed at home. Aunt Harriet seems to have inherited her mother's ability to com- 
mand, and was always the leader among the unmarried sisters. As she was like a 
second mother to her sister Phoebe's children, and was, outside the home, their 
center of interest, we must give more than a passing mention of her. She was de- 
voted to each child, and used to come down to the Noyi;s house almost every day, 
to hear about the affairs of those who had left the old home. She was sharp and 
bright in her speech, full of fun, and interested not only in the family, but in all the 
affairs of the world at large. An amusing story is told of her in her old age, when 
her niece, Mrs. Daniel R. Noyes, of St. I-'aul was staying at Lyme one summer. 
.'\unt Harriet wanted to go to Middletown by cars, her first experience of railroad 
travel. Mrs. Noyes, who was going away that morning, volunteered to see her to her 
train at Saybrook junction, where they had to part. Unfortunatelv Mrs. Noyes' 
train came in first and she had to take her seat, but she carefully instructed Aunt 
Harriet and watched her as she stood on the platform when the train came in. But 



124 JOSEPH LORD [72] 

Aunt Harriet seemed to be too dazed to move, and the train pulled out again, leaving 
her still standing there. She always insisted that the train did not stop at all that 
morning. Aunt Harriet was a link between the old times and the new that was 
sorely missed when at last she laid down the burden of life, in her eighty-eighth 
year, having outlived all but two of her younger sisters. 

Phoebe (Griffin) Lord lived to see her youngest daughter, Josephine, 
married and to look on the faces of many of her grandchildren. She died No- 
vember 25, 1841, aged seventy-three. 

Children of Joseph and Phoebe (Griffin) Lord 

Harriet, born Sept. 25, 1795; died unmarried, Jan. 5, 1882. 
(7) Phoebe Griffin, born Feb. 20, 1757; married May 16, 1827, Colonel Daniel Rogers 

NoYES, son of Colonel Thomas and Lydia (Rogers) Noyes (6); died Oct. 12, 1875. 
Hepzibah, born March 17, 1799; died unmarried,' March 29, 1844. 
Joseph, born May 13, 1801; died Sept. 8, 1802. 
Julia Ann, born March 6, 1803; died unmarried Dec. 23, 1865. 
Lucy, born March 6, 1805; died unmarried, Aug. 31, 1884. 
Catherine, born March 7, 1807; married as his second wife, her first cousin, Enoch Noyes, son 

of Captain Joseph and Jane (Lord) Noyes, and grandson of Enoch and Hepzibah 

(Marvin) Lord (71), of Lyme. She died Nov. 25, 1844. 
Frances Jane, born Oct. 10, 1810, died unmarried, Feb. 13, 1888. 
Josephine, born July 12, 1812; married March 17, 1834, her second cousin, Alexander 

Lynde McCurdy, son of Richard and Ursula (Griswold) McCurdy, and great-grandson 

of Judge Richard Lord (70). They lived at Cleveland, Ohio, where she died Aug. 8, 

1866. After her death, Mr. McCurdy removed in 1872 to Santa Barbara, Cal., where 

he died Sept. 17, 1886. Their children were: 

Alice Josephine McCurdy, born July 35, 1840; married in 1867, Mortimer Edgerton 
Hart, who died March 7, 1876. They had one daughter, Louise Edgerton 
Hart, who is now living with her mother in Santa Barbara. 

Catherine Lord McCurdy, born July 4, 1844; died July 22, 1866. 

Gertrude Griffin McCurdy, born April 27, 1847; "now living in Santa Barbara. 

Alexanna McCurdy, born March 21, 1851 ; died Nov. 25, 1861. 

[74I WILLIAM HYDE [....-1681] 

OF ENGLAND AND NORWICH, CONN. 

THE first record of William Hyde is found at Hartford, Conn., in 1636, 
where he had lands assigned to him as one of the original proprietors. 
His name also appears on the monument to the first settlers in the old 
cemetery in Hartford. Chancellor Walworth is our authority for the 
statement that he came over with Rev. Thomas Hooker in 1633, and that he and his 
family, consisting then of his wife and at least one child, were of the brave com- 
pany that traversed the wilderness from Massachusetts to the Connecticut River in 
1636/7. The marriage of his granddaughter Elizabeth Hyde, to Lieutenant Rich- 




PHOEBE (griffin) LORD [72] 

FROM A WATKR COLOR SKITCH BV HKR tlALT.HTRR 
PHnl BF C.RIFFIN (IORD) NOVFS (7] 



i 



WILLIAM in'DF-: [74I 125 

ARD Lord, the grandson of Thomas Lord (67), makes it interesting to note that the 
latter was also of this company. 

William Hyde remained in Hartford until 1640, as at that time he received 
twenty acres in the division of lands east of the river (East Hartford), and was 
surveyor of highways in 1641. About this time, very likely with William Lord 
(68) he went down the river to Saybrook. In 1660 he was one of the original pro- 
prietors of Norwich, Conn., where he was "a man of considerable importance," and 
selectman in 1674. 

He died at Norwich in 1681. No information has been obtained as to the 
name of his wife. It is thought that she died either at Hartford or Saybrook and 
perhaps soon after 1637, the date of the birth of her son. 

Children of \\ ii.liam anu Hyde 

Hester, born probably in England; married John Post. 
(75) Samuel, born at Hartford, about 1637; married in June, 1659, JanP; Lee, daughter of 
Thomas and Phoebe (Browne) Lee (76); died in 1677. 



[7s] SAMUHL HYDE [1637-1677] 

and his wife 
JANE LEE [....-1723] 

OF NORWICH, CONN. 

SAMUEL HYDE was born at Hartford, Conn., about 1637, and was the 
only son of the first William Hyde (74). As we are descended from 
two of his children, it is a matter of regret that we know so little about 
his life and character. 
He married in June, 1659, at Saybrook, Jane Lee, daughter of Thomas and 
Phoebe (Browne) Lee (76) of East Saybrook (now Lyme). With his father, 
William Hyde, they removed to Norwich, Conn., in 1660. Their daughter 
Elizabeth, born in August of that year, was the first white child born in Nor- 
wich. 

Samuel Hyde was a farmer and had lands assigned to him at Norwich West 
Farms. The General Court in 1677 voted to remit his rates "for these two last 
yeares for his person he being disinabled by ilness." 

He died at Norwich in 1677, aged forty years, and his friend John Birchard' 
became guardian of his children, who were all minors, and afterward married the 
widow. They removed in 1698 to Lebanon, Conn., and John Birchard died there 
in 1702. Jane (Lee Hyde) Birchard continued her residence at Lebanon and 
died there January 21, 1722/3. 

'John Birchard was one of the original proprietors of Norwich, a widower with a large family of children, 
and a man of importance. He was a commissioner or justice of the pcice, deputy to the General Court, etc. See 
also 76- A. 



126 SAMUEL HYDE [75] 

Children of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde 

(69) Elizabeth, born in August, 1660; married in 1682, Lieutenant Richard Lord, son of 

William and Lord (68); died July 23, 1736. 

(125) Phoebe, born in January, 1663; married May 21, 1683, Matthew Griswold, son of 

Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold (124), of Lyme; died Nov. 29, 1704. 
Samuel, born in May, 1665; married Elizabeth Caulkins. 
John, born in December, 1667; married Experience Abel; died in 1727; was the ancestor 

of President Grover Cleveland. 
William, born in January, 1670; married Anne Bushnell. 
Thomas, born in July, 1672; married Mary Backus. 
Sarah, born in February, 1675, and died the same year. 
Jabez, born in May, 1677; married Elizabeth Bushnell. 



[76I THOMAS LEE [....-1645] 

AND HIS WIFE 

PHOEBE BROWNE [. . . .-1664] 

OF ENGLAND 

WE know nothing of Thomas Lee's life in England, but that, in 1645, he 
sailed to this country with his wife Phoebe (Browne) Lee and their 
three children in company with his father-in-Iaw,WiLLiAM Browne 
(76-A). Thomas Lee, his mother-in-law,andherson John Browne, all died 
of small-pox on the voyage and were buried at sea. His widow, Phoebe, with her 
children, Phoebe, Jane and Thomas, came at once to Saybrook (Lyme) and lived 
there for some years. Until recently it has been supposed that Phoebe was the 
daughter of Chad Brown, of Providence, R. L, but an interesting document has 
been found lately among the family papers of a descendant of Henry Browne of 
Providence, called "A genealigie of my Mother Taken from Aunt Barthard," 
which appears to show conclusively that her father was "Old William Browne" 
(76-A) of Rusper, England and Southampton, L. I. 

About 1647 Phoebe (Browne) Lee married (2) Greenfield Larrabee of Say- 
brook and moved to Preston, Conn. She had five children by her second husband, 
Greenfield, born April 20, 1648, John, Elizabeth, born January 23, 1653, Joseph, 
and Sarah. 

Her husband, Greenfield Larrabee, died at Preston, and she married (3) 
about 1661, James Cornish "by whom she had a son whose descendants remain to 
this time in Simsbury, Conn." She died in Northampton, December 22, 1664. 

Children of Thomas and Phoebe (Browne) Lee 

Phoebe, born in England; married Nov. i, 1659, John Large, son of William Large, of Hing- 
ham, and Cape Cod, Mass.; lived at Lyme, and afterwards on Long Island. 
(75) Jane, born in England; married (i) in June, 1659, Samuel Hyde, only son of William 



THOMAS LEE [76] 127 

and Hydl (74); ni.irriiJ (2) Juliii liirchanl; died at Lebanon, Conn.. Jan. 

21, 1722/3. 
Thomas, born in England; married (1) Sarah Kirtland, of Saybrook, who died May 21, 1676; 
married (2) July 13. 1676, Mary DcWolf, tiaughtcr of Balthazar DeWolf; was ensign and 
lieutenant of the Lyme i'rain liand; representative in 1676; died at Lyme, Jan. 5, 
1704/5. He is said to have inherited one-eighth of the township of Lyme and was a 
man of prominence. His widow Mary married (2) for his second wife, Matthew 
Griswold, Jr. (125). She died in 1724. 

[76-A] WILLIAM BROWNE [....-i6sol 

OF ENGLAND AND SOUTHAMPTON, L. \. 



w 



ILLIAM BROWNE came from Rusper, Sussex, England. The date and 
place of his birth are not known, but he was a schoolmaster in Rus- 
per in 1727, as appears from the following record: 



"April 3rd. 1627. .Mary Worlfeldc, widow of William Worffelde, of Rusper, Sussex Co., 
he late deceased, yeoman. Bound in /640 — to Wm. Browne, Schoolmaster of Rusper, to faith- 
fully administer and execute the last will and testament of William Worffelde; on her bond are Wm. 
Browne iSc William Willett of Horsham, Sussex Co., yeoman. Mentions George, Lord Bishop of 
Chirchester, signed in presence of Joseph Browne, John Bardine (?) and Wm. Simined (?)." ' 

The old document entitled "A genealigic of my Mother," referred to in the 
previous sketch, can be found treated at length by Lieutenant-Colonel C. D. Park- 
hurst in the published records of the New London Historical Society, HI, part 1, 
p. 112. We give it in full: 

"A genealigie of my Mother Taken from Aunt Barthard [Birchard], 1723. The following 
1 took from my father's Joshua Hempsteds e/q papers my Grandmother was the Daughter of old 
William Brown he Lived In the County of Essex [Sussex] and town of Rusper in England Come 
over to New England in y* year 1645 her Grandmother come also and Grandmother Died with the 
Smallpox on board and their eldest son John; they had 3 Children that come over (viz.) Hennery 
Phebe & .Mary Hennery Lived att providence had three sons: Phebe had three Husbands the first 
was Lee the Second Larribie the third Cornish. Lee died with the Smallpox a comcing over, and 
Left 3 children (viz.) Jane (sic) Pheebe and Thomas — Laribie had five children (viz.) Greenfield 
John Elizabeth Joseph & Sarah Joseph Died Young: Cornish had two Sons (viz.) James and one 
still Born — with which She Died In Child head att Northampton: mary Brown married Robert 
Marvin Lived att Southampton on Long Island and att Hempsted Old Great Grandfather Brown 
Died att Long Island with his Daughter mary marvin their pradissosors were ministirs ever since 
Queen mary Time." 

From this it appears that William Browne came over to New England in 
1645, probably well advanced in years, bringing with him his wife and four children. 
His wife, his eldest son John, and his son-in-law Thomas Lee (76) all died of small- 
pox on the voyage. He with his other children came to Saybrook (Lyme), where 

' Family Papers of Henry Browne, of Providence. 



128 WILLIAM BROWNE [76-A] 

probably he remained until about 1647, when his daughter Phoebe married (2) 
Greenfield Larrabee and removed from Lyme. He appears then to have gone to 
Southampton, L. I., with his other daughter Mary, when she married Robert 
Marvin and settled there. He made his home with them and perhaps engaged in 
business to some extent as a merchant. As he was secretary to the Supreme Court 
and also Register, it is evident that he was a man of education. 

At Southampton there are the following records concerning him: 

" 1648. Oct. 7 William Browne with others was chosen freeman of Southampton. 

1648, Nov. 6, William Browne and Robert Marvin, with others in division of the "great 
plaine" Southampton. 

1648, Feb^ 8 [1648/9] Mr. William Browne and ten others, are bound to pay for the house 
which they have bought from John Mulford. 

1650, July 2, William Browne, Register, Southampton. 

1650, July 23, Administration granted to Robert Marvin and Mary his wife, upon estate 
of William Browne, just deceased. 

1650, July 24"^. Inventory of his estate, total /160-0-8, includes Books ;^5." 

He died, evidently quite suddenly or after but a brief illness, between July 2 
and 23, 1650, at Southampton, L. I. 

Children of Willia.m and Browne 

John, died in 1645, on the voyage from England. 
(76) Phoebe, married (i) in England, Thomas Lee, who died on the voyage in 1645; married 
(2) about 1647, in Lyme, Conn., Greenfield Larrabee; married (3) about 1661, James 
Cornish; died Dec. 22, 1664. 

Henry, born 1625; married (1) Waite Waterman, daughter of Richard and Bethia ( ) 

Waterman; married (2) Hannah (Field) Mathewson, daughter of John Field; lived 
in Providence, R. I. after 1651 until his death; was commissioner, town treasurer, 
deputy, and assistant; died Feb. 20, 1703. 

Mary, married in 1648, at Lyme, Conn., Robert Marvin; lived at Southampton and Hemp- 
stead, L. 1., where her husband held various offices in the town. He died about 1683. 

THE LYNDE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

THE family of Lynde is undoubtedly of Dutch origin, and is a branch of the 
Van Der Lindens of Holland, as the arms which our ancestor Enoch Lynde 
bore are "almost identical with those granted" that family "as recorded in 
the College of Arms at the Hague." A branch of this family is said to have 
emigrated to England in the sixteenth century. At the time that Enoch Lynde (77) 
lived, the assuming of spurious arms was unknown, and the fact that he bore these 
arms is proof that he came from the Holland family. As with the Van Der Linden 
arms, he also impaled the Digby arms after his marriage with the heiress of 
EvER.^RD Digby, our belief in his Dutch origin is further confirmed.' The only 

'See Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, 1, 366. 



THE LYNDE F-AMIl ^ IN ENGLAND 129 

names wc have of the Lyndb family in luit^land arc those of Enoch Lynde's grand- 
fatlicr and yrandmollicr, Nathan and Ij.i/.ahi. i h Lynde. 1 hesc arc recorded in an 
old Bible (date 1595) now owned by Mrs. Cornelia (Walter) Richards of Boston, 
who wrote Mrs. Salisbury that on the flv-lcaf is the foliowinj.; record, as nearly as 
can be made out: 

"July 5tli 1658. This Bible given to Lnoch Lindc, ye gr son of Nathan Linde by his grand- 
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Lindc." ' 



(77I ENOCH LYNDH [1380-103(3! 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH DIGBY [i 584-1669] 

OF LONDON, ENGLAND 

Tlll{ following brief sketch is condensed from the monograph f)n the Lynde 
family in Family Histories and Genealogies by Mrs. E. E. Salisbury, where 
we find a very full and interesting record, including the careful and thor- 
ough investigation made by the late Colonel Chester and others for Mrs. 
Salisbury. 

Enoch Lynde was the grandson of Nathan and Elizabeth Lynde, but the 
names of his father and mother have not been ascertained, nor the date and place 
of his birth. 

He married, October 25, 1614, at the Church of St. John, in the Parish of Hack- 
ney, near London, Elizabeth Digby, daughter and heiress of Everard Digby, 
then thirty years of age. The record reads, "Enocke Lyndlye and Elizabeth 
Dygbye." The ancestry of Elizabeth Digby is not clearly made out, but there 
seems to be the best of proof that she belonged to the Roman Catholic family which 
was so distinguished in the time of Charles L and that she was in all probability a 
great-great-granddaughterof Sir John Digby of Eye-Kettleby. ForColonel Chester's 
painstaking search into her pedigree, we refer to the monograph on Digby-Lynde 
in Family Histories and Genealogies. Her mother was Catherine Stockbridge 
De Vandershaff, a Dutch lady, and both her 

"Parents dying while she was )()Ung, she was sent into Holland for F.diication, and there 
Instructed in the i'rotcs' Religion, her relations being generally Roman C.atholics. She was a near 
Relation of jno. Digby 1st Earl Bristol, who Introduced her son Simon i^ynde to Kiss K. Charles 
hand."= 

Enoch Lynde and his wife apparently lived all their lives in a rented house 
in Buttelan (St. Botolph's Lane) owned by a kinsman, "Giles de Butt of llack- 

' Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, 1 , 360. 

'Old Pedigree owned by Mrs. S. S. Chalker, Saybrook, Cl. Ibid., 363. 



I30 ENOCH LYNDE [77] 

ney Middlesex, Gent." as appears from the latter's will proved in 1632.' We quote 
as follows: 

"And whereas I hold by lease from the parishioners of the parish of St. Andrew Hubart in 
East cheape a Messuage or Tenement wth the appurtenances and beinge in Botteiiane in London 
and now in the occupation of my kinsman Mr. Enoch Lynde." He gives "to my brother-in-law 
Mr. Peter Bonny ten pounds and unto my kinsman Enoch Lynde likewise ten pounds, with mourn- 
ing apparel to them, and their wives and children. To Mathew Lynd son unto Enoch Lynd if in 
case he continues his study and shall follow it so long till he proceeds Master of Arts, then at his 
going out Master I do give him twenty pounds." 

The whole tenor of this will indicates that there was a colony of Dutch and 
French people in Hackney among whom the Lyndes were prominent. Their con- 
tinued connection with the place is indicated by the fact that their last child was 
baptized in St. John's church in that parish, in 1630, two years before the date of 
this will. 

Enoch Lynde was "engaged in foreign trade" and was a shipping-merchant 
of London. He evidently had purchased with others from the English Govern- 
ment concessions to carry the mails to the Low Countries and other foreign places, 
as the following record shows: 

" 1632. Petition of Samson Bates, Enoch Lynde, Job Allibond and others on behalf 

of the 'ordinary posts for the Low Countries' to have a settlement 'of reglements and orders for the 
posts for foreign service; the petitioners' having 'paid great sums for their places, and of late have 
been much wronged, pray to be heard before the settling of the orders'." ' 

In 1627, during the French War, Enoch Lynde seems to have been concerned 
with naval matters, having probably a clerkship of some kind, as this letter would 
indicate which was addressed to Nicholas, Secretary to the Duke of Buckingham. 

"Right WoPP; 

My seruis rememb. — these are to lett you knowe that M''' Mason [Treasurer of the 

Army] was w"' me about the Inventary of the ffreinch pries brought into the port of Shoram, w* 

Inventary of the salle of the goodes is not yett maid parfett, because some thinges are not sould, 

and monneys are scarse, but w* all speed it shal be ended. I am to go to Shoram one Mundaye, 

and then I will hasten this bussenes; and when all is done I will repayer to you w'*" all the 

perticulers. 1 haue cast al thinges vpp att randon, and I make account ther wil be about fTive 

hundreth and fTowr skore poundes or there aboutes, whereof the Sauers dames the moyete; but 

yo' WoPP; knowe best what you have to doe w"' them, soe not having els I rest wishing yo' Wo'''': 

all and as much hapines as he whoe remaynes 

Y°'' ffreinde to command, 

Buttelan this Enoch Lynd 

4th of January 1627 (Endorsed) 

To the Right Wo'''': 

Nicholas, Secretary vnto my Lord 

Admirale the Duke of Buckingham." 
' Genealogical Gleanings, Waters, 574. 

^Calendar of Stale Papers, Domestic Series 1631-1633. London, 1862. Quoted from Family Histories 
and Genealogies. 



ENOCH LVNDK [77] 131 

Enoch Lynde died in London April 23, 1636, and 

"(,)n the y'^ of OcioliLT 1636, in the (loniniibsary Court of the Bi^hl)p of London, letters to 
aJniinistcr the estate of Lnoch Lyne late of the parish of St. Andrew Hubbard in the City of 
London deceased, were granted to his relict Elizabeth." ' 

She died in 1669, aged 85 years. 

Children of I'.noch and Elizabeth (Digbv) Lynde 

Matthew, born about 1620; was a surgeon in the navy in 1650, and mentioned in his brother 
Simon's will, as well as in that of Giles de Butt quoted above. 

James, baptized June 23, 1622; buried March 3, 1622. 
(78) Simon, bom in 1624; baptized at St. Andrew Hubbard, June, 1624; married February 
22, 1652/3, Hannah Newdigatr, daughter of John and Anni; (Hunt Draper) New- 
DiGATE (80); died Nov. 22, 1687, aged sixty-three. 

Enoch, born probably between 1625 and 1630. 

James, baptized July 28, 1630, in the church of St. Joiin in Hackney. 

I78I JUDGE SIMON LYNDE [1624-1687] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH NEWDIGATE [1635-1684] 

OF LONDON, ENGLAND, AND BOSTON, MASS. 

SLMON L^NDE was the third son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Digby) Lynde 
(77) and was baptized in June, 1624, at the Church of St. Andrew Hub- 
bard, Eastcheap. He was for a time apprenticed to a Mr. Delaney, a 
merchant of London, and sent by him to Holland, where Simon Lynde 
"keept his books in y' Dutch toungue." As we have seen in his father's biography, 
he was presented by his relative. Sir John Digby, ist Earl of Bristol, to kiss the 
hand of King Charles I. 

In 1630 he came to Boston, Mass., but returned to England for a brief visit 
in 165 1. He married in Boston, February 22, 1652/3, Hannah Newdigate, daugh- 
ter of John and Anne (Hunt Draper) Newdigate (80), who was born in Boston, 
June 28 (or July i), 1633. He made his home in the house of his father-in-law, 
to which he added "a fair large structure." This house stood on the corner of 
Hanover Street and Wings lane (now Elm Street). It was the home of the New- 
digates and Lyndcs for at least four generations, and Simon's son Samuel later put 
the Lynde arms on the front wall. 

in the list of soldiers of Captain Oliver's Company in King Philip's War (1673) 
appears the name of " Mr. Simon Lynde," and he was also a member of the Ancient 
and Honorable Artillery Company. 

"At a Council held in Boston N. E. on Wednesday the 8th of Dec. 1686, Ordered. 
' Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, I, 366. 



132 JUDGE SIMON LYNDE [78] 

" That Wait Winthrop Esq., Simon Lynde Esq., Benjamin BuUivant, Mr. Isaac Addington 
and Mr. Daniel Alien be a Committee with the Secretary, to receive and sort and form the records 
of the country, now in the hands of Mr. Edward Rawson, late Secretary, so that they may be ready 
and apt for service; and that the persons above named be all sworn to the faithful discharge of their 
trust in this matter, and, to the end it may be forthwith proceeded in, Mr. Lynde and Mr. Bullivant 
are empowered and hereby ordered, to take the same from Mr. Rawson to-morrow and remove 
them, in the posture they are now in into the Library Chamber."' 

During the thirty years of Simon Lynde's Hfe in the Colony he was a man of 
prominence, and acquired large possessions in Massachusetts, Connecticut and 

Rhode Island. 

In 1677 he was one of the commissioners appointed to hear the dispute be- 
tween Pawtuxet and Providence, R. I., which had reached such a degree of violence, 
that, upon appeal to the Crown, a Royal order was issued to the four governors of 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Plymouth Colony and Rhode Island to appoint a 
commission. It consisted of Simon Lynde and Daniel Henchman of Massachu- 
setts, Thomas Hinckley, Esq. (185), and James Cudworth, Esq., of Plymouth, 
Captain George Denison and Daniel Witherellof Connecticut, and Peleg Sanford, 
Esq. (16), and John Coggeshall of Rhode Island. This celebrated case = was con- 
ducted by William Harris and others for Pawtuxet, Randall Holden (see No. 32) 
and John Greene for Warwick and Roger Williams, Gregory Dexter and Arthur 
Fenner for Providence. An interesting account is given in Arnold's History of 
Rhode Island, I, 429-438. 

In 1686 Simon Lynde was appointed one of the assistant justices of the Court 
of Pleas and Sessions, the first colonial court established after the vacating of the 
colonial charter, and in the following year was one of the justices assistant of the 
Superior Court, with Samuel Shrimpton and Charles Lidgett. 

He died November 22, 1687, in Boston, aged sixty-three years. Chief Justice 
Sewall notes: 

"On Wednesday come home & hear of Justice Lynde's death yesterday about noon. . . 
Satterday Nov. 26— Mr. Simon Lynde is buried. Bearers, Col. Shrimpton, Mr. Nowel, Justice 
Bullivant, Justice Hutchinson, Mr. Addington, Mr. Saffin. His Excellency there, went in a 
Scarlet Cloak." 

Hannah (Newdigate) Lynde had died about three years before, December 
20, 1684, aged forty-nine. Judge Lynde left the very large fortune of £'],622. i8s. 
5d. according to the inventory. Of this there was "Plate in an Iron bound chest, 
;£204. 15s." In his will he divided his property among his children, noting the 
provision already made for his sons Samuel and Nathaniel. He also gave "fore 

'^ Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, SeneiW. 

' It is interesting to note how many of our ancestors were in one way or another involved in this case. 
William Coddington (iq) as Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, was named by the King 
among those to appoint the commission, Simon Lynde (78), Thomas Hinckley (185) and Peleg Sanford (16) 
were commissioners, John Sanford (15), recorder, and James Rogers (37), general sergeant. See references to 
this case under James Rogers (37). the decision being against Harris, he sailed in 1670 for England to appeal to 
the King. On the voyage he was taken prisoner by a Barbary corsair and carried to Algiers, where he was held for 
ransom. In the summer of 1681, he was redeemed and died three days after reaching London. 



JUDGE SIMON LYNDEi [78] 133 

score Pounds unto florty poor families such as are Godly and have real! need of 

relief 

Children of Simon and Hannah (Nlwdigate) Lynde 

Samuel, born Doc. 1, 1653; married(i) Oct. 20, 1674, Mary Hallartl.daughlerof Jarvis Ballard; 
married (2) Mary Brick; married (3) Mary Anna (Bendaii) Alien, widow of Dr. Daniel 
Allen, and daughter of Freegrace and Mary(Lyall) Bendall;was a rich merchant of 
Boston, and justice for Suffolk county; died Oct. 2, 1721. His widow died in 1727. 

Simon, born Sept. 27, 1655; died in infancy, i'eb. 4, 1656. 

John, born Nov. 9, 1657; died Sept. 20, 1671. 
(79) Nathaniel, born Nov. 22, 1659; married (1) in 1683, Susannah Willoughbv, daughter of 
Deputy Governor Francis and Margaret (Locke Taylor) Willoughby (82); 
married (2) in 1725, Sarah (Lee) Buckingham, widow of David Buckingham, and 
daughter of Thomas Lee, and granddaughter of Thomas Lee (76); died Oct. 5, 1729. 

Elizabeth, born March 25, 1662; married "Mr." George Pordage, of Boston, and died in 
June, 1746. 

Joseph, born Aug. 2, 1664; died Aug. 21, 1676. 

Benjamin, born Sept. 22, 1666; H. C. 1686; married April 27, 1699, Mary Browne, daughter 
of Judge William Browne, of Salem, Mass.; went to Lngland, and was admitted to the 
Middle Temple, Oct. 18, 1692; was called to the Bar in 1697, and received a commis- 
sion as a King's advocate the same year; sailed to New York in November, 1697; was 
judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1712 until his death, and from 
1728 to 1739 was chief justice, succeeding Judge Sewall; was also councillor from 1712 
to 1737. He died Jan. 28, 1745. 

Simon, born Nov. 3, 1668; died Aug. 13, 1669. 

Hannah, horn May 19, 1670; married (1) "Mr." John Bigg, of London, Fngland; married 
(2) "Mr." Jonathan Mitchell, of Cambridge, Mass.; married (3) Colonel Ldmund GofTe, 
H. C, 1690. She died Aug. 9, 1725. 

Sarah, born May 25, 1672; married June 5, 1688, her cousin Nathaniel Newdigate, son of 
Nathaniel and Isabella Newdigate. Judge Sewall writes thus of the wedding: 
"Mr. Nath' Newgate marries Mr. Lynde's daughter, before Mr. RatclifT, with Church 
of Fngland ceremonies: Mr. Payson and Mr. Farwell his bridemen; a great wedding." 
She died July 18, 1727, at Newport, R .1. 

Enoch, born Jan. 27, 1673/4; died Sept. 7, 1674. 

James, born Nov. 24, 1675; died Jan. 29, 1676. 

f70| JUDGH NATHANIEL LYNDE fibsQ-iyaq] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SUSANNAH WILLOUGHBY [1664-17 10] 

OF SAYBROOK, CONN. 

N,'\lli.\NiEL LYNDE, son of Judge Simon and Hannah (Newdigate) 
Lynde (78), was born in Boston, November 22, 1659, and was ap- 
parently named for his uncle, Mr. Nathaniel Newdigate. After having 
served as an apprentice for some years to his father, who was a merchant 
in Boston, he married (i) in 1683, Susannah Willoughby, only daughter 



134 JUDGE NATHANIEL LYNDE [79] 

of Deputy Governor Francis and Margaret (Locke Taylor) Willoughby 
(82), who was born August 19, 1664. The young couple then removed to Saybrook, 
Conn., where Nathaniel had been given by his father a deed, April 16, 1685, of 
several hundred acres of land, "including what is now known as Lynde Point, the 
site of Fenwick Hall and the Lighthouse." Lady Fenwick's monument stood 
within the bounds of Nathaniel Lynde's estate, but it was removed and the grave 
desecrated to make way for the Valley Railroad. This land was sold to Simon 
Lynde in 1674, by Benjamin Batten of Boston and his wife Elizabeth Cullick, to 
whom it had descended from her uncle, Colonel Fenwick, of Saybrook. 

The greater part of the time from 1689 to 172 1, Nathaniel Lynde was judge 
of the Quorum. In 1701 he was the first treasurer of the infant College which 
afterwards took the name of Yale. On September 9, 1703, he gave 

"A dwelling-house and lot containing about two acres with upland and meadow adjoining 
[for the use of the Collegiate school] as long as it should be continued at Saybrook."' The deed 
reads: "For and in consideration of the Promoting and Incouragement of Learning and good Lit- 
erature of the Collegiate School now erected in Saybrook, for the Liberall Education of youth that 
by God's blessing may be fitt for publick service." 

His first wife died February 22, 1709/10, aged forty-five, and over fifteen years 
later, when he was about sixty-six years of age, he married (2) in 1725, Sarah(Lee) 
Buckingham, widow of David Buckingham, and daughter of Thomas and Sarah 
(Kirtland) Lee and granddaughter of Thomas Lee (76). 

He died at Saybrook, October 5, 1729, aged seventy years. Among the 
papers of his brother. Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde, was the following note on 
Nathaniel's death: 

" 1 visited him at his Mansion House on his farm at Saybrook, Every year since I rode the 
Springfield Circuit till he dyed, and left him wel at Potapaug [Saybrook] where he accompanied me, 
and there we took Solem leave and last farewell of Each other w'*" Affectionate Tears, for he dyed 
about a fortnight after, in the 70"^ year of his Age compleat, lacking a Month and 1 2 d ." 

His grave and that of his first wife and son Samuel are marked by three table 
gravestones at the west end of the Saybrook burying-ground. The inserted slate 
tablets with the inscriptions have disappeared. 

Nathaniel Lynde left a very large estate for that time, the inventory 
amounting to £9,4^0. Among other items of personal property are the following: 

" I pair of Holland sheets ;£i 5., one large Holland counterp«(he £5., one red velvet trunk ;£io., 
one silver tankard ;£30.ios.iod.,one sugar box, waight 17 oz,one salt seller waight 30 oz., Sarver. 
tumblers, spice box, poringers, eight spoons, a ladle and two forks, two cocoanut cups silvar tops 
& bottom, one turtle shel'd box bound with silvar /3.,Corrall set in gold £7., perl necklace ;£40,, 
Diamond lockett £6^., Queen Elizabeth's Cup £^." 

It is interesting to note the high value placed upon Dutch linen sheets. In 
some of the Verney wills of the same period in England one finds them bequeathed 

'See paper re Yale College under Rev. James Noyes (:j). 



JUDGE NATHANIEL LYNDE [79] 135 

with the same care, among the valuable family possessions. Some of the other 

items in this will suggest a more luxurious home and furnishing than was common 

in the day. It is unfortunate that there is lillle trace at the present timeof these 

old pieces of plate which were distributed among dilTerent members of the family. 

The Queen Elizabeth Cup, Mrs. Salisbury thinks came from the W'illuuguby 

family, and a lull account of her researches on the subject may be found in the 

monograph W'illoughby in Family Histories and Genealogies, I, 399, 400, 560, ei seq. 

Children of Nathanill and Susannah (Wii.loughby) Lynde 

Samuel, born Oct. 29, 1689; Y. C. 1707; married (1) Rebecca Clark, daughter of Major John 

Clark, of Saybrook; married (2) Lucy (I'alnios) Gray, widow of Samuel Gray and 

daughter of Major l^almcs of New London ; married (3) Hannah ( ) Huntington, 

of Norwich, Conn.; was judge of tiie Superior Court, councillor, and colonel; died 
Sept. IQ, 1754. 
Nathaniel, born Oct. 21, 1602; married Sarah I'ratt, daughter of Nathaniel Pratt, of Say- 
brook; died in 1749/50. 
(70) Elizabeth, born Dec. 2, 1694; married July 11, 1720, Judge Richard Lord, son of Lieu- 
tenant Richard and Elizabeth (Hyde) Lord (69); died June 22, 1778. 
W'illoughby, born Jan. 8, 1696/7; died April 23, 1704. 
Hannah, born Sept. 10, 1698; married June 22, 1725, F^ev. George Griswold, son of Matthew 

and Phoebe (Hyde) Griswold (125), of Lyme; died before 1736. 
Susannah, born April 14, 1700; married (i) Rev. Joseph Willard; married (2) Mr. Andrew 

Gardner; died at Winchester in 1748. 
Sarah, born Feb. 2, 1702; married Nov. 23, 1730, as his second wife, Joshua Raymond, Esq., 

of New London, Conn.; died Oct. 19, 1771. 
Joseph, born March 23, 1704; married May 8, 1729, Ann Lord, daughter of Mr. Benjamin 

Lord, of Saybrook; died July 4, 1779, at Saybrook. 
Ann, born Dec. 29, 1706; married Colonel John Prescott, H. C. 1727, a physician of Con- 
cord, Mass. He raised one hundred men whom he commanded in the unfortunate 
expedition to Cuba in 1740. She received a pension from the British Government 
for his services, and died after 1752. 

THE NEWDIGATE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

THE elder branch of the Newdigates of England had their seat in Arbury, 
Warwickshire. The most distinguished members were Atr. Sergeant 
Newdigate, later chief justice of England under Cromwell, and Sir Rich- 
ard Newdegate of the Restoration. Our ancestor, John Newdigate 
(80), owned lands in Suffolk, both at Great Horningsheath and Bury St. Edmunds. 
He was probably of a younger branch of the Newdegate family as Judge Simon 
Lynde (78), who inarried Hannah Newdigate of Boston, quartered the New- 
degate arms with those of his own family. 

The earliest ancestor of our branch of the family is given by Mrs. Salisbury' as 

1 
William Newgate, born before 1500, of Ickworth, near Bury St. Edmunds, 

' Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, 1 , 479. 



,36 THE NEWDIGATE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

Suffolk, who married Katherine . His will mentions his children as all 

"under sixteen the 28th of September 1528." His children were: 

" Robert the elder," see below. 

Richard. 
" Robert the younger." 

Elizabeth, married in 1558, John Hande. 

2 

Robert Newgate, married Thomasine , who was buried December 5, 

1599. In his will Robert calls himself "of Great Horningsheath, Co. Suffolk 
Yeoman." His children were: 

Phillipe, see below. 

Robert, married Feb.21, 1586, Elizabeth Buckinham, and had a son William who married a sis- 

terofANNE( Hunt) Draper, third wife ofhisnephew, John Newdigate (80). 

Anne, married Oct. 4, 1601, Henry Frost. 

Phillipe Newegate, married December 13, 1578, Joane Hoo, daughter of 
GuALTHER [Walter] Hoo, of Hessett, Co. Suffolk. Joane was buried October 10, 
1620, and Phillipe Newegate was buried August i, 1636. His will was dated 
July 5, 1636, and in it he bequeathed all his estate to his daughter Andrey, who 
was made executor. One of the witnesses was John Newegate, probably one of the 
sons. His children given from "records and wills"' were: 

(80) John, married (i) Lidia , who died in 1620; married (2) Nov. i, 1620, at All Hallows 

Church, London Wall, Thomasine Hayes, who died in 1625; married (3) in England, 
Anne ( Hunt) Draper; died in Boston, Sept. 4, 1665. 

Andrey, (or Andrianne), baptized Feb. 25, 1581. 

John, baptized Nov. 24, 1583; married Sarah ; was a maltster of Bury St. Edmunds, 

and left his property to his widow for her life, then to his brother Joseph for his life, 
and "After decease of said Joseph Then the same to be and remain unto my brother 
John Newgate now living resident in the parts beyond the seas called New England 
and to his heirs forever." His will was dated Oct. 12, 1642.' 

Joseph, baptized Dec. 8, 1585; died after 1642. 

[80] JOHN NEWDIGATE [i 580-1665] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN (.... HUNT) DRAPER [....-1679] 

of ENGLAND AND BOSTON, MASS. ' 

JOHN NEWDIGATE, son of Phillipe and Joane (Hoo) Newegate, of 
Great Horningsheath, Suffolk, England, was born about 1580. 
He married (i) Lidia who died in 1620; married (2) November 
I, 1620, Thomasine Hayes at AH Hallows Church, London Wall. She 
died in 1625 and he married (3) Anne ( Hunt) Draper, then a widow for 

'Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, I, 480.J 



JOHN NEWDIGATE [80] 137 

the second time. Tin's marriage also took place before leaving r.nglancl. I le lived 
in St. Olave's parish near London Bridge, where the records ol his lamily are lound, 
until he emigrated to America. From an early will, which was never proved, dated 
in 1638, it appears that at this time he owned "lands and tenements King in I lorn- 
ingsheath in the (A)unty ot Sull'olk in England our native country," and in i()}<-j he 
and his wife sold houses and lands in Tymworth, SulTolkshire. 

He came to Boston, Mass., in 1632, being then (ilty-two years of age, bring- 
ing with him his third wife Annf^, and probably his six children then living. He 
was made freeman March 4, 1634/5 and became a member of the i-"irsi Church in 
Boston. He was a merchant halter and a prominent citizen. At the time the 
Book of Possessions was compiled, he had in Boston "one house and garden con- 
taining about }4 of an acre," on the west slope of Beacon Hill a little east of 
Cambridge Street. This is the house to which Simon Lynoi-: came when he had 
married IIann.M! Nrwdigath, John's daughter, and to which he added "a fair 
large structure," as noted before. Chief Justice Lynda says the"()ld huuse"was 
pulled down in 1730, "in which all we children . . . were born." John Nhwdi- 
GATE also owned a large farm of four to live hundred acres at Kumney Marsh 
(Chelsea), near Boston, and 

"there is still extant the orif^iiial unn.'Cordi.\l deed of release [of this property, dated April Q, 1685, 
twenty years after his death.] from the widow, children and grandchildren of Sagamore George an 
Indian to Simon Lynde for the use of the heirs of John Newgate."' 

At this later date the Bostonians were acquiring title from the Indians, as, 
after the overthrow of their first charier they feared that their lands might other- 
wise revert to the King. 

It does not appear from any of the wills now known that John Newdigate 
or any of his heirs benefited from the will of his brother John, mentioned above, 
who remained in England. 

John Newdigate died in Boston September 4, 1665, aged eighty-five. His 
last will was dated November 25, 1664. 

in it he gave to his wife Anne the"farmeat Rumly Marsh. ... my house at Charlestowne," 
the house "in which I now dwell," and the house "in which my sonne in lawe Simon Linde now 
dwells" with all the ground and appurtenances, during her natural life if she remained a widow. 
This was charged with a legacy to the "College at Cambridge" of £^., which continued to be a 
charge on the farm at Charlestown, even after it went to his son Nathaniel. He mentioned all his 
children, his sons-in-law, and grandchildren, gave £^ to his "wife'ssister that married with William 
Newgate my vncl's sonn liveing in London. . . . .Mr. John Wilson Pastor of the Church of Boston 
/8. to bee paid within 3 moneths after my decease. . . . Vnto such Ministers within this Juris- 
diction as are conscionable in their places, and yet have but small Mayntenance £'}o., to be paid 
to the said Mr. John Wilson, and he to dispose thereof as he shall see meete to the intent aforesaid 
... to the poor of the church of Boston £\o." 

' Family Histories and Genealogies I, 47Q. 



138 JOHN NEWDIGATE [80] 

Anne ( Hunt Draper) Newdigate, his widow, survived him for four- 
teen years and died in 1679. Her will was dated August 6, 1676, and was proved 
April 8, 1679. The witnesses were Penelope BeHingham and Anne (Manning) 
Gerrish. In it she called herself a "widow, being now well stricken in age." Among 
other bequests she gave to "Grand Dau. Elizabeth Lynde silver girdal," and her 
silver plate and gold rings to be divided among the Lynde grandchildren. She 
left a bequest to Hannah Smith, her "made," and one to "Gordg Hale." 

Children of John and Lydia ( ) Newdigate 

Thomas, baptized in England in 1613; died young. 

John, baptized in England in 1616; died young. 

Elizabeth, baptized in England Jan. i, 1617/8; married (i) Rev. John Oliver, first minister 
of Rumney Marsh (Chelsea, Mass.), son of Thomas Oliver, ruling elder of the First 
Church, Boston. He died aged thirty, in 1646, and she married (2) in 1648, Edward 
Jackson, a merchant of Boston. 

Lydia, baptized in England in 1620; died young. 

Children of John and Thomasine (Hayes) Newdigate 

Sarah, baptized in England, Sept. 23, 1621; married Captain Peter Oliver, brother of her 

sister Elizabeth's husband, and a prominent merchant of Boston; died in 1692, aged 

seventy-one.' 
John, baptized in England, March 25, 1624; was named in his father's first will of 1638 as his 

eldest son, but was not mentioned in the second, from which we infer that he died 

before his father. 

Children of John and Anne (Hunt Draper) Newdigate 

Nathaniel, baptized in England, April 4, 1627; married Isabella Lewis, daughter of Richard 
Lewis, Esq., of Ledston, Yorkshire. Their son Nathaniel emigrated and lived and 
died in Newport, R. I. Nathaniel Sr., was a merchant of London, and died there 
in 1668; in his will, dated Sept. 8, 1668, he left his property inherited from his 
father John Newdigate in New England, to his son there. Out of a third part of the 
property of which he died possessed, he left bequests of /20. to his "Mother Anne New- 
gate," £\o. to his "Aunt Anne Newgate," ;£40. to his " Brother Simon Line and his 
wife," and to "each of his children now liueing, £\o. apiece." 

Joseph, born in England about 1630; married Elizabeth and died in Boston, Nov. 12, 

or Dec. 14, 1658. He is supposed to be the same as the Joshua mentioned by Sav- 
age. 

Hannah, born in Boston, Aug. i, 1633; baptized in the First Church there Aug. 6, and "dyed 
the iith month thereafter." 
(78) Hannah, born in Boston, June 28, or July i, 1635; baptized in the First Church, July 19, 
of the same year; married Feb. 22, 1652/3, Judge Simon Lynde, son of Enoch and 
Elizabeth (Digby) Lynde (77); died Dec. 20, 1684. 

'Their son Daniel was the father of Lieutenant Governor Andrew Oliver, who married Mary Sanford, 
granddaughter of Governor Peleg Sanford (i6). 



Till. Iloo I AAIILV IN liNGLANI) 139 



THH HOO FAMILY IN HNGI,ANI) 

Tllfv only certain information that we have about the family of Joan e IIoo 
who married Piiiirinr. Nhwegate,' is from the will of her father, 
GuAi.TiiHR Iloo, loinul in the Family Histories and Genealogies, 1,499. 
I rom this it appears that the property that Gualther Hoo bequeathed 
to his sons had descended to him through several generations of ancestors. Mrs. 
Salisbury thinks that his descent from "John at Hoo" (1558) and earlier from 
"John off Hoo" (1485) can be proved from the similarity of the descriptions of 
these lands, which would seem to have been alienated lands from the monastery 
of St. Edmunds. Gaulther Hog's will, dated 1587 and proved in 1589, is in 
part as follows: 

" I Gualther Hooc of Hessett in the county of SufTolk, yeoman, [to eldest son John and his 
heirs male] Freehold in Hessett, Beighton and Rougham . . . Ande for defaulte of suche yssue 
make the remainder to the heircs males of the bodye of Robte Hoo for ever."' After some further 
bequest of copyhold lands to the same son, with " l.imatacons"or payments of money to the younger 
brothers Jeremy and John and the sister JoANE, he bequeathed to JoANE his "best round table. . . . 
Unto Philipe Newgate of Horningheath my sonne-in-lawe my best hose and doublett. . . . my 
pewter dish to their son, my wife's god-son [i.e., John Newdigate (80).] . . . charging him 
[his son John] as he will answer before God, at the great daic of Judgment, that he break not the 
true meaninge of this my will, nor the entayles in the same, my plaine intent being to continue my 
lannds and tenements to the heir male as my Ancestors left yt to mc." 

The family of Hoo is now extinct in England. His children were: 

John. 

Jeremy. 

John. 

Joane, see The Newdigate Family in England. 

[81] COLONEL WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY [1388-16S1] 

and his wife 
ELIZABETH [. . . .-1662] 

OF PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND 



w 



ILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, born in Chiddingstone,Kent, England, about 

1588, was a son of Christopher and Martha ( ) Willough- 

BYof Chiddingstone. He married his wife Elizabeth before 

1613. 
He is mentioned in the Calendar of State Papers as early as 1628 and for 

'See The Newdigate Family in England. 

'This Robert Hoo was probably a brother of Gualther. 



I40 COLONEL WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY [8i] 

many years later, as Purveyor of timber for the Royal Navy, a Government 
office, and is frequently referred to as an owner of vessels which he put at the 
disposal of the Government. 

When the Civil War broke out in 1643, he raised a company of one hundred 
"well affected and stout youngsters" whom he commanded and who rendered 
eificient service. During the succeeding year Captain Willoughby, with the rank 
of colonel, was given command of a regiment known as the " Regiment of (Yellow) 
Auxiliaries of the Hamlets of the Tower." His military service under the Parlia- 
ment was important and varied, and an interesting account of it is to be found in 
Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, 1, 510-513. 

He was appointed by the House of Commons on February 16, 1648/9 master 
attendant for Portsmouth and commissioner of the Royal Navy there, but held this 
office for only a short time, dying March 30, 165 1. He was buried in St. Thomas' 
Church, Portsmouth and the inscription on his tombstone is as follows: 

"Heere vnder lyeth ye body of Willi: Willovby Esq. formerly Collo: of a Regiment belonging 
to the Hamlets of ye Tower (London) and at his deceas a Commissioner of ye Navie, aged 63 yearrs, 
who departed this life ye 30 March 1651. Mors mihi Lvcrum." 

Above are emblazoned the old Willoughby de Eresby arms. 
William Willoughby 

" Born under Queen Elizabeth, lived through the reigns of James 1 and Charles 1, and through 
the restless times which followed the beheading of the latter did active service to his country under 
Parliamentary rule, but did not survive to see the Protectorate of Cromwell." 

We have no knowledge of his ancestry, but the fact that the Willoughby de 
Eresby arms were engraved on his tombstone leads us to believe that he belonged 
to that family. 

"On examination of Colonel William Willoughby's accounts, it was found that ,^1622. i6s. 4d 
for the hire of ships to guard the Thames during the insurrections in Kent and Essex, were due at 
the time of his death; and the Council of State on October 31 ordered that it should be paid to his 
wife out of the excise in course, with an allowance at six per cent until paid. 'On petition of 
Elizabeth widow of Col. William Willoughby, November 1651, search was made to see if warrant 
was issued for payment of ;£300. to Col. Willoughby and Company (Maurice Thompson and Wil- 
liam Pennoyer) for the loan of two ships for the service of Ireland; and if so cancel it. . . . and 
;£i50. still due to his estate to be raised, etc., etc' "' 

His will, dated August 1, 1650, signed November 28 and proved at London 
May 6, 165 1, made his wife Elizabeth the executrix, and left most of his property 
to her and his eldest son Francis, making provision for his other son William, 
whose condition is mentioned as "deboisht" and wicked. Other bequests are: 

"To my cousin Lawrence Hammond the sum of twenty pounds to be paid him when he 
shall be twenty [see (82)] ... to poor housekeepers here in Portsmouth the sum of five 

^Calendar oj State Papers. Family Histories and Genealogies, I, 516. 



COLONEL WILLIAM W ILLOUGl 115V [8i] 141 

pounds. . . . lo poor housekeepers in the lianilct of W'apping in Miiidlcsex where I formerly dwcic 
. . . unto John Greene the sum of five pounds for his rare helpfulness and assistance to my fore- 
mentioned wife in the management of my business, and settling my accounts." 

His widow Elizabeth continued to reside for awhile in Portsmouth, but after 
the Restoration was living in Seething Lane, London, whence she accompanied 
her son Francis to New Ijigland in the summer of 1662. She died soon alter at 
Charlestown, Mass., September 15, 1662. Her will was made in London in May, 
1662, and had the unusual provision that upon her death 

"There Shall be no mounicing Apparrell or 1 labitts given at anie lime, nor to anie psons, no 
not in the family, for or by reason of my death . . . vpon my late Sonn William's Keformac"", I 
did formerly paie him the Legacie . . . \\'^ his father my late husband did by his last will and 
Testament bequeath vnto him . . . Item . . . [legacies to her grandchildren and daughter-in-law] 
I giue and bequeath vnto my sister Anna Griflin of Portsmouth ... my sister Jane Hammond 
of Virginia ... my kinsman Laurancel lamniond, Sonn to my Sister Jane aforesaid. . . . John 
Greene of Charlestowne in New England (formerly servant to my late Husband and my Selfe and 
Since that to my Said Sonn francis), . . . all ye Residue of my goods and Chattells and estate what- 
soever . . . vnto my Said sonn francis, his heirs. . . . and I make my much respected and Singular 
good freinds Robert Thomson and John Taylor both of ye Citty of London Esq" Ouersecrs." 

John Taylor was probably her son Francis' father-in-law. Naval Commis- 
sioner under Cromwell. Major Robert Thompson was in Boston in 1639, and had 
been also a Commissioner of the Navy under Oomwell. Pepys writes of him under 
date of January 6, 1662, as follows: 

"Thence to the Exchange, where we met Major Thompson, formerly of our office, who do 
talk very highly of liberty of conscience, which now he hopes for by the King's declaration, and 
that he doubts not that if he will give him, he will find more and better friends than the 
Bishopps can be to him, and that if he do not, there will be many thousands in a little time go 
out of England, where they may have it."' 

Children of William and Elizabeth (— - — ) Willoughby 

(82) Francis, born about 1613; married (i) Mary , who died in 1640; married (2) about 

1640 or 41, Sarah Taylor, daughter of John Taylor (or Taller), shipwright and Com- 
missioner of the Navy, Wapping, England, who died in 1654; married (3) about 1658 
or 1659, Margaret (Locke) Taylor, widow of Daniel Taylor and daughter of 
William and Susanna (Cole) Locke (83), of Wimbledon, Surrey. Francis died 
April 3, 1 67 1, aged fifty-eight. 
William, in his father's will made in 1650, is given the sum of £\o. "and no more till it 
shall please God to give him grace ... to live in the world as a man should do," also 
a larger sum if he should reform. He married, probabl)' about 1655, Mary James, and 
died in December, 1657, at f'ortsmouth. His mother's will in 1662, mentions "my 
late son William's Rcformac°"" and the payment by her of the legacy left by his 
father to be given in that event. I lis widow Mary married (2) John Brickenden, and 
outlived her second husband, dying about June, 1688.' 

' Pepys- Diary (it)o^), 1 1 1 , 5: edited by Henry B. Wheatly, F. S. A. 
' Waters' Genealogical Gleanings in England, 972. 



142 DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY [82] 

[82] DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY 

[1613-1671] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARGARET (LOCKE) TAYLOR [....-1683] 

OF ENGLAND AND BOSTON, MASS. 

FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY, son of Colonel William and Elizabeth ( ) 
WILLOUGHBY (8i), wasbom in England about 1613. Of his early life in 
England we know nothing but that he married there, probably about 1634, 

jViary . They had one child, Jonathan, aged three years when they 

came to New England, which was probably in 1638. He is spoken of by Governor 
Hutchinson in his History of Massachusetts Bay Colony, as a "gentleman from 
England." He was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown, Mass., August 22, 
1638, and he and his wife united with the church there December 8, 1639. His 
property at this time was a house and lot facing north on Elbow or Crooked Lane, 
afterward Bow Street. He also owned three hundred acres in "the land of Nod" 
which was later part of Wilmington, besides other property. He was ensign in the 
Militia, joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and was made 
freeman. May 13, 1640, the record showing his name there with the prefix "Mr." 

In 1640 his wife Mary died, and it appears that he then went back to 
England, where he soon after married (2) Sarah Tailer, daughter of John Tailer 
(or Taylor), shipwright, of Wapping,and commissioner of the Navy under Parlia- 
ment. They returned to Boston the same year. 

He was chosen selectman of Boston in 1640 and for seven years thereafter 
At this time he, with others, invested a large amount in "building warehouses and 
framing wharves," and he owned a shipyard on Warren Avenue where the Fitch- 
burg station is now. He was building a ship in 1641, and the town gave him per- 
mission to "take timber from the common . . . without being bound to cut up the 
tops of the trees." It was probably at this same shipyard and wharf where "a road 
was laid out to the landing so that boats might go to the low water mark, " he " agree- 
ing to build wharf and stairs for passengers and maintain them." He was deputy 
for Charlestown in 1642. in 1646 the General Court appointed Mr. Francis Wil- 
LOUGHBY to be a "close co^ittee" to draw up instructions to Deputy Governor 
Thomas Dudley and two others, who were to be sent on a mission to Penobscot 
"there to treat w"" Mouns"^ D'AuIney or his agents concerning ye p'tended differ- 
ences between him and this Govern'." Mr. Willoughby was appointed a reserve 
if Captain Hathorne could not go.' 

"He was undoubtedly in England again during the year 1648, if we understand Winthrop 
aright, who mentions an altercation between Willoughby and Dr. Robert Child, which took place 
on the Exchange in London, the latter speaking disparagingly of the New Englanders, and re- 
^ Massachusetts Bay Colonial Records, II, 159. 



DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS WILLOUGIIBY [82] 143 

spending to the epithet of i<navc with a box on the car, whereupon, ere W. could resent the afTronl 
in any way, the parties were separated. Subsequently tiic Doctor was obhged 'to give Mr. W. 
satisfaction in the full Exchange, and to give five pounds to the poor of New England, for .Mr. VV. 
would have nothing of him,' and to promise in writing ihnt he would never speak evil of New ling- 
land nor cause the country trouble. We also see that W illoughby loaned the Gilonial agent, Mr. 
Winslow, Wvv jiouruN in 1648, a circumstance wliicli doubtless took place in London."' 

Francis W'illouguby was deputy again in 1649 and 1650. He was on a 
committee appointed May 6, 1649 

" To consider of a way, cS: drawe vp a lawe, ffor dividing yc shicrcs, & treasury in each shier, 
bringing all Courts to an aequality for power & noumber, yt what maybe ye country be eased, & 
the p'iudice of the negative vote p'ventcd," 

and in 1650 on another to draw up a code of maritime laws for the Colony. He 
was made assistant in 1650 and 1631. 

During the year 1651, he went again to England to arrange for the settle- 
ment of his father's estate, hut none of his family accompanied him. Jonathan, 
his eldest son, had just entered Harvard College, from which he never graduated. 
After the birth of their son William, his wife Sarah, with the three children, Sarah, 
aged ten, Nehemiah, seven, and the baby, followed, reaching Portsmouth, Eng., 
December 21, 1653. The vessel narrowly escaped being taken into Brest by the 
Frencli. This removal was no doubt caused by Francis Willoughby's appoint- 
ment as one of the naval commissioners at Portsmouth. He continued to hold 
this office during the seven years of the Protectorate, and received repeated letters 
of commendation from the Admiralty. Sarah died soon after her arrival in England. 
When war was declared between England and Holland in June, 16^2, Francis 
WiLLOUGHBY, Ex-Governor Edward Winslow, and E.\-Governor Edward Hopkins, 
all in England, "petitioned that they might be allowed to send a ship with store of 
powder shot and swords to New England," and give the Colonists notice of the war. 
The receipt given was for "one ton of shot and fifty-six bbls. of powder." Other 
records of his service while naval commissioner are: 

"An order on a report from the Admiralty Committee. . . that there be allowed to ... . 
Thos. Smith, Robert Thompson [see 81], Peter Pett, Neh. Bourne, Edw. Hopkins and Eras. 
W'illoughby, Navy Commissioners over and above their ;£250, salary, £\^o each for their extraor- 
dinary care last year for despatching the affairs of the fleet."' 

Soon after in asking for the appointment of a master attendant he says 
"being unable to do the service of both places, the state suffers." He was elected 
one of the two members of Parliament from Portsmouth, January 8, 1658/9, and 
"had the unanimous suffrages of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses," but served 
only a few months, as this Parliament was dissolved in April, by Richard Crom- 
well, then the Protector. 

He married (3) about 1658 or 1659 Margaret (Locke) Taylor, daughter of 

' A\SS papers of Isaac J. Greenwood, Esq. Family Hi stories and Genealogies, I, 526. 
'Col. oj State P. Dam. S. 351. Ibid., 530. 



144 DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY [82] 

William and Susanna (Cole) Locke (83), of Wimbledon, Surrey, and widow of 
Daniel Taylor, a wealthy merchant of London. Daniel Taylor had died in 1655, 
after only a few months of married life, and had left his wife a large fortune and had 
given her numerous jewels, including "a necklace of pearls, a Gold Watch, a ring 
set with diamonds and a Ring with about eight diamonds." 

In the Parish register of St. Olave's, Hart Street, London, is an entry of the 
birth of their first son, Francis, February 29, 1659/60. Shortly after this Charles 
1 1 returned to England, and Francis Willoughby left the Naval office. We note 
with interest that he had as successor no less famous a person than Samuel Pepys, 
who says, July 1 1, 1660: 

" I borrowed a pair of sheets of Mr. Howe, and by coach went to the Navy office, and lay 
(Mr. Hater, my clerk with me) at Commissioner Willoughby 's house, where I was received by him 
very civilly and slept well." 

July 26th of the same year, he writes: 

"Went to Wood's at the Pell mell (our old house for clubbing) and there we spent till 10 at 
night, at which time I sent to my Lord's for my clerk Will to come to me, and so by link home to 
bed. Where I found Commissioner Willoughby had sent for all his things away out of my bed- 
chamber, which is a little disappointment, but it is better that than pay too dear for them."' 

For two years Francis Willoughby lived in a house in Seething Lane with 
his mother, and was a merchant in the city. He sailed for New England again in 
the spring of 1662, having been absent for twelve years. He received a license to 
embark in the ship "Society," with his family and goods. Captain John Leverett 
accompanied the family party, which consisted of Francis' mother, his third 
wife Margaret and her baby Francis, and probably his three children by his second 
wife, Sarah, Nehemiah, and William. 

In the General Court of Massachusetts, held October 20, 1663, he sat again 
as assistant and was chosen the succeeding year. He was elected deputy governor 
in May, 1665, which office he held until his death. He was much interested in 
Harvard College and in October 21, 1663, was on a committee to inquire into the 
state of the College, and give directions for disposing of its estate for the future. 
In May, 1664, he and others were appointed to draw up letters to settle differences 
between Connecticut and New Haven. We find in the following record an early 
mention of the troubles which the colonists had in reference to their charters: 

"Whereas this Court hath passed anorderfor making an humble addresse & petition to his 
majesty for the contjnuance of our priuiledges granted by charter, it is ordered that Mr. Francis 
Willoughby, Mao"' Generall Jn° Leueret & Mr. Jonathan Michell be a co^ittee to prepare and draue 
vp a petition, filled wth such rationall arguments they can finde to the end aforesajd, & present it to 
this Court for theire approbation." 

At the time of the English war with Holland, which began in 1664, Mr. 
Francis Willoughby and others appointed a minister and chirurgeon for the New 

' Pepys' Diary (1903), I, [83, 194. 



DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS W ll.l.oUCl IBV [82] 145 

England troops which were to be raised for service, and on the tenth of the same 
month, lie was on a committee to "raise two hundred volunteers against the Dutch." 
The treasury of England was completely drained by the expenses of the Court, and 
when, in 1666, Parliament voted a suhsitly of nearly two millions to refit the fleet, 
the money came in but slowly. At this juncture, in September, lOOO, while deputy 
governor, Francis Willoughby was chairman of a committee to procure two 
masts to be sent to England from Massachusetts Bay Colony to be presented "to 
His Majesty by Sir William Warren and (^apt. John Taylor [sec <Si] as a testimony 
of loyalty and affection from ye country." With what gratitude they were re- 
ceived, is shown in Pepys' Diary, when he writes: 

" Dec. I, 1666. There is also the very good news come of four New England ships come home 
safe to Falmouth with masts for the King, which is a hiessing mighty unexpected, and without 
which (if for nothing else) we must have failed the next year."' 

When in the fall of 1666, the Royal Commissioners who were sent by Charles 
II to inquire into the rebellious disposition of the Colonics, demanded that the 
General Court of Massachusetts send to England "five able and meet persons to 
answer for refusing the jurisdiction of his Commissioners the previous year," a long 
debate ensued, in which Willoughby argued thus: 

" If this be allowed, how easily may the King in one year undo all that he hath done; and wc 
must as well consider God's displeasure as the King's, the interest of ourselves and God's things 
as his Majesty's prerogative; for our liberties are of concernment, and to be regarded as to the pre- 
servation ; for if the King may send for me now, and another tomorrow, we are a miserable people." 

The Colony, as we know, returned an evasive answer, and continued to ad- 
minister their affairs under the Royal Charter. 

For all these public services, in this country as well as in England, Francis 
Willoughby was granted by the Court, October 12, 1669, one thousand acres of 
land "in any place that may not prejudice a plantation." He died April 3, 1671, 
and was buried on the 7th, 

"with much ceremony. Noadiah Adams describes the funeral, where eleven foot companies 
were in attendance, 'with the doleful noise of trumpets and drums, in their mourning-posture, three 
thundering volleys of shot discharged, answered with the loud roaring of the great guns rending 
the heavens with noise at the loss of so great a man.'" 

In Rev. Simon Bradstreet's diary it says that: 

"He desired to be buried ten foot deep, and to haue ye top of his graue plain only couercd 
wth ye turfes of ye grasse." 

The inventory of his estate amounting to £4,812. i8s. 7d., included "a Man- 
sion House and Stable and Grounds about the I louse £^^^0 ... in money and 
plate .1C320." An interesting item in the will with reference to Harvard College 
is as follows: 

' Pepyi' Diary (1903), VI, 86. 



146 DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY [82] 

" Now for as much as the College hath been a Society that 1 have had much affection to, and 
desires for the prosperity of, having made it my work to solicit the country in general!, & perticular 
persons to take care thereof in order to the ad vantage of posteritie. It might be expected that I should 
manifest myselfe to be cordial in sume more than the ordinary beneficence: But my estate being 
very uncertaine, as it is abroad in other mens hands, & so not knowing what the Lord may doe 
with it; And a vessel being lost that I had bequeathed to that use: But cheefly considering the back- 
wardness and indisposition that is in the country to consider their owne interest with reference 
to posterity; ... 1 find not any inclination to doe what my heart and soul is free for; Desiring 
the Lord to pardon & forgive that backwardness and indisposition that seemes to appear in the 
generality of persons to so worthy a worke as it is." 

One of the overseers of his will was his cousin and most intimate friend Cap- 
tain Lawrence Hammond, whom his widow later married (3) as his third or fourth 
wife. To quote from Captain Hammond's diary: 

" 1 was marryed in Charlcstowne to Mrs. Margaret Willoughby, widow of Francis Willoughby 
Esq. on ye 8th day of February, 1674/5, who dyed of a feaver on ye 2nd day of February 1682/3. 
By my wife Margaret I had no child." 

Her only living child, Susannah, then nineteen years old, Margaret (Wil- 
loughby) Hammond, entrusted, together with all her property, to her "dear hus- 
band's [Captain Hammond] care and dispose." She left bequests to the poor of 
Charlestown and a large amount to the Free School of the same place. 

Children of Francis and Mary Willoughby 

Jonathan, born in England about 1635; married in December, 1661, "Grizzle Goldesborough 
of St. Gregory's by St. Paul's, Spinster, about twenty-five, daughter of John and Anne 
Goldesborough of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire." He preached at Wethersfield 
from 1664 to 1666, and afterwards at Haddam, Conn., for a short time, and is referred 
to in his father's will as having had a "treble portion" and having wasted it; was 
living in 1677, when he was mentioned in his brother William's will. 

Children of Francis and Sarah (Tailer) Willoughby 

Sarah, born in Charlestown, Mass., baptized June 1 1, 1641; married Samuel Campfield (or 

Canfield), eldest son of Matthew Canfield, of New Haven, Conn. They removed to 

Virginia. 
Hannah, born May 17, 1643; died Sept. 4, 1643. 
Nehemiah, born June 18, 1644; married Jan. 2, 1672, Abigail Bartholomew, daughter of 

Henry Bartholomew; was a merchant in Salem, Mass., and selectman and constable 

there; died Nov. 6, 1702. 
Jerinnah, (or Jeremiah), born July 29, 1647; died young. 
William, born about 1652; died of small-pox Sept. 9, 1677. 

Children of Francis and Margaret (Locke Taylor) Willoughby 

Francis, born Feb. 29, 1659/60, in London; died at sea on the way home from London of 

small-pox, June 15, 1677. 
Nathaniel, died Feb. 6, 1662/3. 
(79) Susannah, born Aug. 19, 1664; married in 1683, Nathaniel Lynde, son of Judge Simon and 

Hannah (Newdigate) Lynde (78); died Feb. 22, 1709/10. 



THE LOCKE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 147 



THH LOCKH FAMILY IN HNGLANl) 

THE Locke family were identified with JVlerton, a small village about 
eight miles from London, in Surrey, England, from very early times, 
perhaps even from 1291. But while they call themselves "of Merton," 
they were mercers of London, and members of that powerful guild. They 
were people of wealth, as we see from their wills, which contain valuable bequests, 
such as: "my bedsteed with fine taffetas silk curtains of a crimson color," "my 
chain of pearl which cost me fourscore pounds," "mine armor complete," "my 
hoop ring with a diamond which I wear," as well as large sums of money and lands.' 
These wills are to be found in Waters' Genealogical Gleaninga, 1225-1234. 

The Mercer's Chapel of St. Thomas of Acre, West Cheape, London, was rich 
with memories of the Locke family, as one descendant after another wills that he 
or she shall be buried there "as nigh" as possible to the family group. It was, un- 
fortunately, destroyed with all its records in the Great Fire of London. 

I 

Thomas Lok. 

2 

Sir William Locke, son of Thomas Lok, was born about i486, and was an 
alderman of London and sheriff in 1548. He was also receiver general of the 
County of Cornwall. 

" In t lie 25th year of I lenry \'l 1 1 ho undertook to go over to Dunkirk an J pull down the pope's 
bull which had been there posted up by way of a curse to the king and kingdom. I'or this exploit 
the king granted him a freehold of /too per annum, dubbed him knight, and made him one of the 
gentlemen of his privy chamber. 'He was,' says Collins, 'particularly employed by Queen Anne 
Bullen privately to gather the Epistles, Gospels and Psalms from beyond sea, in which he ran great 
hazard, some having been secretly made away with for attempting the same thing'."' 

Sir William married (i) Alice Spencer or Elizabeth Spence, by whom 
he had nine children. She died in 1 532; married (2) Catherine Cooke, daughter of 
William Cooke, of Salisbury, who died at the birth of her eleventh child, October 

14, 1537, and was buried at Merton. He married (3) Eleanor ( ) Marsh, 

who died in 1546, when he married (4I Elizabeth ( Hutton) Meredith, 

widow of Robert Meredith (see below), who died November 30, 1 55 1. He died 
between March 15, 1 549, when his will was written, and September 11, 1550, when 
it was proved. He bequeathed to his five sons, "my dwelling house in Bow 
Lane and my house at the Lock in Cheape and my house at the Bell in Cheape, 
with all the shops ... to the intent that they . . . may dwell in ihem and 
keep the retailing shop still in my name to continue there," also a number of 

' " F.lizabeth re-enacted several of the sumptuary laws of Henry V'l II by a prodamalion of 1 565 . . . . 
None but those worth over /loo a year might wear satin, damask, silk camlet or li^ctd.s."— Social England, 
Creighton, III, 389. 

''Family Hhlories and Genealogies, Salisbury, I, 606. 



148 THE LOCKE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

other houses. To his son Thomas "land at Martyn and Wymbilton." "The 
lease of my garden betwixt my five sons to be kept in their hands for all their 
recreations in Grub Street." He was buried in the Mercer's Chapel, West Cheape, 
London, "in the middle of the body of the church where lieth buried my father 
and mother and my first wife." His children by his first wife were: 

William, died in infancy. 

Peter, died in infancy. 

Thomas, see below. 

Richard, died in infancy. 

William, died in infancy. 

Edmund, lived until 1 545. "He died for love of Sir Brian Tuke's daughter," unmarried. 

Philip, died unmarried in 1524. 

Joane, or Jane, married Robert Meredith, and had daughter Mary, from whom descends 
the present earl of Romney. Robert Meredith after her death, married (2) Eliza- 
beth ( ) Hutton, and died; when his widow married (3) Sir William Locke, 

Robert Meredith's father-in-law. 

Matthew, married (i) Elizabeth Baker; married (2) Johan ; died in 1552. 

Sir William Locke's children by his second wife were: 

Dorothy, married probably, Otwell Hill, "citizen and mercer of London," who died in 1543. 

Catherine, married. 

John. 

Alice. 

Thomazin. 

Francis. 

John. 

Elizabeth, married (i) Richard Hill, Mercer, who died in 1568; married (2) Right Rev. 

Nicholas Bullingham, Bishop of Worcester. 
Rose, married (1) Anthony Hickman, of London; married after 1556(2) Simon Throckmorton. 
Michael, married (i) Joane Wilkinson, daughter of William Wilkinson, sheriff of London, 

who died in 1571; married (2) Margery ( ) Adelmare. 

Henry, married Anne Vaugn; died before 1571. 

3 

Thomas Locke, son of Sir William and Alice (Spencer) Locke, was born 
February 8, 15 14/5, married January 19, 1544/5 at St. Peter's, Cheapside, London, 
Mary Long, daughter of Simon and Alice (Huglett)Long, of the Isle of Wight. 
" In 1552 he obtained from King Edward VI a grant of the rectory of Merton which 
remained in the family for about one hundred years, when it was sold." His 
descendants for some generations lived at Merton Abbey while continuing in business 
in London. He died at his London house in Walbrook, and was buried in the 
Mercer's Chapel, October 30, 1556. His will, dated March 21, 1553, and proved 
December 11, 1556, leaves "houses, lands etc in the city of London and the 
Suburbs and in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey." His wife to have, among 
other property, "my best ring of gold set with a diamond that was my father's." 



THE LUCKli 1 AMILY IN ENGLAND 149 

His widow, Mary (Long) LocKii, married (2) Dr. Owen, married (3) Sir Wii.i.iam 
ALLtN, Knt., Lord Mayor ot London, licr son MArniLw'b lalhcr-in-law. I iiomas 
Locke's children were: 

William. 

Rowland. 

Mai iHLW, see below. 

Thomas, died between 1553 and 1556. 

Mary. 

John, born after 1 552. 

Anne, born al'tir 1553. 

Matthlw Locke, son of Thomas and Mary (Long) Locke, was born about 
1558 and succeeded to the estate of Merton on the death of his brothers. He 
married Margaret Allen, third daughter of his step-father. Sir William and his 
first wife, Joan (Daborne) Allen. Sir William Allen was the son of William 
Allen, citizen and poulterer of London. He was sheriff in 1562/3, and Lord 
Mayor in 1571/2. 

"He was at first free of the Leatherscllcrs, afterwards a Mercer. And dwelled when he was 
sherifT in Bow-Lane; when he was Maior in Towcr-strete. But buried at St. Botulphcs without 
Bishopgate, in which parish he was born."' 

Matthew Locke died in June, 1599, and was buried in the Mercer's Chapel, 
London. In his will among bequests of land at Dowgate, in the Vintry and 
in Stepney, he left "To my son William my free land at shore ditch, now in the 
tenure of Humfrey Bigges," a legacy to "Mr. Gaily, my curate" and "To my 
good friend Serg' Muschampe ten pounds to buy a gelding." His wife Mar- 
garet married (2) Sir Thomas Muschampe, Knt., whom she survived, dying 
August 25, 1624. She was buried with her first husband. His children were: 

Thomas, who succeeded to the estate at Merton, which he sold in 1646; married Jane 

and died in 1656/7. 
Robert, married Elizabeth ; succeeded to the business in London, and died there. 

He was buried at St. Alphege, Sept. q, 1625, "a good parishioner." 
Francis, probably died Nov. 3, 1620. 
(83) William, married Susanna Cole, daughter of Roglr and Anne (Maister) Cole; lived 

at Wimbledon, where he died in 1664. 
Mary, married Edward Thrille and died in March, 1637. She bequeathed to her sister-in-law 

Susanna (Cole) Locke, "my satin gown and my crimson velvet petticoat," and 

to her niece, Hannah Locke " my Turkey tannett petticoat and waistcoat and 

my orange colored satin damask petticoat." 
Elizabeth, died unmarried before 1623. 
Anne, died unmarried, between April 13 and May 23, 1623, and was buried in the Mercer's 

Chapel. 

' Family Histories and Cenealogies, Salisbury, I, 6i ^. 



I50 WILLIAM LOCKE [83] 

[83] WILLIAM LOCKE [....-1664] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SUSANNA COLE [....-.. ..] 

OF WIMBLEDON, SURREY, ENGLAND 

WILLIAM LOCKE was a son of Matthew and Margaret (Allen) 
Locke, of Merton Abbey, Surrey. He married Susanna Cole, one 
of the daughters and co-heirs of Roger and Anne (Maister) Cole, 
of St. Savior's, Southwark, Surrey. They lived for a time at Merton 
and afterwards went to Wimbledon, where his condition was "that of a country 
gentleman in comfortable circumstances." His will, made June lo, 1661, was 
proved June 7, 1664, by his widow Susanna, who was the executrix. She was 
still living in 1670, when she proved the will of her daughter Jane. 

Children of William and Susanna (Cole) Locke 

Thomas, was living March 18, 1669/70, with two children, Henry and Susanna. 

Mary, died young. 

Hannah, married before 1661, Thomas Bragne. Both were living in 1669. 

Susanna, married at Wimbledon, Oct. 8, 1657, as his second wife, Rev. James Stephenson, 

the Puritan Vicar of Martock, Somerset. She was buried at Martock, April 25, 1662. 

(82) Margaret, married (i) at Clapham, Surrey, Aug. 8, 1654, Daniel Taylor, of London, 

who died in April, 1655, married (2) Francis Willoughby, son of Colonel William 

and Elizabeth ( ) Willoughby (81), of Portsmouth, England, who died 

April 3, 1671 ; married (3) in New England, Feb. 8, 1674/5, Captain Lawrence Ham- 
mond, of Charlestown, Mass. She died Feb. 2, 1682/3. 

Elizabeth, unmarried at the date of her sister Margaret's will in 1680. 

Sarah, unmarried in 1661 ; probably died before March 19, 1669/70, as she was not mentioned 
in her sister Jane's will. 

Jane, died unmarried in 1670; her will, dated Wimbledon, March 19, 1669/70, was proved 
Oct. 25, 1670. 

THE COLE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

THE ancestry of Roger Cole, father of Susanna Cole (83), is carried, in the 
Visitations of Surrey, back to the early part of the sixteenth century, and 
in the Family Histories and Genealogies, Mrs. Salisbury traces it to 1243. 
It is an interesting fact that all the wills found in Waters' Genealogical 
Gleanings (from which we take a number of details about the family) indicate that 
the Cole family as well as the Lockes, were among the supporters of the Reformed 
religion, as in no case do they make any bequests for masses to be said for the repose 
of their souls. They do not seem to have been people of special wealth, and many 
are designated as yeomen, but none except John were engaged in mercantile pur- 



THE COLE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 



isi 



suits. In these wills there is loss picturesque color of satin, velvet and jewels than 

in those of the Lockes, but a liberal devising of houses and lands. The descent is 

as follows: 

I 

William Cole, of Hittesleigh, Devon, living in 1243, whose heir was 

2 

Roger Cole, of Coleton, Chulmleigh, Devon, whose son and heir was 

3 
Roger Cole, whose son and heir was 

4 

John Cole, of Devon and Cornwall, described as "de Tamer, Man-at-Arms," 
whose son and heir was 

Sir John Cole, Knt., of Bri.xham, married Anne Bodrigan, daughter of Sir 
Nicholas Bodrigan, of Cornwall. His son was 

6 

Sir William Cole, Knt., married Margaret Beaupell, daughter of Sir 
Henry Beaupell, Knt. Their son was 

7 

Sir John Cole, married Agnes Fitzwarine, daughter of Sir FiTZ- 

WARiNE. Their third son was q 

William Cole, whose younger son was 

William Cole, whose son was 

10 

John Cole, "marchauntma," married Elizabeth Martyn, daughter of 
John Martyn. He was of Sudbury, Suffolk, and owned houses there. Their 
nine children were as follows: 

Martyn, married Elianor Hancock. He died between Aug. Q and Oct. 29, i 588, leaving a be- 
quest to "the poor of Sudbury, viz., the halt, lame, blind, sick and such others as be 
comfortless. I will that upon the day of my funeral, when the people are gathered 
together, some learned man shall make a sermon unto them and 1 do give unto him, 
for his pains in that good exercise taken, si,\ shillings and eight pence." 

William, see below. 

Robert, Richard, Mary, Thomas, Giles, John, I'.dwartl. 

I I 
William Cole, son of John and Flizabf.th (Martyn) Cole, married (i) a 



152 THE COLE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

Spanish lady, Catalina De Gallegos, daughter of Ferdinando De Gallegos. 
She died and he married (2) Elizabeth Russham, daughter of Thomas and Thom- 
asine Russham. Thomas Russham was an Alderman of Sudbury and a man of 
some means. He bequeathed to his daughter "my other bowl of silver and three 
silver spoons and ten pounds in money. To William Cole her husband my black 
gown faced with budge." ' 

William Cole died between October 17 and January 9, 1588, O. S. His 
children by his first wife were: 

Robert, married Anna Cooke of Kersey, Suffolk. 
Roger, see below. 

His children by his second wife were: 

John, married Temperance Heywood (?), and died in 1620. 

Martyn. 

William. 

Ellen. 

Parnell, married Fettiplace, and was a widow before 1620 

Edward. 

Jeffrey. 

Mary married Anthony Thomas. 

Roger Cole, second son of William and Catalina (De Gallegos) Cole, 
lived in the parish of St. Savior, Southwark. He married Anne Maister, daughter 

of and Magdalen Maister of Rotherhithe, Surrey. Magdalen Mais- 

ter's will was proved January 18, 1614, and we note that she signed it with a 
mark, the only case of the kind in the Locke and Cole family connection. She 
gave to her daughter Anne Cole ;^i6o, and after specific bequests to the 

"Poor sisters of the Trinity House in Deptford . . . the poor in the Clink Liberty in St. 
Savior's' . . . every poor widow in Reddrith, [she leaves the residue of her estate and goods] To my 
son Olave Maister, one of his Majesty's yeoman warders of the Tower of London [and] my said son 
and daughter Roger Cole and Anne." 

Roger Cole, Gent., was one of the proctors of the court of Arches.' He was 
a man of some wealth, as appears from his brother John's will, in which, after be- 
queathing to Roger and his daughters five pounds apiece, he says 

"Hoping that they being in so good case to live in, in this age, and the blessing of Riches 
being upon them more than upon the others of my kin, they will take in good part this poor gift and 
legacy given them by me." 

' " Budge, lambskin dressed with the wool outward, much used 'in the Elizabethan era . . . as an in- 
expensive fur for the edging of garments." — Century Dictionary. 

'The Clink Liberty was an outskirt on the Southwark side. "In one way or another, the Liberties or 
skirts of London, all around the walls, had filled up with a comparatively poor and often vicious class, living in 
mean tenements who 'must Jive by begging or of worse means.' " — Social England, C. Creighton, 111, 373. 

' "A staircase in the porch [of St. Mary Le Bow] leads to the Norman Crypt which was used by Wren as a 
support for his church. Some of the columns have been partially walled up to strengthen the upper building, but 
the crypt is of great extent, and in one part the noble Norman pillars are seen in their full beauty, with the arches 
above, which have given the name of 'Court of Arches' to the highest ecclesiastical court belonging to the Arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, which formerly met in the vestry of this church." — iValks tn London, A. J. C. Hare, 1, 232. 



THE COLE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 153 

Rocr.R Coi.n died before May 3, 1628, at which date his will was proved. In 
this will ho leaves most of his estate to his wife Anni; for her life, to revert to his 
daughter Susan Locke, with a house to be divided between the other two daughters 

and some small legacies. Their children were: 

R(>{;i.'r. 

John. 

Elizabeth, married (1) William Oland, proctor of the C.ivil Law, married (2) William Ays- 
cough, Register of the Q)Urt of Audience to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
(83) Susanna, married William Locke, son of Matthi;w and Margarf.t (Allkn) LocKt, of 
Wimbledon, Surrey. 

Catalina, married John Johnson. 

[84I REINOLD MARVIN [....-1662] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND LYME, CONN. 

THE ancestry and English home of Reinold Marvin have not been ascer- 
tained, although Mrs. Salisbury has made every effort in that direction. 
A Matthew Marvin, Husbandman, who may have been Reinold's 
brother, came over in the "Increase," April 15, 1635, and was an original 
proprietor in Hartford, and a somewhat important citizen. But nothing is 
known of Reinold and his family until we find him mentioned in the Hartford 
Records as a member of the First Church, before 1639. He was a married man 
when he emigrated, but we know only the first name, "Mary," of his wife. 

In The Memorial History of Hartford County, by President Porter, he is 
spoken of as a land owner at Farmington, but he is not known to have lived there, 
although he built a house, described as "new" when he sold it to John Warner. 
He was made a freeman at Lyme, May 20, 1658, and owned property on both sides 
of the river, living in Lyme. 

The name of Reinold Marvin is frequently mentioned in the Colonial Re- 
cords of Connecticut, but it is not always easy to tell which Reinold is referred to. 
The following entries undoubtedly refer to Reinold the elder, when he and his 
son-in-law, William Waller, in 1660, had trouble with a man named Parker about 
some "jades" (horses) which were claimed by the "country." Matthew Gris- 
woLD (124) was also mixed up in the affair adversely to Reinold Marvin. The 
Court ordered Reinold Marvin to surrender the horses, but he refused, and insisted 
that the claim was unjust. The records read: 

"Oct. 4lh 1660. This court iloc furtiier order the Secretary to send downe summons to Rey- 
nold Marvin Sen' to appear at the Perticuler Court in March next, to answer both for loosing the 
mare into ye woods, and likewise for disposeing of any of those horses wch ye Court had ordered 
to be marked for ye Countrey, and likewise to prohibit him for mediing any more with those horses. 



154 REINOLD MARVIN [84] 

May 16 1661. This Court approves of ye returne of ye Committee respecting Math. Griswold and 
Renold Marvin and confirm their determination about the Horses. This Court grants that the one 
half of ye horses in controversy shalbe devided twixt Math. Griswold and Reynold Marvin equally, 
and ye other half the Court ord'' to be to ye Countrey. And its ordered that ye said company of 
horses shalbe lookd up by Marvin, and that Rob' Chapman, John Clark Sen^ Math. Griswold and 
Reynold Marvin shal sell the Horses to make paym' and distribution according to this Order. 
Goodm" Marvin is to see ye Horses brought in that soe this order may be effected. And ye value 
of what has bin sold is to come into this distribution. And this is to issue that controversy. 
Oct. 3 1661. Rob' Chapman and John Clark Sen'' are appointed to require Reynold Marvin and 
Math. Griswold to bring in ye horses soe ordered for ye countrey, and to require ye pay for what 
are sold, and this to be effected by ye first of December next, and to inquire after ye number of 
them, and to make returne to ye Court in Decemb"' what is done herein. March 1 1 1662/3. This 
Court doth order the Marshall to goe downe to Sea Brook, and to destrein the sum of Fifty pounds 
of the estate of Reynold Marvin, for y' wc'' ye Countrey should have receaved of the said Reynold 
for horses that he was ordered to seek up to be sold, and for neglect in attending their ord' herein. 
May 14, 1663. This Court ordered that William Waller as Renol Marvens Agent, should be al- 
lowed one quarter part of this bill of 50I. as his part of the horses, and .Math. Griswold is not to 
trouble W" Waller or Renol Marven, for any part of those horses for which the bill is made." 

Reinold Marvin died at Lyme between May 23, the date of his will, and 
October 28, 1662, the date of the inventory. It is evident from the will that his 
wife died before he did, as he gives "wearing cloathes and linen belonging to her 
... to my daughter Mare's dispose." He also wills that "unto each of my 
Grandchildren there be provided and given a Bible as soon [as they are] capeable 
useing of them." The will is badly torn. The inventory includes live stock, 
lands, a house, "2 guns & 2 swords, a Pillion, A silver spoon, 2 brushes, an hower 
glasse & a looking glasse." 

Children of Reinold and Mary ( ) Marvin 

Mary, married Lieutenant William Waller, who came from Salem, Mass. They lived in 
Lyme, and he was ensign in 1661, lieutenant in 1671, and representative in 1665. 

(85) Reinold, born about 1633 or 1634; married (1) Mary ,who died in 1661; married (2) 

about 1663, Sarah Clark, daughter of George and Sarah (—— — ) Clark, of 
Milford, Conn. (88). He died in 1676. 



[85] LIEUTENANT REINOLD MARVIN [1633-1676] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH CLARK [. . . .-1715] 

OF ENGLAND AND LYME, CONN. 

LIEUTENANT REINOLD MARVIN was probably only a babe a year or 
two old when he came from England with his father and mother, Rein- 
old and Mary ( ) Marvin (84). His early life was spent in Hart- 
ford, and with his parents he went to Lyme, and was made freeman 
there in 1658, on the same day with his father. 



LIIiUTLNANT RI-1N()1,1J MAKVIN [85] 155 

lie married (i) Mary , by whom he had no children. She died in 

1661 "under circumstances which led some to think she had been bewitched." 

He married (2) about 1663, Sarah C.i.ark, daughter of George and Sarah ( ) 

Clark (88), of Milford, I-'airlield County, Conn. The date of her birth is not 
known, but she was baptized in 1644. 

After his father's death in 1044, Lieutenant Kiinoid inheriled his estate, 
and became one of the largest land owners in Lyme. He was prominent in town 
affairs, and representative to the General Court in 1670, and from 1672 until his 
death in 1676. In 1666 he was one of the committee to set off the new town of 
Lyme from Saybrook. On February 13th of the same year: 

"Ihc two divisions of Saybrook made a 'loving parting,' and the names of Rf.inold Marvin 

the secoiui, .itui Ills brothcr-in-I.iw \\'.illcr wore two of the six signed to the parting covenant for 
Lyme. "' 

He with .Wamhlw Griswold (124), attested the first land records after the 
separation. 

At the same time (1661) that Waller was appointed ensign, Reinoi.d Marvin 
was made "Sergeant of ye Band at Seabrook," and he soon became lieutenant, 
by which title he is generally referred to, as it distinguishes him from his father, 
the first Reinoi.i"), and his son "Lyme's Captain." 

He died in 1676, and was buried in Duck-River Burying-Ground. 

" I believe there is no stone there with an earlier date. His grave is placed, somewhat singu- 
lari\', nearly at right angles with all the others about it, except that of his widow, and the grave 
of her second husband which is between the two."' 

His widow, Sarah, married (2) February 12, 1678, as his second wife, Cap- 
tain Joseph Sill, the Indian fighter, and by him had several children. She died 
in 1715 or 1716. 

Children of Lieutenant Reinold and Sarah (Clark) Marvin 

(86) John, born in 1664/5; married May 7, 1691, Sarah Graham, daughter of Henry and Mary 
Graham (qo); died in Lyme, Dec. 11, 1711. 
Mary, born in 1666; married (1) Richard Ely, of Saybrook; married (2) June 6, 1699, Cap- 
tain Daniel Starling (Sterling). 
Reinold, known as Captain Reinold, born in 1669; married (1) in 1695 or 1696, Phoebe 
Lee, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and .Mary (DeW'olfe) Lee. and granddaughter 
of Thomas and I'hoebe (Browne) Lee (76); married (2) in 1708, .Martha Waterman, 
daughter of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman. He must have had some 
military service, as on the town records he is called "Capt. Reinold." He died 
Oct. 18, 1737. The epitaph on his tombstone in the Duck-River BOrying-Ground, 
is as follows: 

' Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, III, 113. 
'Ibid., Ill, 114. 



,56 LIEUTENANT REINOLD MARVIN [85] 

"This Deacon 
Aged 68 
Aged 68 ferving 

Is Freed on earth from 
May for a Crown no longer wait 
Lyme's Captain 
Renold Marvin" 

Samuel, known as " Deacon," born in 1671 ; married May 5, 1699, Susannah Graham, daugh- 
ter of Henry and Mary Graham (90), a younger sister of his brother John's wife. 
He was representative to the General Court in 171 1 and 1722; died at Lyme, March 
15 (or May), 1743. 

Sarah, perhaps born in 1673; or possibly a daughter by the first wife.' 

[86] JOHN MARVIN [1665-1711] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH GRAHAM [1670-1760] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

JOHN MARVIN, son of Lieutenant Reinold and Sarah (Clark) Marvin (85), 
was born in 1664/5, ^nd was but ten or eleven years old when his father died. 
At the age of twenty-six, he married, May 7, 1691, Sarah Graham, daugh- 
ter of Henry and Mary Graham (or Grihmes) (90), who was born in 1670. 
He settled down as a farmer on his lands at Grassy Hill, Lyme. His 

"estate as given in lists of the time when the people of Lyme were taxed by Gov. Andros, 
shows that as a young man he was in prosperous circumstances, and was in the upper half of the 
rate-payers."^ 

He does not appear to have taken the same interest in public aflfairs that the 
older generations of his family had done. 

He died at Lyme, December 11, 171 1, aged forty-seven, and was buried in 
the Duck River Burying-ground, with the rest of his family. The inventory of 
his estate, mostly in land, was £691 8s. 6d. 

His widow Sarah married (2) Mr. Samuel Sears, of Lyme, whom she sur- 
vived. She died December 14, 1760, and was buried by her first husband. 

Children of John and Sarah (Graham) Marvin 

, a daughter, born April 12, 1692; died young. 

Sarah, born Feb. 28, 1694; married (i) John Lay, son of John Lay, Sen. (93), and Abigail 

( ), his second wife; married (2) Dec. 23, 1725, her cousin Deacon Reinold 

Marvin, son of Captain Reinold and Phoebe (Lee) Marvin. 
Mary, born July 23, 1696; married Samuel Smith, probably son of Samuel Smith, of Farm- 

ington. Conn. 

'■ Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, III, 117, Note. 
' Ibid., 1 19. 



JOHN MAKVIN [86J 157 

John, horn Aug. q, 1698; married 1 cb. 24, 1726, Mcliitahlo Champion. 

Elizabeth, born Nov. 23, 1701 ; married Dec. 28, 1727. John Tinker, 
(87) JosuPH, born June 16, 1703; married May 28, 1730, Janf. Lay, daughter of John and Jo- 
hanna Lay (04); died April 7, 1791. 

Benjamin, born jWarcli 14, 1706; married Nov. 1 1, 1742, Deborah Mather, daughter of Sam- 
uel and Deborah (Champion) Mather; died Jan. 21, 1775. 

Mehitable, born Sept. 12, 1709. 

Jemima, born July 20, 171 1; married Jan. 25, 1732, William Peck, son of Samuel and Lliza- 
beth (Lee) Peck, and grandson of Joseph and Sarah Peck (106). 

I87I JOSEPH MARVIN [\70}-\']l)\] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JANE LAY [1706-1795] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

JOSEPH MARVIN, son of John and Sarah (Graham) Marvin (86), was born 

I June 16, 1703, in Lyme. He was but eight years old when his father died, 

I and when of age he inherited and lived upon his portion of the estate. Like 

J his father he seems to have been content to hve quietly and comfortably 

in Lyme, as a farmer. 

At the age of twenty-seven, Joseph married, on May 28, 1730, Jane Lay, 
daughter of John and Johanna ( — — — ) Lay (94), of Lyme, who was born in 
1706. He died April 7, 1791, aged eighty-eight, and was buried in the old bury- 
ing-ground on Meeting House Hill. His widow Jane died four years later, Octo- 
ber 21, 1795, aged eighty-nine. 

Children of Joshph ano Janr (Lay) Marvin 

(71) Hepzibah, born March 11, 1731, married March 31, 1749, Captain Enoch Lord, son of 
Richard and Elizabeth (Lynde) Lord (70). She died Oct. 19, 1813. 
several other children who died in infancy. 

[88] GEORGE CLARK [....-1690] 

and his wife 
SARAH [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND MILFORD, CONN. 

OUR first record of George Clark is as one of the original proprietors of 
Milford, Conn., in 1639, and, as Hinman says, "one of its most re- 
spectable citizens." He is called in the Milford records "George Clark 
Junior," or "George Clark farmer," to distinguish him from "George 
Clark carpenter and deacon," whose son Samuel, his daughter Mary married. 



158 GEORGE CLARK [88] 

He was evidently a young man, not long married, when he came from 
England with his wife Sarah ( ) and one child John, as he lived fifty- 
one years in this country. They probably went directly to Connecticut, following 
his brother John Clark, who came from Cambridge, Mass., to Hartford, Conn., 
with Hooker's company, in 1636. It is thought that another brother, Daniel 
Clark, who was in Windsor, Conn., in 1639, may have come from England with 
George. 

George Clark was a deputy from Milford to the General Court of Connecti- 
cut and New Haven eight times between 1666 and 1676. in the records he is desig- 
nated as "Mr. George Clark." 

He died in 1690 at Milford, and Savage says he " left a good estate." Sarah, 
his wife, survived him, but the date of her death is not known. On the handsome 
stone bridge in Milford, erected August 28, 1889, to celebrate the 250th anniversary 
of its settlement, is carved the names of the earliest settlers, among which are 
"George Clark and Sarah his wife." 

George Clark mentions in his will his three brothers, John, Edward, 
and Daniel. Of these, Edward had apparently remained in England, and had 
left a legacy of one hundred pounds to George's children some years before. 
John is supposed to be Mr. John Clark, of Hartford, who was one of the 
most influential settlers in the colony. He was a soldier in one of the battles 
with the Pequots in 1637, one of the patentees of the Royal Charter in 1662, and 
deputy almost continuously from 1641 to 1665. The brother Daniel may pro- 
bably have been the Hon. Daniel Clark, who as a boy came to Windsor, Conn., 
about 1639, with his uncle Rev. Ephraim Huit, and was the second husband 
of Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott, widow of Simon Wolcott, son of Henry Wolcott 
(126). 

Children of George and Sarah ( ) Clark 

John, born in England before 1639; was admitted to the Church of Milford, Conn., in 1673, 
and was either unmarried or childless when his father died, as the estate was left 
to "my Grand Child Samuel! Clark" in default of heirs of John. 

Hannah, born in Milford in 1640; married in 1660, John Piatt, son of Richard Piatt. 

Ruth, baptized in Milford, in 1642; married (i) Thomas Fitch, son of Thomas Fitch; mar- 
ried (2) John Plumb; married (3) John Wheeler, of Woodbury, Conn. 
(85) Sarah, baptized in 1644; married (i) Lieutenant Reinold Marvin, son of Reinold and 

Marv ( ) Marvin (84), who died in 1676; married (2) Feb. 12, 1678, as his 

second wife, Captain Joseph Sill, of Cambridge, Mass., afterwards of Lyme, Conn.; 
and died in 1715 or 1716. 

Rebecca, baptized in 1646; married — — Browne. 

Mary, baptized in 165 1; married in 1673, Samuel Clark, son of Deacon George Clark. 

Abigail, baptized Feb. 5, 1653/4; married, probably about 1673, Rev. Abraham Pierson, 
Rector of Yale College; died in Killingworth, March 15, 1726/7. 

Elizabeth, baptized in 1656; and probably died young, as she is not mentioned in her father's 
will. 



HENRY GRAHAM [90] 159 



|c)()| HI'NRY GRAHAM [....-1684] 

AND HIS WII-E 

MARY [....-1685] 

OF ENGLAND AND HARTFORD, CONN. 

HENR^' (jRAHAM'S ancestry has not, to my knowledge, been looked up, 
and it would be an interesting study. From the phonetic spelling in 
the records, where it is written "Grhimes," it suggests the royalist 
Border family of Esk and Netherby in Cumberland, in their wills we 
find it spelled Gralime. There is a suggestion of relationship in the name of 
Susanna, one of Hf.nry Graham's daughters, to the Ranald Grahme.of Nunington, 
\'orkshire, and London, England, whose wife was Susanna, daughter of Sir Wil- 
liam Washington. No mention, however, is made in these wills of any member of 
the family who had crossed the Atlantic, and they are dated at just about the time 
of Henry Graham's life in this country. 

The first known of him is when he lived in Hartford, C^onn., where he was 

chimney-viewer or fire-warden. He married, probably about i66i,Mary , 

by whom he had several children. He lived south of Little River, in 1 lartford, was 
surveyor of highways in 1662, and made freeman there in 1667. 

He died in 1684, leaving a good estate for that time, amounting to ;£745. 
His widow Mary survived him, but died the ne.xt year, 1685. In her will she pro- 
vided for the education and upbringing of her three daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, 
and Susanna, by asking her brothers Benjamin, and Joseph, to take two, and her 
friend John Watson the third. 

Children of Henry and Mary ( ) Graham 

Benjamin, horn in 1662; married (1) in 1684, Abigail Humphrey, daughter of Michael and 
Priscilia (Grant) Humphrey, of Windsor; married (2) in i6g8, Sarah (Mygatt) Web- 
ster, widow of John Webster and daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Whiting) Mygatt; 
lived in Hartford, and was lieutenant; died there in 1725. 

John, horn in 1665. 

Joseph, born in 1667. 

Mary, horn in 1668. 
(86) Sarah, horn in 1670; married (i) May 7, 1691, John Marvin, son of Lieutenant Reinoi.d 
and Sarah (Clark) Marvin (85), who died Dec. 11, 171 1 ; married (2) Mr. Richard 
Sears, whom she survived, dying Dec. 14, 1760, aged ninety-one. 

Elizabeth, horn in 1674. 

Susanna, born in 1677; married May 5, 1699, Deacon Samuel Marvin, son of Lieutenant 
Reinold and Sarah (Clark) Marvin (85), brother of her sister Sarah's husband. 
She outlived her husband, and died after 1743. 
Rebecca, born in 1680. 



i6o JOHN LAY [93] 

[93] JOHN LAY [....-1675] 

OF ENGLAND AND LYME, CONN. 

T OHN LAY, commonly called "John Lay, Sr.," emigrated to New England 
I in.or prior to, 1648, and was in Saybrook,on the east side of the "Great River," 
I afterwards called Lyme, in that year. John Lay spelled his name as above, 
J but it is supposed by many that it is identical with Laigh, Leigh or Lee. 

He married (i), probably before, or soon after, coming to this country, but 
the name of his wife is unknown. By her he had three children. 

He married (2) Abigail , by whom he had five children. The fact 

that the eldest sons of both wives were named John has caused some confusion, 
but the practice was not an unusual one at that time. 

John Lay, Sr., died at Lyme, January 18, 1674/5. In his will, made two 
days before his death, he calls himself "aged." He mentions his "dear and loving 
wife Abigail," his son "John that 1 had by a former wife," " Jeams," his daughters 
"Abigail," Susanna and Elizabeth, and his sons "Petter and John whom 1 had by 
my present wife." His will was witnessed by Rev. Moses Noyes, of Lyme, a son 
of Rev. James Noyes (2), of Newbury, Matthew Griswold (124), and Reinold 
Marvin (84). His wife Abigail died in 1686. 

Children of John and Lay 

(94) John, married (i) Sarah; married (2) May 26, 1686, Johanna ; died Jan. 25, 171 1/12. 

James, died about 1683. 

Sarah, married (1) ; married (2) Dec. 3, 1696, Nathaniel Clark, who subsequently 

married Martha ( ) De Wolf. 

Children of John and Abigail ( ) Lay 

John, born Sept. 21, 1670; married Sarah Marvin, daughter of John and Sarah (Graham) 
Marvin (86). After his death she married (2) her cousin Deacon Reinold Marvin. 
John's will was probated in 1723. 
Peter, mentioned in his father's will. 
Abigail, married Aug. 3, 1687, William Worman. 
Susanna, mentioned in her father's will. 
Elizabeth, mentioned also in her father's will. 

[94] JOHN LAY, JR. [....-17 12] 

and his wife 
JOHANNA [....-....] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

OHN LAY, Jr., son of John and Lay, was probably a native of Eng- 
land. As his first child was born in January, 1664/5, '^ is supposed that 
his own birth occurred before 1644. He married (i) Sarah , prob- 
ably about 1663/4, by whom he had nine children. 
In the Great Swamp Fight, December 19, 1675, he was badly wounded and 



J 



JOHN LAV [.>,] i6i 

carried to Newport or Portsmouth, with the troops under commantl of Major 
Cranston. Mrs. Abigail Lay, his step-motlier, tiled a petition with the General 
Court of Connecticut, May, 1676, asking for relief, saying that: 

" Her son having been impressed in the country's service, was wounded at the Swamp Tight 
in Dec. 1675. He had been conveyed to Rhode Island and remained there with Major Cranston 
until his wounds were cured; and he was now desirous to return home, but was without money 
to satisfy the charge for his board and expenses. [Ihe court ordered the Treasurer to) send to 
Captaine Cranston the thankes of this Court for his care and paynes about o' wounded men, and 
to desire him to release the sayd Lays sonn that he may com home ... to send him [Major Cran- 
ston] a barcll of oate meale and forty bushelis of Indian corn in part of pay, and to desire him to 
send acco' of what is due to him, &c." 

After his return to Lyme he was known as the "Drummer," as he was as- 
signed to call the people to worship, and probably by drumming to give the 

alarm in case of danger. He married (2) May 26, 1686, Johanna , by 

whom he had six children. 

John Lay, Jr., died at Lyme, January 25, 171 1/12. 

Children of John and Sarah Lay 

Sarah, born Feb. 4, 1664/5; married Nov. 12, 1682, Simon DeWolf, son of Balthazar and 
Alice DeWolf. 

Rebeckah, born Sept. 9, 1666; married (1) Sage; married (2) in 1686, Daniel Ray- 
mond, of Lyme. 

Edward, born Jan. 26, 1668; married Mary , and died in 1758. 

Catherine, born Feb. 1 1, 1671/2; married ,'\ug. 18, 1690, Deacon Jonathan Copp. 

Abigail, born Sept. 9, 1673; married in 1692, Thomas Baldwin. 

Marah, born March 21, 1678. 

Flizabeth, born Dec. 18, 1681 ; married before 1699, Samuel Tubbs. 

John, born March 25, 1683; died young. 

Phoebe, born Jan. 13, 1684/5. 

Children of John and Johanna ( ) Lay 

Johanna, born Oct. 8, 1687. 

John, born Oct. 4, 1692; married (i) Jan. 27, 1736/7, Sarah (or Hannah) Lee; married (2) 

Mary Lewis; died April 14, 1788. 
Joseph, born in 1702; married Feb. 5, 1734, Mercy (or Mary) Deeming, daughter of David 

Deeming; died in 1797. 
(87) Jane, born in 1706; married May 28, 1730, Joseph, son of John and Sarah (Graha.m) 

Marvin (86); died Oct. 21, 1795. 
Mary, married June i, 1726, Joseph Robbins. 
Robert, born in 171 1 ; married in 1739, Lydia Tinker: died Feb. 3, 1792. 



GRIFFIN ANCESTRY 

OF 

PHOEBE GRIFFIN LORD 

[7] 



[loo] JASPER GRIFFING [1648-1718] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH [1652-1699] 

OF WALES, AND SOUTHOLD, L. I. 

THE Griffing (or Griffin) family are of Welsh origin, and a large number 
of them emigrated to Virginia. We know nothing of Jasper Griffing's 
antecedents, but suppose him to be also from Wales, and that he came 
to this country while quite young. He appears first in Essex County, 
Mass., in 1670, when he was twenty-one, and four years later, in 1674, at Marblehead, 

Mass., when he probably married Hannah , of " Manchester, N. E.," 

undoubtedly Mass. About 1675, he and his wife settled in Southold, L. I., where 
they remained. 

In 1683 he was rated for a tax on ;£i 11 in Southold. He was commissioned 
lieutenant of a Militia Company in 1693, and later was made major. Two cannon 
were mounted on his farm, near the banks of the Sound, and with them salutes were 
fired on holidays. 

He was a farmer, and also had the trade of mason, as he was so called in a 
deed in 1680. In a deposition made by him March 5, 1710/11, he speaks of himself 
as "aged about sixty-four years." 

He died at Southold, April 7, 1718, aged seventy. His wife, Hannah, died 
before him, April 20, 1699, and the inscription on her tombstone is as follows: 

"Here lyeth the body of Hannah Griffing wife of Jasper Griffing, born at Manchester N. E. 
aged 46 years and 8 months, and was the mother of 18 children and departed this life in Southold 
the 20th day of April 1699." 

Children of Jasper and Hannah ( ) Griffing' 

(loi) Jasper, born in 1675; married April 29, 1696, Ruth Peck, daughter of Joseph and Sarah 
Peck (106); died in 1728. 
John, settled in Riverhead, L. I., and was drowned in 1741. 

Edward, married (i) Irene — , who died Nov. 8, 1716; married (2) Oct. i, 1717, Sarah 

Meeker, of Southold, L. I. 

,. ,. . '^^ have only record of four sons and one daughter of the eighteen children. Some of them probably 
died in infancy. r / 



JASPER GRIPPING [loo] ,63 

Susanna, married Oct. 4. 1704, Joseph Peck, Jr., son of Joseph and Sarah Pf.ck (106) 

lirolher of her sisler-in-law, Ruth I'eck. 
Robert, born in 1687; married (1) Susanna ; married (2) in 1708, Lydia Kirtiand, 

daughter of Lieutenant John and Lydia (Pratt) Kirtiand, of Saybro<>i<. lie was a 

bricklayer, and died at the old homestead, March 28, 1729. His widow married (2) 

in 1732, Joseph Conkling. 

[101] JASPHR GRIFFING, JR. [107.-1728! 

AND HIS WIFE 

RUTH PECK [1676-....] 

OF SOUTHOLD, I.. I., AND LYME, CONN. 

JASPER GRIPPING, son of Jasper and Hannah ( ) Griffing (ioo), 
was born in 1675, at Southold, L. I., where he probably learned his trade of 
cordwainer (shoemaker). He married at Lyme, April 29, 1696, Ruth 
Peck, daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( ) Peck (106), who was born 

August 19, 1676. Not long after he bought land in Lyme, and settled there. 

In the Southold records we find a deed of lands at Wading River, dated 
April H), 1706, given by Jasper Griffing, Jr., cordwainer, and on June 21, 1718, 
another by him to his brother, " Robert Griffmg bricklayer," of land at Southold, 
L. I. The latter piece was evidently what he had inherited from his father. 

He died at Lyme before November 12, 1728,' when Rum Griffing, his widow, 
and Jasper, his son, were appointed administrators of his estate. The inventory 
amounted to £4jg. 19s. 1 id., which indicates that his trade as shoemaker was not 
his principal occupation, but that he was also a successful farmer. On December 
24, 1728, Joseph, Lemuel, Samuel, and Nathan GrifTmg of Lyme "discharge our 
brother Jasper Griffing of Lyme from all claim in estate of our honored father 
Jasper Griffing, late of Lyme deceased. " = 

The date of the widow's death is not known. 

Children of Jasper and Ruth (Peck) Griffing 

Jasper, born Jan. 28, 1698; married Jan. 7, 1725, Mary Reed; lived at Lyme, where he died 

in 1783. 
Ruth, born Dec. 28, 1699. 
Hannah, born Feb. 26, 1700. 
Sarah, born April 13, 1702. 
Joseph, born May 6, 1704. 
(102) Lemuel, born March 23, 1706/7; married Phoebe Comstock, daughter of Willia.m and 

Naomi (Niles) Comstock (no); lived at East Haddam, Conn., where he died in 

Miliington Parish, Aug. 15, 1788. 
Hezekiah, born Jan. 21, 1707/8; died Feb. 29, the same year. 

Nathan, born in 1716; lived in Hast Haddam, Conn.; died in Miliington Parish, Sept. 5, 1799. 
^Nrw London County Probatt Journal, 111, 85. 
' Lyme Land Records. 



,64 LEMUEL GRIFFIN [102] 

[102] LEMUEL GRIFFIN [1707-1788I 

AND HIS WIFE 

PHOEBE COMSTOCK [1705-1790] 

OF EAST HADDAM, CONN. 

LEMUEL GRIFFING, son of Jasper and Ruth (Peck) Griffing (ioi), 
was born in Lyme, March 23, 1706/7. He probably lived there until 
about 1733, when he married Phoebe Comstock, daughter of William 
and Naomi (Niles) Comstock (no), of Lyme. Phoebe was born about 
January i, 1705, and was said to be "a woman of rare grace and artistic taste." 

Soon after his marriage, Lemuel appears to have moved to East Haddam, 
and settled there as a farmer. We find a record of his purchase, April 27, 1736, for 
£200, of fifty-five acres on the west side of the Eight-Mile River, in East Haddam, 
and in 1740, of six acres "in the south-east course" of the town. 

In 1765, when he was fifty-nine, and both his surviving sons were married, 
he, George, and Lemuel, his sons, bought what was called a mansion-house, a barn, 
and one hundred and fifty-nine acres of land, in Millington Society or Parish, which 
is on the borders of North Lyme. Here the three families lived together through 
the old age of the parents. 

Lemuel Griffing, the subject of our sketch, died August 15, 1788, and his 
widow soon followed him, dying December i, 1790. They are buried in the old 
cemetery on the highway between Hamburg and North Lyme, and the inscriptions 
on their tomb-stones read as follows: 

"In memory of Mr. Lemuel Griffin, who departed this life August 15, 1788, in the Sad 
year of his age." " in memory of Mrs. Phebe Griflfm relict of Mr. Lemuel Griffin, dec" who departed 
this life December 1 1790 in the 86th year of her age." 

Hiswill, made August 24, 1785, reads in part as follows: 

"To my beloved wife Phebe the use and improvement of one-third of all my Real Estate 
... one feather bed and ye furniture thereof during her life ... the use .. . of the great room 
in my dwelling house ... to my beloved son George Griffing the farm and buildings on which I 
now live ... to my beloved son Lemuel Griffing ... in Foxtown ... ye farm 1 bought of 
Pearson where he now lives ... to my two daughters Irene Harris and Phebe Comstock all my 
moveable and Personal Estate saving the use of those articles . . . bequeathed to my wife . . . 
I hereby order that . . . Phebe [Comstock, then a widow] have the privilege of living in my now 
dwelling house so long as she shall remain unmarried." 

Children of Lemuel and Phoebe (Comstock) Griffing 

(103) George, born July 10, 1734; married March g, 1762, Eve Dorr, daughter of Edmund and 
Mary (Griswold) Dorr (1 18); died Aug. 6, 1814. 
Irene, married Dec. 27, 1753, John Harris, of Plainfield, Conn. 
Lemuel, born in 1738; married about 1764, Lydia Wiley and died July 9, 1810. 



LEMUEL GRIFFIN [102] 165 

PIu'Ih". horn Jan. 26, 1741; married G)mstock, and was a widow in 1785, the dale 

of lier father's will. 
Josiah, born July 21, 1742; died Sept. 29, 1765, "in the twenty-fourth year of his age," as 

appears from his tombstone, which is near those of his parents. 

[103] GEORGE GRIFFIN [1734-18141 

AND HIS WIFE 

EVE DORR [1733-1814] 

OF EAST HADDAM, CONN. 

GEORGE GRIFFIN, son of Lemuel and Phoebe (Comstock) Griffin 
(102), was born July lo, 1734, at liast Haddam, C.onn. lie was a 
farmer all his life, staying in the old home with his parents. At the 
age of twenty-seven he married, March 9, 1762, Eve Dorr, daughter of 
Edmund and Mary (Griswold )Dorr (i 18), who was born March 4, 1733. 

At the time of this marriage Eve Dorr was twenty-nine, and long before this 
her brothers had become prominent in their professions, George as King's Attorney, 
and Edward as the pastor of the Hartford church, and had, by their marriages into 
the families of Marvin and Talcott, enlarged the agreeable circle already open to 
them through their mother, Mary Griswold. The home atmosphere was stim- 
ulating to Eve intellectually, and cultivated her aesthetic nature, but her life be- 
came narrowed after her marriage. 1 ler husband was also above the ordinary, and 
their son, Rev. Edward Dorr Griffin, wrote of him later as follows: 

"George Griffin was a man of strong mental ability, of rare judgment, and decided 
character. He endeavored to develop the mental powers of his children by giving them subjects 
to write upon, and not infrequently required from them poetical effusions. 1 well remember the 
dreaded ordeal I sometimes passed in my early childhood in his critical examinations of my 
progress in my studies." ' 

Eve (Dorr) Griffin had an extraordinary artistic ability, which must have 
had some special training. It is said that she was sent to Boston to learn the 
then fashionable art of embroidery, and the very remarkable pieces of her work which 
have come down to this generation, are done in a stitch which is the same on both 
sides of the material. They are worked on hand-woven linen in home-dyed crewels, 
in patterns that she unquestionably designed herself, and the colors are still perfectly 
bright. One of these, in the possession of the writer, is a bedspread covered with 
pinks and other flowers in the natural colors in the old crewel stitch. Another, 
of more elaborate design, owned by Daniel R. Noyes, of St. Paul (see illustration), 
was probably intended for the front of a toilet table. Others of her great-grand- 
children have as interesting specimens of her needle-work. 

Her long married life of fifty-two years was spent in the mansion-house on 

' Sprague's Memoin oj Rev. E. D. Crifjin, D. D. 



,66 GEORGE GRIFFIN [103] 

Lemuel Griffin's farm at East Haddam. Mrs. E. B. Kirby (Caroline Lord Noyes) 
her great-granddaughter, visited it with Aunt Harriet Lord about forty years ago. 
It has since been torn down, and although then in bad repair, Mrs. Kirby saw 
enough of the decorations to be impressed with Eve Dorr's talent and her instinct- 
ive love for the beautiful. She was probably unable to afford the then expensive 
covering of wail-paper, and painted the walls of her living room with an imitation 
of it in a floral design, with a scene over the mantel set in a painted frame imitating 
the gold ones then in use. Those of us who are fortunate enough to have mem- 
ories of her daughter Phoebe's family, realize that her artistic sense and inventive 
genius descended to them in double portion. 

The children of George and Eve (Dorr) Griffin were all born in the life- 
time of the grandparents. In 1788 Lemuel died, and George and his wife inher- 
ited the property and continued to operate the farm. After their death it passed 
to their son, Colonel Josiah Griffin,' whose descendants remained in East Haddam. 

Eve (Dorr) Griffin died April 3, 1814, and her husband died four months 
later, August 6, 1814. Both were buried at East Haddam. 

Children of George and Eve (Dorr) Griffin 

Mary, born June 15, 1763; married her third cousin, Nathan Hibbert Jewett, son of David 
and Sarah (Selden) Jewett, of East Haddam; died at Ogden, N. Y.' 

Livia, born Oct. 12, 1764; married Sept. 26. 1791, Barzillai Beckwith, son of Deacon Bar- 
zillai and Mary (Butler) Beckwith, of East Haddam; died June 14, 1840. 

Josiah, born June 7, 1766; married Feb. 21, 1791, Dorothy Gates, daughter of Timothy 
and Hannah (Perciva!) Gates, of East Haddam. He was colonel of militia, judge 
of the County Court, and representative to the General Court of Connecticut for 
many years, and died Sept. 30, 1843. 
(72) Phoebe, born May 4, 1768; married Nov. 25, 1794, her third cousin, Joseph Lord, son of 
Enoch and Hepzibah (Marvin) Lord (71); died Nov. 25, 1841. 

Edward Dorr, born Jan. 6, 1770; Y.C. 1790; married May 17, 1796, Frances Huntington, 
daughter of Rev. Joseph and Hannah (Devotion) Huntington, of Coventry, Conn. 
He was pastor of churches at New Hartford, Conn., Newark, N. J., and Boston 
(the Park St. Church); was president of Williams College for fifteen years from 1821, 
and was one of the most eloquent preachers of his time; received his degree of D. D. 
from Union College, and died Nov. 8, 1837, at the home of his son-in-law. Dr. Lyndon 
A. Smith, in Newark, N. J. 

Lucy, born March 21, 1773; married Jan. 14, 1806, Rev. Elijah Gardner Welles; died at 
Davenport, la., Dec. 9, 1852. 

Elizabeth, born Feb. 23, 1775; married (1) in 1800, Montgomery Austin, son of Judge Aaron 
and Esther (Kellogg) Austin, of New Hartford, Conn., who died in 1808; married (2) 
in 181 1, Rev. John Wilder, of Attleborough, Mass., and died March 12, 1847. 

George, born Jan. 14, 1778; Y. C. 1797; married July 3, 1801, Lydia Butler, daughter of 

' Colonel Josiah Griffin's daughter, known to the Noyes family of Lyme as Aunt Dolly, became the second 
wife of Dr. Richard Noyes of Lyme, wjiose first wife had been my Aunt Martha Noyes, sister of my father Daniel 
R. Noyes (7). 

^ Their son, William Jewett, was a well-known portrait painter of New York in the early part of the 
nineteenth century 



GEORGE GRIFFIN [103] 167 

Colonel Zcbulon arul I'liucbc (llaiglit) Butler, of Wilkej-barre, I'a,; began the practice 
of law in Wilkesbarre, but removed to New ^'ork in 1806, where he was active pro- 
fessionally for lifty-two years, and became one of the most distinguished members 
of the bar in both state and city; died May 6, i860, and was buried with most of his 
family in the Marble Cemetery on ist Ave. and ist St., New York. 

[105] DEACON WILLIAM PFCK I1601-1694I 

AND HIS VVlFb 

ELIZABETH [. . . -1683] 

OF LONDON, ENGLAND, AND NtW HAVEN, CONN. 

WILLIAM PECK was born in or near London, England, and married 
there about 1622, Elizabeth . With her and their one son, 
Jeremiah, became to New England in the "Hector," probably on the 
voyage with Governors Eaton and Hopkins, Rev. John Davenport, 
and others, arriving in Boston, June 26, 1637. Savage calls William Peck "a 
merchant of London," the occupation of many of his fellow emigrants. They 
came from different parts of England, but were bound together by the suffering they 
had endured under " the intolerance and persecution of Archbishop Laud," and the 
object of their emigrating was, like most of the better class of emigrants, the enjoy- 
ment of civil and religious liberty. 

William Peck was one of the founders of the New Haven Colony in 1638, 
and his name, written "William Peckke,"is signed to the "foundamentall agreenV 
thatt church members onely shall be free burgesses and they onely shall chuse 
among them selues magistrates etc.," dated June 4, 1639. 

He was made a freeman October 20, 1640, and the same year was member of 
the Court of Elections, and on July 1, 1644, he took the oath of fidelity. He was 
assigned the "8th seate in the meeting howse" on November 10, 1646. This was 
in "the midle seates" where the deputy governor, governor, and magistrates sat. 

He became a merchant in New Haven, and was a trustee, treasurer, and gen- 
eral business agent for the Colony's Collegiate School, now Vale College, a lull 
notice of which is found under Rev. James Noyes (3). From 1659 to the time of 
his death in 1694, he was deacon of the church in New Haven. His dwelling and 
store in New Haven were on what is now the corner of (Church and Centre Streets. 

In the New Haven Colonial Records we find the following notice of some 
trouble that Deacon William Peck had with the authorities about his son-in-law, 
Samuel Andrews. It does not seem to have been at all serious, and finally blew 
over. 

" Deacon Pecke came and ppounded to the court that sometimes since he had put in security 
to the deputy gouernr for the appearance sonne Samuell Andrews, he thought the court would haue 
called him to answer, he knew noe reason why he should stand for the thing being long since he 
desired the court to consider it. Mr. TriMte s;iyd to the gouernr lh;it it was he that had done it and 



i68 DEACON WILLIAM PECK [105] 

he might release it, but nothing was done at that time. Afterwards Deacon Pecke came and pre- 
sented his son Andrewes to the court according to his security, and desired them to free him. Mr. 
Fen and Mr. Treate answered that they looked vpon him free. The gouer"' answered that he did 
not know but he was, and he sayd he thought they might leaue it soe, and he sayd he thought 
Deacon Peckes plea was good enough. Mr. Treate sayd he thought he had fully discharged his duty." 

While on a visit to her sister at Lyme, his wife, Elizabeth, died, December 

5, 1683, and not long after he married (2) Sarah ( ) Holt, widow of William 

Holt. 

He died in "Lyme at the house of his son Joseph,"' October 4, 1694, aged 
ninety-three. His will, dated March 9, 1688/9, mentions his second wife, Sarah, 
and his children, all of whom survived him. His grave is in that part of the old 
burial ground which is now under the Centre Church, but the headstone was moved 
with others to the new cemetery in 1821. 

Children of Deacon William and Elizabeth ( ) Peck 

Jeremiah, born in England in 1623; married Nov. 12, 1656, Joanna Kitchell, daughter of 

Robert Kitchell; was the first minister at Greenwich, Conn., and died at Waterbury, 

June 7, 1699. 
John, born in New Haven in 1638; married Nov. 3, 1664, Mary Moss, daughter of John Moss. 
(106) Joseph, born in January; baptized Jan. 17, 1640/1; married Sarah ; died Nov. 25, 

1718. 
Elizabeth, born in April, 1643; baptized May 7, of the same year; married in 1661, Samuel 

Andrews, son of William Andrews. 

[106] JOSEPH PECK [1641-1718] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH [1 636- 1 726] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

JOSEPH PECK, son of Deacon William and Elizabeth Peck (105), was 
I born in New Haven, Conn., in January, 1641, and baptized there on the 
I 1 7th of the same month. 

J About the year 1662 he married Sarah , who was probably born 

about 1636. They later removed to East Saybrook (Lyme), Conn. He was a 
prominent and useful citizen in Lyme, holding the offices of town clerk, surveyor, 
recorder, justice of the peace, and deacon of the church for many years. He was 
commissioned as ensign in May, 1678, and was deputy for Lyme to the General 
Court of Connecticut in 1690 and 1691, and from 1695 to 1706 inclusive, fourteen 
years in all. In 1700 he was on a committee of five (Rev. Thomas Hooker being 
one) to audit the accounts of the Colony. In Governor Andros' tax-list for Lyme 
we find "Ensign Jos. Peck ;^98 lystable estate." 

' Lyme Records. 



josiiPii Pi:cK [106] 169 

Ho died at Lyme, November 25, 171S, aged seventy-seven. His wife Sarah 
lived until September 14, 1720, when slie died, aged nmety. Their gravestones 
are still standing (1877) in the old Lyme Cemetery, on Meeting-1 louse 1 lill. 

Children of Joshph and Sarah ( ) I'lck 

Sarah, born Aug. 4, 1663; married May 2, 1684, Matthew Gilbert. 

Joseph, born March 12, 1667; died Oct. 10, 1677. 

Elizabeth, born Sept. 9, 1669; married Dec. 6, 1686, as his second wife, Samuel I'ratt; died 

Aug. 29, 1688. 
Deborah, born July 31, 1672; married April 3, 1694, Daniel Sperry. 
Hannah, born Sept. 14, 1674; married June 25, 1696, Thomas Anderson. 
(101) Ruth, born Aug. 19, 1676; married April 29, 1696, Jasi'i;r Gkiffing, son of Jasper and 

Hannah ( ) Griffinc; (100). 

Samuel, born July 29, 1678; married (1) Dec. 28, 1699, Elizabeth Lee, daughter of Thomas 

and Mary (DeWolf) Lee, of Lyme, and granddaughter of Ihomas and Phoebe 

(Browne) Lee (76); married (2) Jan. 25, 1732, Martha ( ) Barber; died Jan. 

28, 1735. 
Joseph, born March 20, 1680; married Oct. 3, 1704, Susanna GrifTmg, daughter of Jasper 

and Hannah Gripping (100), sister of his brother-in-law, Jasper Gripping, Jr. 



[108] WILLIAM COMSTOCK [....-1603] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH [1608-. . . .] 

OF WALES, HARTFORD AND NEW LONDON, CONN. 

WILLIAM COMSTOCK is thought to have emigrated from Wales to 
New England about 1639, with his wife Elizabeth — , who was 
born about 1608, and probably his four children. He stopped first 
in Weymouth, Mass., and thence removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 
where we find he owned land in 1641. From later details of his life, it is evident 
that he was past middle life at this time. 

He remained there and in Hartford for some time, but the only record of him 
is that he and John Sadler were in Court in Hartford for slandering Richard Myles 
of Windsor. In 1649 he removed to New London, Conn., where he applied for a 
house lot in 1650, and voted on aiding Mr. Winthrop to establish a corn-mill there. 
In 1651 he appears to have become a settled citizen in New London, and "wrought 
at the mill-dam with Tabor (Philip Taber, 66j and the other inhabitants of New 
London." 

When he had become somewhat advanced in life, on February 23, 1661/2, 

"Old Goodman Comstock [was elected sexton] to order youth in the meeting house, and 
beat out dogs, at forty shillings a year, dig all graves and have 4 shillings for a grave for a man or 
Woman and 2 shillings for children." 



170 WILLIAM COMSTOCK [io8] 

His home in New London was on Post Hill near the north corner of William 
and Vauxhall Streets. He died there about 1663, at a very great age, but the 
exact date has not been ascertained of either his or his wife's death. His lands 
were inherited by his son Daniel, and grandson William, son of his deceased son 
John. 

Children of William and Elizabeth ( ) Comstock 

(109) John, born in England or Wales about 1626 or 27; married about 1660, Abigail , 

and died at Lyme before 1680. 
Daniel, born about 1632; married Paltiah Elderkin, daughter of John Elderkin; lived in New 

London, where he died in 1685. 
Elizabeth, married in January, 1651, Edward Shipton (or Shipman). She died July, 1659. 

Samuel, married Ann ; moved to Providence, R. I., where he died about 1660. 

Christopher, of Fairfield, Conn., in 1661, was also probably a son. He died Dec. 28, 1702. 



[109I JOHN COMSTOCK [1627-1680] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ABIGAIL [....-....] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

JOHN COMSTOCK, son of William and Elizabeth ( ) Comstock (i 08), 

I came to New England with his parents about 1639, and was then probably 
I about twelve years old. The first mention we find of him is in the will of 
J Henry Russell, of Weymouth, Mass., dated November 28, 1639, to whom he 
had been apprenticed. He went from Weymouth to "Saybrook East Side" or 
Lyme, and his name is found among the Lyme proprietors in 1645. Here he set- 
tled permanently and married about 1660 or 1661, Abigail , or Abbegall, 

as it is spelled in the records. 

In February, 1665/6, he was appointed one of the committee of six, with 
Matthew Griswold (124) and Lieutenant Reinold Marvin (85), to divide the 
town of Saybrook, setting off the town of Lyme. He died at Lyme about 1680, 
and his widow married (2) January 18, 1 680/1, Moses Huntley of Lyme. 

Children of John and Abigail ( ) Comstock 

Abigail, born April 12, 1662; married June 24, 1679, William Peck or Peake, of Lyme. 
Elizabeth, born June 9, 1665. 
(1 10) William, born Jan. 9, 1669; married, Sept. 10, 1695, Naomi Niles, daughter of Benjamin 

and Ruth ( ) Niles (i 13); died March 15, 1728. 

Christian, born Dec. 11, 1671. 

Hannah, born Feb. 22, 1673. 

John, born Sept. 30, 1676; died in 1747 or 8. 

Samuel, born July 6, 1678; married July 5, 1705, Martha Pratt; died in 1743. 



WILLIAM COMSTOCK [iiuj 171 



[iiol WILLIAM COMSTOCK [1669-1728I 

AND HIS Will-: 

NAOMI NILES [....-....] 

OF LYME, CONN. 



w 



ILLIAM COMSTOCK, son of John and Ahk.ail ( ) Comstock 

(109), was born January 9, 1669. 1 le was but ten or eleven years of 
age when his father died, and about three years later he was bound 
out to John Lay (probably John Lay, Jr., 94). The record is as follows : 



"March i, 1683. Agrci-mcnt o( liuicnlurc binding out William Comstock son of 
John, deceased, of Lyme, to John Lay until he is 21, or his marriage if before that age. 
Said William agrees with the consent of his parent and guardians." Signed by William Com- 
stock, John Laye, Moses Huntley and Abigail ( Comstock) Huntley [his step-father and 

mother]. 

Remarried September 10, 1695, Naomi Niles (or Neomy Noiles), daughter of 

Benjamin and Ruth ( ) Niles (i 13). His death occurred at Lyme, March 15, 

1728. His wMdow Naomi outlived him. In her will, dated /\pril 3, 1754,' pro- 
bated February 10, i76i,she made a bequest to her daughter Phoebe (Comstock) 
Griffin (102). 

In the Lyme Records there are only two dates of birth of their children, 
the names being faded out. The following list may not be in the proper order, 
but is taken from the wills of both father and mother, and in the order given by 
them. 

Children of William and Naomi (Niles) Comstock 

Ruth, born probably Aug. 9, 1696; married Clark. 

Abigail, born probably June 15, 1698; married (1) Joseph Lord, son of Thomas and Mary 
(Lee) Lord, and grandson of William Lord (68); married (2) in 1724/5, Josiah De- 
Wolf, son of Simon and Sarah (Lay) DeWolf and grandson of John and Johanna 
Lay (94); she died in 1773. 

John, married Feb. 17, 1725, Rebecca Bates. 

William, married (i) Elizabeth ; married (2) Hepzibah Lord and died in Sullivan, 

N. H., in 1773. 

Samuel, mentioned in his father's and his mother's wills. 

Elizabeth, married McCrary. 

(102) Phoebe, bom about 1705; married Lemuel Griffin, son of Jasper and Rum (Peck) 
Griffin (ioi); died Dec. 1, 1790. 

Naomi, married Tiffany. 

Mary, married Bcckwith. 

'Lyme Records 



,72 JOHN NILES [112] 



[112J JOHN NILES [1603-1694J 

AND HIS WIFE 

JANE REED [....-1654] 

OF WALES AND BRAINTREE, MASS. 

JOHN NILES is believed to be the ancestor of all bearing the name of Niles 
I in this country. It is said that he came from Wales and was born about 
I 1603. We find the first record of him in Dorchester, Mass., in 1634. He 

J married (i) about 1635, Jane Reed, by whom he had seven children. 

In 1638 he was in Braintree, and made freeman there May 26, 1647. His 

wife Jane died May 15, 1654, at Braintree. He married (2) about 1656 or 57, 

Hannah ( ) Ames, widow of William Ames. His occupation was that of 

weaver. 

The record reads "Old John Niles, "aged about ninety-one, died at Braintree 

Feb. 8, 1693/4, and "Old Goodwife Niles" died January 31, 1702/3. 

Children of John and Jane (Reed) Niles 

Hannah, born Feb. 16, 1636/7; married, perhaps, Cowing. 

John, born June i, 1638/9; was made freeman at Block island in 1678, and was living there 

in 1684. 
Joseph, born Aug. 15, 1640; married Nov. 2, 1662, Mary Mycall; died at Braintree. 
Nathaniel, born Aug. 16, 1642; married about 1671 Sarah Sands, daughter of James Sands, 

of Block Island, and settled there. He was deputy for New Shoreham, R. I. (Block 

Island), in 1705; after this appears to have moved to South Kingston, R. 1., and later 

back to Braintree, where he died, Dec. 22, 1727.' 
Samuel, born Feb. 3, 1644; married April 20, 1680, Mary (Billings) Belcher, widow of Samuel 

Belcher and daughter of Roger Billings; was buried Sept. 5, 1724. 
Increase, born Dec. 16, 1646; married Dec. 4, 1677, Mary Purchas; was in Captain Johnson's 

Company in the Indian War, October, 1675, and died Sept. i, 1693. 
(113) Benjamin, born Jan. i, 1650/1 ; married Ruth ; died about 1712 in Lyme, Conn. 

Children of John and Hannah ( Ames) Niles 

Isaac, born April 2, 1658; died Jan. 30, 1659/60. 

' Captain Nathaniel's son was Rev. Samuel Niles, the author of Indian IVars. He was born at Block 
Island, May i, 1674, and tells us that when Anne Hutchinson (17) came to East Chester she engaged his maternal 
grandfather Sands, then living on the Island, to go to East Chester and build her house. This was the house which 
was destroyed by the Indians when she and her family were murdered. The second wife of Rev. Samuel Niles 
was Ann Coddington, daughter of Major Nathaniel and Susanna (Hutchinson) Coddington, and granddaughter both 
of William and Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson (17) and Governor William and Mary ( ) Coddington (19). 



BENJAMIN NILES [113J 173 



[113] BHNJAMIN NILES lit)=,i-... | 

AND HIS WIFE 

RUTH [....-....] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

BENJAMIN NILES, son of John and Jane (Reed) Niles (i 12), was born 
January 1, 1650/1. When probably he was not over twenty-one he 
went from Braintree, Mass., to Block Island with his brothers John and 
Nathaniel, where he was made freeman in 1678. lie was still a resident 

there in 1684, and married either at Block Island or before going there, Ruth 

and by her had three daughters. 

He moved to Lyme, Conn., as early as 1692, and from that time until his 
death the Lyme records have numerous curious entries of deeds, mortgages, etc., 
showing that having little education and no patrimony, he tried to acquire a living 
by buying and selling real estate. His transactions were not always successful, 
as we find that at first he was obliged to mortgage even the homestead. After the 
year 1700, various deeds of sale are recorded, as well as "covenants" for new pur- 
chases. Two executions were filed in 1705 and 1707, on land "lying one the noth 
and south sid of beaver brook in Lyme," and also on some other of " Benjamin 
Noyles land." But apparently his schemes would have turned out very well if 
he had lived long enough, as after his death the family profited by them, and di- 
vided a good estate. One hardly knows which is the most admirable, Niles' 
faith in the future of Lyme, or the spelling of the Lyme Recorder. We quote one 
or two records as e.xamples; one conveying a 

"Cartaine tenement . . . situat in the township of l.ym . . . The above said tenemente 
hous and land was delivered by turfe and twigie [turgic] unto Thomas Anderson 26th Sept. 1700. 
In presents of Amos Tinker and Joseph Peck (106).' ... A Deed of saile from Benjamin Noyls 
to Thomas Lee Juner conveying tenn acers of upland and meadow in the second division lying one 
brid plain [signed &c] Justis pece." 

Benjamin Niles also appears as plaintiff in several law suits, but as the 
records say "the Court find for the plaintiff" it is fair to presume he used this means 
mainly to protect his rights. In one, however, where he (as attorney for the heirs 
of John Comstock, 109) brings suit against Moses Huntley, who had married 
John Comstock's widow, "to am' of 50 pounds for suffering to go to ruin the house 
of the deceased John Comstock," the record reads, "non suit granted." 

Benjamin Niles died at Lyme before 1712, leaving no will. His widow 
Ruth survived him, and entered into an agreement with the other heirs as to the 
division of the estate, which takes up much space in the town records, and which 

' " By lurf and turgle," was an old English method of transfer where the grantor, standing on the ground 
took grass and gave it to the grantee to convey the real estate, and also a twig from some bush to represent all 
pertaining thereto. 



174 BENJAMIN NILES [113] 

is interesting to us in one particular, in that only two of the heirs, the sons-in-law, 
William Comstock (no) and Ebenezer Coleman, wrote their names, the others 
including the widow, making their mark. The division was a very fair one, as it 
gave the widow one-third of all the estate for life, after the debts were paid. The 
date of Ruth's death is not known. 

Children of Benjamin and Ruth ( ) Niles 

(iio) Naomi, born probably at Block Island; married Sept. 10, 1695, at Lyme, William Com- 
stock, son of John and Abigail Comstock (109); died before Feb. 10, 1761, the date 
of probate of her will. 
Ruth, born probably at Block Island; married March 11, 1704/5, Ebenezer Coleman, and 
lived at Colchester, Conn., where their four children," Nieles, Ruth, Mahitabel and 
Mary," were born. 
Deborah, married John Reed before 1712. 

[117] EDWARD DORR [1648-1734J 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH HAWLEY [1656-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND ROXBURY, MASS. 

EDWARD DORR, the emigrant ancestor of all the Dorrs in New England, 
came to this country from the west of England about 1670, and settled 
in Boston, when he was about twenty-two years of age. 
He was in Pemaquid, Maine, at the time of the organization of the 
County of Devon by Massachusetts Bay Colony, and took the oath of fidelity 
there July 22, 1674. Soon after he removed to Roxbury, Mass., probably on ac- 
count of King Philip's War, which put ail the more remote settlements in great 
peril. He married (i) in Roxbury, about 1679, Elizabeth Hawley, daughter 
of Thomas and Dorothy (Harbottle Lamb) Hawley (121). She was born at 
Roxbury, baptized there June 29, 1656, and was the mother of all his children. 

He apparently lived in Boston for a year or two after his marriage, but re- 
turned to Roxbury before the close of 1683, where, in the drawing for town lots in 
1695, he received eighteen and one-half acres of land. In 1697 he was on a com- 
mittee to lay out bounds of land in dispute in Roxbury, and in 1 722 was a selectman. 

His wife, Elizabeth, died at Roxbury after 1700, and he married (2) Eliza- 
beth (Dickerman) Clapp, widow of Ebenezer Clapp, of Milton, and daughter of 
Thomas Dickerman, eldest son of Thomas Dickerman (176), an ancestor on the 
Oilman side. She died in 1733, the same year that Edward Dorr received the 
portion of the lands granted to Thomas Hawley (121), his father-in-law, for service 
in the Indian War. These lands were situated in Narragansett Township, and in 
Manchester and Merrimac, N. H. 

Edward Dorr died at Roxbury in 1734, aged eighty-six. 



EDWARD DORK [117] 175 

Children of Edward and Elizabutm (IIawley) Dorr 

Edward, baptized July 4, 1680; died in 1683. 

Ann, died Oct. 5, 1683. 

Edward, born at Roxbury, Nov. 15, 1683; died Jan. 10, 1685. 

Ebenezer, born Jan. 25, 1688; probably died young. 

Joseph, born in 1690; 11. C. 171 1 ; married April 9, 1724, Mary Rawson, daughter of Grindal 

Rawson; was ordained the pastor of the First Church of Mendon, Mass., Feb. 25, 1716, 

and died there March g, 1768. 
(i 18) Edmund, born Oct. 19, 1692; married at Lyme, Sept. 4, 1719, Mary Griswold, daughter of 

Matthew and Phoebi; (Hyim;) Griswold (125); died at Lyme after 1745. 
Ilarbottic, born .May 1 1, 1696; married Dorothy Weld, and settled in Boston. 
Elizabeth, horn in 1698; married James Scott of Boston. 
Clemence, born July 17, 1700; married Edmund Weld, son of Edmund and Elizabeth (White) 

Weld, of Roxbury. 

[iiS] EDMUND DORR [ibq2-....| 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY GRISWOLD [1694-1776] 

OF LYME, CONN. 

EDMUND DORR, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hawley) Dorr (117), 
was horn October 19, 1692. He learned the trade of cloth-dresser, 
probably in Roxbury or Boston, and settled in Lyme when less than 
twenty-five years old. 
He married at Lyme, September 4, 17 19, Mary Griswold, daughter of 
Matthew and Phoebe (Hyde) Griswold (125). His wife was born April 22, 1694. 
He is said to have been a man of intellect and indomitable perseverance. 
He was called "Sarvant Dorr" by his contemporaries, from an ironical remark 
made to him during the persistent ecclesiastical controversy in the Lyme Church, 
which lasted from 1741 to 1745, following the great revival of 1740. It ended in 
the resignation of the minister, Rev. Jonathan Parsons, in 1746. Slight as the cir- 
cumstance was, the soubriquet has clung to him. 

He carried on the business of cloth-dresser in Lyme, and died there. The 
date of his death is not known, but his wife died February 21, 1776. 

Children of Edmund and Mary (Griswold) Dorr 

George, born Aug. 4, 1720; married March rf). 1742, Sarah Marvin, daughter of "Lyme's 
Captain Reinold Marvin," and granddaughter of Reinold and Sarah Clark Marvin 
(85). He was a lawyer and King's Attorney for more than twenty years; had a 
stroke of paralysis while in Court in 1767, but lived for about twenty years after; 
died at Lyme, Jan. i, 1787. 

Edward, born in Lyme, Nov. 2, 1722; 11. C. 1742; married Helena Talcott, daughter of Gov- 



176 EDMUND DORR [118] 

ernor Joseph Talcott ; was pastor of the First Church of Hartford, Conn., and preached 
the election sermon in 1765; died in Hartford, Oct. 20, 1772. 
(103) Eve, born March 4, 1733; married March 9, 1762, George Griffin, son of Lemuel and 
Phoebe (Comstock) Griffin (102); died April 3, 1814. 
Elizabeth, was living in 1772, when she was mentioned in her brother Edward's will. 

[121J THOMAS HAWLEY [....-1676] 

AND HIS WIFE 

DOROTHY (HARBOTTLE) LAMB [....-1699] 

OF ENGLAND AND ROXBURY, MASS. 

THOMAS HAWLEY came from England, and was one of the early settlers 
of Roxbury, Mass. He married there (i) about 1650, Amy or Emma 
. He bought of Thomas Beckwith a house and "one rood of 

land" in Roxbury, the deed being dated September 29, 1651. Soon 
after this their son Thomas was born, and Emma (Amy) died about two months 
later. She died, according to Rev. John Eliot's record, November 29, i65i,but 
this is given as the date of her burial in the Hawley Records. 

He married (2) February 2, 1652, Dorothy (Harbottle) Lamb, widow of 

Thomas Lamb, and daughter of Harbottle. The Eliot record to which 

we have just alluded says of Dorothy's first husband : 

"Thomas Lamb came over in 1630 with his wife and 2 children Thomas and John. She 
died & he afterward July 16 1640 married Dorothy Harbitle, a godly maide a sister of o'' church." 

So it would appear that she had also been the second wife of her first husband. 

Thomas Hawley was probably forty-five or fifty years of age when he served 
in 1676, in King Philip's War. He was at the Sudbury fight in Captain Cowell's 
Company of Dragoons, where about two hundred Englishmen held at bay over one 
thousand Indians during an entire day. They saved the town of Sudbury, and 
finally drove ofi" the Indians with fearful loss on both sides. Beside the two com- 
manding officers, Captain Wadsworth and Captain Brocklebank, there were thirty- 
two private soldiers slain, among whom was Thomas Hawley, killed at the first 
assault of the Indians. The following deposition of Captain Edward Cowell in- 
terests us as a description by an eye-witness. It is in the Massachusetts Archives, 
and was first published in the Hawley Records. 

"This deponantt upon oath testifieth that I being upon the Counteries Searvis in Aprill last 
and haveing under my conduct Eighteen men; Upon our Returning from Malberough to Boston; 
and about three Milles from Sudbeury Wee ware surprised with divers Hundred of Indians; Wheere 

of this Indian Tom was one [ ] by a grombling signe, or Noyes thatt bee mayde; as in My 

Judgement was the Cause of our being ffiored upon ; at which tyme fower of my Company was killed 
and one Wounded; beside flfive horses were disenabled they Being Shott upon Capt. Wadsworths 
Ingadgine with the Indian I went Backe and Beuryed the fower men which were killed whereof 



THOMAS HAWLEY [121] 177 

[Lt?] Thomas Haw[lc]y,and Hopkinsies son.both of Roxbcury (Edmund Rice'). Goodman (Baker's) 
son and Robert \\'aylc[s] of Dorchister. 

Sworn to before the Council 19 June 1676. 

Edward Rawson Secretary." 

Thomas Hawley's death occurred April 21, 1676, and he was buried by 
his comrades where he fell. As we have mentioned elsewhere, his portion of the 
lands given for service in the Indian War was granted to his son-in-law, Edward 
Dorr (i 17), claimant. His widow Dorothy died January 28, 1699. 

Children of Thomas and Emma (Amy) ( ) Hawlf.y 

Thomas, baptized Oct. 8, 1651 ; at seventeen years of age, while living with his step-mother 
on his father's lands, near the mill, the accident occurred to him which Rev. John 
Eliot records: "1669, 10, ist mo. Thomas llawley, a youth, was drawn under both 
ye mill-wheels: but one of the ladders broke, and so his life, through God's merciful 
Providence, was spared." 

Children of Thomas and Dorothy (Harbottle Lamb) Hawley 

Joseph, born Nov. 12. 1652; baptized Jan. 30, 1653; died young. 
Joseph, born June 7, and baptized June 11, 1654; H. C. 1674. 
(117) Elizabeth, baptized June 29, 1656; married Edward Dorr, probably in 1679, and died 
after 1700. 
Doroth)', baptized June 20, 1658; married John Booth. 

[123J GEORGE GRISWOLD l....-....] 

OF KENILWORTH, ENGLAND 

THERE is now in existence a MS containing a deposition made January 19, 
1737/8, by Captain George Griswold, aged seventy-two, and Mr. John 
Griswold, aged sixty-nine, at Windsor, Conn., which has been inherited 
by succeeding generations of Griswolds, and which is the only clue to 
the English ancestry of the family. George and John Griswold were grandsons 
of Edward Griswold, who, with our ancestor Matthew, emigrated to this country 
in 1639. The deposition is as follows: 

"Viz: that our Grandfather's name was Edward Griswold, and it was formerly and has ever 
since been always accepted and reputed that our said grandfather's father's name was George Gris- 
wold, and the said George Griswold ourGreat Grandfatherhad three sons, the eldest named Edward, 
the second named Matthew, and the third or youngest son named Thomas; and the said Edward 
the eldest son, and the said Matthew the second son, came into New England from Killingsworth 
in Warwickshire in England; and in all our discourses amongst the families of said Griswolds in 
New England, together with other elderly observing gentlemen, they are and ever have been so 
accepted and reputed to be, without contradiction or gainsaying, according to the best of our 
remembrance." 

' In a note, Mr. Elias S. Hawley says that the name of Edmund Rice is in the margin, probably inserted 
afterwards as being one of Sudbury's dead. 



lyS GEORGE GRISWOLD [123] 

As the parish register prior to 1630, of Killingsworth or Kenilworth was 
destroyed in the time of the Civil War, and there is no mention of Griswolds after 
165 1, there is no opportunity to discover anything there about George Griswold, 
our English ancestor. However, in the Parish Register of Solihul, eight or ten miles 
distant, which appears to have been the residence of Griswolds for many gener- 
ations, there is a record of baptism of a "George Gresold," April 23, 1 548. 

Children of George and Griswold 

Edward, born about 1607; married (1) in England, Margaret who, died Aug, 23, 1670, 

in Windsor, Conn.; married (2) in 1672/3 ( ) Bemis, widow of James 

Bemis of New London, Conn.; came to this country in 1639, was deputy to the Gen- 
eral Court of Connecticut in 1662; removed to Killingworth in 1663; was deputy for 
that place to the General Court in 1667, and from 1678 to 1689; died in 1691. 
(124) Matthew, born about 1620; married in Windsor, Conn., Oct. 16, 1646, Anna Wolcott, 
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott (126); died at Lyme, Sept. 
27, 1698. 
Thomas, born about 1621; remained in Kenilworth, England. 

[124] MATTHEW GRISWOLD [1620-1698] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANNA WOLCOTT [1620- 1700] 

OF ENGLAND AND LYME, CONN. 



M 



ATTHEW GRISWOLD, son of George Griswold (123), was but nine- 
teen when he came to New England from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, 
England, with his brother Edward, in the year 1639. The date of their 
emigration is fixed by an affidavit of Edward's sworn to May 15, 1684, 
when he says he was "aged about 77 years." It reads in part 

"About the yeare 1639 Mr. W"" Whiteing (deceassed) was undertaker for a shipp in England, 
in which shipp I came to New England." 

Matthew's affidavit, taken at the same time, says: 

"Further I testifie that, when I came ouer to New England about the year 1639, land was 
at an high price," &c. He gives his age as "about 64 years." 

The brothers settled in Windsor, Conn., and Matthew married there October 
16, 1646, Anna Wolcott, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wol- 
cott (126), who was born in 1620. 

About this time, perhaps earlier, he went to Saybrook as agent for Governor 
Fenwick. it is supposed that he received his lands in Saybrook from the Governor, 
so that it must have been previous to 1645, as at that time Fenwick's rights under 
the Warwick Patent were extinguished by an agreement with the Colony of Con- 
necticut. At any rate he was living in Saybrook in 1650, as a petition was pre- 



MATTIII-W r.RISWOM) [124] 170 

sented by Matthew Griswold and Thomas Lcrtingwell from Saybrook, March 20, 
1649/50. 

At some lime he, according to the affidavit already referred to, must have 
contemplated returning to Windsor, Conn., tor he says, 

"John Bissell, sometimes of Windsor, now dcceasscd, did olTcr to sell mee al that part of Mr. 
Ludli)we's accomodations, both of houscing and lands, which hee liou^ht of Mr. W" Whiteing 
(as hee told nice), which lay t)n the west side Connecticut Kiuer in the town^hipp of Windsor .... 
and I beeing not accomodated to my mind where 1 then lined at Saylirook, and liauing kindred of 
my ownc and my wiues at Windsor, was willing to dwell at Windsor . . . also I went and aduised 
with my father-in-law Mr. Wolcot, who told mee I had bid high enotTe." ' 

So he remained at Saybrook and became identified with tlie little town of Lyme. 

in i6s4 he was deputy for Saybrook, and the same year was, with Major 
Mason, ordered to 

"Goe to Pequett \ jo\ne with Mr. \\ iiilrop to draw ihe line helwne Pequett tV Vncus ac- 
cording to the bounds graunted ih.it towne. ... & indeavo' to compose differences bet: Pequett 
& Vncus in loue and peace." ' 

May 17, 1660, the Court 

"Granted that y' Dep: ("louvernc/ i^i Math: Griswold slia! lend \nto N. London two great 
Guns from SeaBrooke w"' shot." 

Matthew Griswold was one of the first owners of land on the " East Side," 
or Lyme, and was with Lieutenant Reinold Marvin (85) and others, one of the 
signers of the articles of agreement between Saybrook and Lyme. For a number of 
years after this, there was trouble between the two towns about their division lines, 
and Matthew Griswold was one of the most active participants in the dispute. 
Mrs. Salisbury says: 

"Family tradition among the Griswolds, . . . runs to the effect that the rights of the re- 
spective parties were finally made to depend on the issue of a personal combat ... a son of our 
first Matthew Griswold, the second of the name . . . being the representative of Lyme. .And the 
result was in favor of his town." 

He was deputy to the General Court in 1667 and 1668, and at that time had 
first the prefix of Mr. on the Colonial Records, in Governor Andros' tax-list his 
"lystable estate" appears as ;/^200. He was chosen coinmissioner in 1669 and in 
1677 was lieutenant of the Train Band, in which capacity he must have had some 
service, as in the list of volunteers in the Narragansett War who were to receive 
lands in Voluntown in 1701, his name appears with those of Rev. James Noyes (3), 
of Stonington and Richard Lord, of Lyme (69). 

At the County Court in Hartford, March 12, 167 1/2, Mr. Matthew Griswold 
and Lieutenant William Waller presented complaints against "sundry of New Lon- 

' Family Histories and Genealogies, Salisbury, II, 3. 
'Colonial Records of Connecticut, I, 257. 



i8o MATTHEW GRISWOLD [124] 

don "for attempts "by violence to drive them off their lands," resistance to author- 
ity, and assault. John Prentice, probably of New London, complained at the 
same Court, of Mr. Matthew Griswold, Lieutenant William Waller, Matthew 
Griswold, Jr. (125), John Lay, Jr. (94), Reinold Marvin (85), and others for 
"riotous practices" and assaults on the New London people. The Court seems 
to have been in some doubt about the merits of the case, as it fined New London fy. 
and Lyme ^5. Both fines were remitted later. 

He was granted one hundred acres of land in 1681 by the General Court, and 
in 1686 the Court 

"Confirmed to him and others a tract of land eight miles square 'lyeing and being near unto 
Connecticut River' which had been deeded to them in 1674 by Captain Sannup (or Sanhop) of the 
Niantics." 

It seems that all his life he owned a house in Kenilworth, England, as we see 
by the following affidavit of his nephew, George Griswold, son of Edward Griswold, 
given in 1700. It reads: 

"Georg Griswold, aged about 67 years, testifyeth as followeth — that in his youthful! years 
he lived with his father in England, in a town called Keiliinsworth in Warrackshire; he did severall 
times since hear his father Edward Griswould say that the house that they then lived in, and lands 
belonging thereto was his brother Mathew Griswould's; and have lately seen a letter under the 
hand of Thomas Griswould of Keiliinsworth aboves"*' directed to his brother Mathew Griswould 
aforesaid, wherein the said Thomas Griswould intimated that he did then live in the abovesaid 
house belonging to his said brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid." 

in Lyme Matthew Griswold owned the largest estate of any of the first set- 
tlers, and his house stood a little south of the Charles C. Griswold house, in the part 
of Lyme now known as Black Hall. 

He died at Lyme, September 27, 1698, aged seventy-eight. His widow 
Anna died there in 1700. 

Children of Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold 

Elizabeth, born about 1652; married (1) Oct. 17, 1670, John Rogers of New London, founder 
of the sect of "Seventh Day Baptists," called " Rogerenes." From him she ob- 
tained a divorce on account of his "being so hettridox in his opinion and practice." 
She married (2) Aug. 5, 1679, Peter Pratt, and married (3), soon after 1688, Matthew 
Beckwith. 
(125) Matthew, born in 1653; married (i) May 21, 1683, Phoebe Hyde, daughter of Samuel 
and Jane (Lee) Hyde (75); married (2) May 30, 1705, Mary (De Wolf) Lee, widow 
of the first Thomas Lee of Lyme, and probably daughter of Balthazar DeWolf; 
died Jan. 13, 1715/6. 

John, born probably about 1654; was witness to a deed of sale April 25, 1681. 

Sarah, born about 1655; married before 1675, Thomas Colton, of Springfield, Mass. 

Anna, born about 1656; married Sept. 2, 1674, Lieutenant Abraham Brownson, of 
Lyme. 



MATTHEW GRISWOLD [125I 181 

!2s| MATTHHW GRISWOLD, JR. [ihs^^-iyihl 

AND MIS WIIK 

PHOEBE HYDE [1663-1704] 

OF LYME, CONN. 



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ATTHEW GRISWOLD, son of Matthf.w and Anna (Wolcott) Gris- 
woLD (124), was born in 1653. Of his early life we can only surmise 
that it was spent in I.vme, and he had reached the age of thirty before he 
married (1) May 21 (or as given by another authority, July 21), 1683, 
Phoebe Hyde, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde (75), of Norwich, Conn. 
and sister of Elizabeth Ilvnt-, who married Lieutenant Richard Lord (69), of 
Lyme. Phoebe, the second daughter, was born in January, 1663. 

A most interesting though incomplete letter from Matthew to Phoebe, 
written before his marriage, and revealing his true affection for her, and it must be 
said not a little evidence of coquetry on her part, is given in f-amily Histories and 
Genealogies, II, 27, but is too long to quote here. Another in the same volume, 
written to Rev. Cotton Mather on the return and death of his eldest son, Matthew 
Griswold, 3rd, who had run away from home, and caused his father most poignant 
grief, is couched in the stilted language of the time, but is a touching revelation of 
a father's heart. On the facts suggested by this letter, Mr. Mather wrote a tract 
called "Repeated H'arniugs. Another Essay to warn Young People against Re- 
hellions that must he Repented of . . . IVith a Pathetical Relation of what occur'd 
in the Remakrahle Experiences of a Young Man who made an Hopeful End lately in 
Lyme Conn. Boston, 1712." This tract is now very rare, but there is a copy in 
the Yale Library. 

In public life, Matthew Griswold followed in the footsteps of his father. 
The "Mr. Matthew Griswold" named in the Colonial Records of 1696 as deputy 
and commissioner, and in 1697 as commissioner, is probably he and not his father, 
and certainly he was the deputy for Lyme in 1704, 1707, 1708, and 1710. He, 
however, was less of a public man than his father. 

His father, Matthew Griswold, Sr., had deeded to him, a few days before 
his death, large estates. To these he added by purchase, and they descended 
mainly to his son John, of Black Hall, whose landed estate is said to have been 
4,550 acres. 

His wife, Phoebe, died November 29, 1704, aged forty-one, and he married (2) 
May 30, 1705, as her second husband, Mary (DeWolf) Lee, widow of liis first wife's 
uncle, the first Thomas Lee,of Lyme, who was son of Thomas and Phoebe (Browne) 

Lee (76). Mary was probably a daughter of Balthazar and Alice ( ) DeWolf, 

the emigrant ancestor of tbe fainily. 

Matthew Griswold died at Lyme, January 13, 171 5/6, and his widow Mary 
died there eight years later, in 1724. 



i82 MATTHEW GRISWOLD [125] 

Children of Matthew and Phoebe (Hyde) Griswold 

Phoebe, born Aug. 15, 1684; died unmarried in 1702. 

Elizabeth, born Nov. 19, 1685; died unmarried in 1704. 

Sarah, born May 10, 1687; died unmarried, Jan. 4, 1760. 

Matthew, born Sept. 15, 1688; ran away to sea in 1707 and after five years of thrilling ad- 
venture returned repentant and died at his father's home in 1712, a few weeks after. 

John, born Dec. 22, 1690; married June 23, 1713, his step-sister, who was also his mother's 
first cousin, Hannah Lee, daughter of Thomas and Mary (DeWolf) Lee, and grand- 
daughter of Thomas and Phoebe (Browne) Lee(76); was justice of the peace and 
quorum in Lyme, for many years; died Sept. 22, 1764. 

George, born Aug. 13, 1692; Y. C. 1717; married (i) June 22, 1725, Hannah Lynde, daughter 
of Judge Nathaniel and Susanna (Willoughby) Lynde (79), who was a sister of 
the wife of his first cousin Judge Richard Lord (70); married (2) July 20, 1736, 
his second cousin, Elizabeth Lee, great-granddaughter of Thomas and Phoebe 
(Browne) Lee (76); was pastor of the Church at East Lyme, or the second parish of 
Lyme; died Oct. 14, 1761. 
(118) Mary, born April 22, 1694; married Sept. 4, 1719, Edmund Dorr, son of Edward and 
Elizabeth (Hawley) Dorr (i 17); died Feb. 21, 1776. 

Deborah, born in 1696; married Oct. 19, 1721, Colonel Robert Denison, of New London, 
Conn., a captain in General Roger Wolcott's brigade at the taking of Louisburg; 
died between 1730 and 1733. 

Samuel, born in December, 1697; died unmarried June 10, 1727. 

Patience, born in 1698; married between Nov. 2, 1724, and March 28, 1728, John Denison, 
brother of her sister Deborah's husband; died Nov. 8, 1776. 

Thomas, born in February, 1700; died July 27, 1716. 



[126-A] JOHN WOLCOTT [....-....] 

OF TOLLAND, SOMERSET, ENGLAND 

THE WoLCOTT family have been found in Tolland, Somerset, England, the 
seat of our ancestor John Wolcott, as early as 1525, when they were 
devoted Roman Catholics. It may be that the John Wolcott whose 
will was proved in 1572, mentioning his children, John, Alice and Mary, 
and his wife Agnes, was the father of John Wolcott (126-A), but there are no 
means of ascertaining exactly. We know the date of John Wolcott's will to be 
1623, and in it he mentioned his three sons. 

Children of John and Wolcott 

Christopher, who inherited Golden Manor, Tolland, and died in 1639. 
(126) Henry, baptized Dec. 6, 1578, in the parish church of Tolland; married Jan, 19, 1606, 

Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Thomas and Saunders of Lyard, St. 

Laurence, Somerset. He died at Windsor, Ct., May 30, 1655. 
John. 



HENRY WOLCUI I [i^GJ 183 



[120J HENRY WOLCOTT [1578-10^^] 

AND MIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH SAUNDERS [1574-1655] 

OF ENGLAND AND WINDSOR, CONN. 

HENRY WOLCOTT, son of John Wolcott (i26-A),of Tolland, Somerset, 
England, was baptized December 6, 1578, in the parish church of Tol- 
land. 

Henry Wolcott married January 19, 1606, at the age of twenty- 
eight, Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders, of Lyard (or Lydiard), 
St. Laurence, Somersetshire, England. She was born in 1574. They lived at 
Tolland until 1630, when he came with his wife and three sons to New England. 
Their voyage was made in the "Mary and John," in company with Rev. John War- 
ham, afterwards pastor of the church in Windsor, Conn., and they formed a part 
of the " Dorchester Company" in Massachusetts Colony. 

At this time Henry Wolcott was fifty-two years old, and he sacrificed a 
good position and a large estate in the old country, where he was a magistrate, 
to seek a home in the new. Trumbull says he sold "about /;"8,ooo worth of estate in 
England" before leaving. He could have come over from no spirit of adventure, 
but only impelled by the desire that actuated so many of the better class of emi- 
grants, to find a spiritual liberty that was denied them in England. 

He settled first in Dorchester, was on the jury in 1631, and permitted to select 
a farm in 1634. He was at once called to public duties, being elected a member of 
the first General Court of Massachusetts Colony. But he did not stay long in Massa- 
chusetts, as in 1635 he was one of the "principal gentlemen" interested in the enter- 
prise of forming a new colony on the Connecticut River, and finally settled at 
Windsor. 

The first ofTicer named in the records of Connecticut is "26 AprI 1636 Henry 
Wolcot Constable." He was also deputy for Windsor in the first General Assembly 
of Connecticut. In 1643 he was elected a member of the House of Magistrates, 
and was annually re-elected during the rest of his life. "He was probably after 
the I'astor, the most distinguished man in Windsor." 

He died at Windsor May 30, 1655, aged seventy-seven. His wife died a few 
weeks later, July 17, 1655, aged seventy-three. Both were buried in the graveyard 
in Windsor, where a tombstone, bearing the following inscription and erected by 
his son-in-law, Matthew Griswold (124), is now standing. 

"Here under lyeth the body of Henry Wolcot sometimes a Maiestrate of this Jurisdiction 
who died y' 30th day of May Anno Salutis 1655 AFitatis 77." ' 

By the death of his brother Christopher in 1639, Henry Wolcott had in- 

'.V. E. Hnl. and Gen. Reg., V, 463. 



i84 HENRY WOLCOTT [126] 

herited "Golden Manor," the principal estate of Tolland, England. This he be- 
queathed to his son Henry. The value of his whole estate, exclusive of his 
English property, was only £764. 

Children of Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott 

John, born Oct. 1, 1607; was living in England in 1631 and apparently never emigrated. He 
had died without issue, before 1655. 

Henry, born Jan. 21, 1610/1; married Nov. 18, 1641, Sarah Newberry, daughter of Mr. 
Thomas Newberry, of Dorchester, Mass.; was an importing merchant of Windsor; 
inherited his father's English property; was deputy in 1660, and is named in the 
Charter of Connecticut; was magistrate from 1662 until his death, which occurred 
July 12, 1680. 

George, married Elizabeth Treat, and settled in Wethersfield, Conn. 

Christopher, who inherited the family homestead in Windsor, and died unmarried Sept. 7, 
1662. 
(124) Anna, born about 1620; married Oct. 16, 1646, Matthew Griswold, son of George Gris- 
woLD (123); died in 1700. 

Mary, married June 25, 1646, Sergeant Job Drake, of Windsor, son of John and Elizabeth 
(Rodgers) Drake; died Sept. 11, 1689. 

Simon, born "between Sept. 11, 1624, and Sept. 11, 1625"; was only seven at the time of 
his father's emigration; was left in England, but came over afterwards; married (i) 
March IQ, 1657, Joanna Cook, daughter of Aaron Cook; married (2) Oct. 17, 1661, 
Martha Pitkin, sister of William Pitkin, Esq., of East Hartford, Attorney-general 
and treasurer of the Colony. Simon moved to Simsbury, Conn., in 1671, but re- 
turned to Windsor, and died there Sept. 11, 1687. His widow married (2) Daniel 
Clark, a brother of George Clark (88). 



OILMAN ANCESTRY 



From a letter of April i8, 1884, written by Winthrop Sargent Oilman (136) to 
his daughter, on receipt of a pamphlet regarding the Coffin family. 

"Genealogies are matters of curiosity — and something more in that the survival of 
the strongest blood, like that of the Coffins & Bethunes, oft manifests itself in many 
subsequent generations. It is interesting also that the ancestors, who 'stood equiv- 
alent with mighty kings,' married their likes in blood, position and character, so that 
the final issue is apt to partake of the good qualities of the many — The physical ten- 
dency in derivations always is to health, so that with care descendants overcome the 
seeds of maladies from which their ancestors suffered. This rule I think holds 
good also in morals with this most important proviso that each generation takes care 
that the children shall be so trained as to continue the improvement — where that care 
is not exercised deterioration is sure to exert a powerful adverse influence. 'An idle 
life,' said Goethe, 'is death anticipated' — 'from him who hath not shall be taken away 
even that which he hath;' the governing principle in nature which applies to all vag- 
rants being that 'any life which secures food, ease & comfort without the expenditure 
of personal labor of some kind always produces physical and moral degradation.' A 
good & vigorous — a moral and religious ancestry has given us the benefit of an im- 
proving tendency, so that each generation is destined to be better & more useful than 
the last, 1 trust." 



GILMAN ANCESTRY 

OF 

WINTHROP SARGFNT GILMAN 
L»36] 



THH GILMAN FAMILY IN HNGLAND 

FOR our information about the Oilman family before the sixteenth cen- 
tury we are indebted to Alexander W. Gillman, Esq., of London, Eng- 
land, who publisiied in 1895 the results of seven years' labor on pedigrees 
and documents of the Gillman or Gilman families in England and ire- 
land. i\lr. Gillman refers all the various branciios of the family to one root, the 
"Cilmin tribe" of Wales, named from Gilmin l)roed-dhu, a more or less legendary 
personage of A. D.843. '" corroboration of this theory, Mr. Gillman points out that 
all the scattered branches of the family in England have borne at all times the same 
Cilmin arms; viz.: ar., a man's leg couped at the thigh, sa., and that these arms 
have also been borne by the Glynne family of England, who claim descent from 
Cilmin Droed-dhu through a second marriage of Robert ap Meredydd, his descen- 
dant in the fifteenth century, lie also remarks that the common pronunciation 
of the name has always followed the old spelling of the last syllable, myn (or mun), 
not man. 

Mr. Gillman's researches, however, are more interesting to the antiquarian 
or the historical student than to the genealogist, as, with the exception of the 
Irish Gilmans, who trace their descent from Richard the son of Robert ap Meredydd, 
he has discovered no iinhroken line of descent in any branch of the family. Richard 
took the surname of his ancestor Cilmin on removing to London, about 1500, 
where he became one of the Yeomen of the King's Guard.' I lis family for several 
generations had positions about the Court, or in London. 

The Norfolk, Kent and Essex families, however, were in existence two or 
three hundred years before this time, and no explanation is given of their assump- 
tion of the Gilman name. The most ancient of all Gilman records in existence is 

'The Yeomen of theGu.ird wcrt "insiiiuleil in lionr\ Nil's rcicn, in the year 1485,35 a special bodv 
guard of the King, and consisted of 50 men of the best rank under pentry, and of larger stature than ordinary, each 
man being required to be six feet high. The number was afterwards increased to 250 men, and they for- 
merly had diet as well as wages when in waiting, but this privilege was withdrawn in the reign of Queen Anne 
and the numbers reduced to 140." — Searches into the History of the Gillman or Gilman jamily. 21 . 



i86 THE OILMAN FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

of a John Gylemyn of Kent, King's Marshal in Henry Hi's reign, or 126 1. In 
Norfolk, the county of the American Gilmans, Geoffrey Gylemyn is recorded as 
belonging to the Leteof St. Peter's, Norwich, about 1300-1310. 

Mr. Oilman has discovered a number of documents and wills in Norfolk 
from this time on to that of our ancestor Edward Oilman of Gaston (1550), one 
being the second oldest Oilman will on record, dated the Feast of Saints Fabian and 
Sebastian, in the year 1426. Direct descent from these early Gilmans cannot now 
be established as the parish register began in the middle of the sixteenth century, 
and our tree must still start with Edward Oilman of Gaston (1550), descent from 
whom was traced with accuracy by Arthur Oilman, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass., 
eldest son of Winthrop Sargent and Abia Swift (Lippincott) Oilman (136), 
who published in 1869 a Oilman Genealogy, which has been ever since the authority 
on the subject. 

At the present time, the Oilman descendants in America of Edward Oilman, 
(130), our emigrant ancestor, and a grandson of Edward of Gaston, number several 
thousand, while there are but few left of that name among all the many branches 
in the old country. 

EDWARD OILMAN of Gaston, Norfolk, England, married June 22, 1550, at 
Gaston, Rose Rysse. His will, dated February 5, 1573, was proved by his widow, 
July 7, of the same year. In it he gave to his eldest son John, his houses and lands 
in Gaston, and divided his other landed property (land at Saham Toney being 
mentioned) among his other three sons and five daughters. His widow married 
(2) at Gaston, April 3, 1578, John Snell, and was buried there, October 3, 1613. 
Their children were: 

John, who inherited his father's estate in Caston. 

Edward. 

Robert, see below. 

Lawrence, baptized at Caston, Nov. 3, 1561; married (1) June 20, 1588, Elizabeth James, of 

Caston, who was buried Dec. 20, 1602; married (2) Joan Sponer, who outlived him; 

was buried at Caston Aug. 21, 1629. His will, dated Aug. 1, 1629, was proved Dec. 

8, of the same year. 
Margaret, Katherine, Rose, Jone, Elizabeth. 



ROBERT OILMAN, son of Edward and Rose (Rysse) Oilman, was bap- 
tized at Gaston, July 10, 1559; married Mary , who was buried March 9, 

1618. Robert Oilman is mentioned in his brother Lawrence's will in 1629. On 
March 2, 1631, he enfeoffed his son John with the lands left to him by his father. 
He was buried at Gaston, March 6, 1631. His children were: 

Robert, married (1) May 14, 161 1, Rose H awes, at Hingham, Norfolkshire; married (2) 
Mary , who survived him. His will, dated Sept. 27, 1658, was proved Jan, 21, 



Till Cll MAN 1 AMIl.V IN 1-:NGLANI) 187 

1659, by his widow. It appears from the pedigree of Norfolk Gilmans' that all the 
Gilmans of the Norfolk branch now living in l-^nRland come from a great-grandson of 
Robert, named Samuel who married I'rances lieyhoe in 1740. 
(130) FnwARn, born about 1587 married at llinKliam, June 3, 1614, Mary Clark; emigrated 
to Now I'nyiand in 1638 and ilieil at l-^xeter, N. II,. June 22, 1681. 

Lawrence, baptized at Caston, Dec. 1, 1594; married Anne ; was mentioned in his 

brother John's will in 1639. His own will, proved Feb. 8, 1647. mentions two 
daughters, Margaret and Kalherinc. 

John, baptized at Caston, Teh. 28, 1598; married Anne — ; received in 1631 his father's 

Caston property. His will was proved June 14, 1639, by his widow. He apparently 
left no descendants. 

[130] EDWARD OILMAN 1 1^87-1681] 

AND HIS WH-E 

MARY CLARK [. ...-....] 

OF ENGLAND, HINGHAM, MASS., AND EXETER, N. H. 

EDWARD OILMAN, son of Robert and Mary ( ) Gilman, of Caston, 
Norfolksliire, F.ngland, was born about 1587 at Caston. He, with 
some of the family, moved to Hingham, a sinall market town near 
Caston, and there he married, June 3, 1614, Mary Ci.ark, whose parent- 
age is unknown. 

In 1638 he emigrated to New England with a company of Hingham people, 
sympathizers with the Rector of the Parish Church, Rev. Robert Peck, who had 
been prosecuted by Bishop Wren, because in his Puritan zeal "he pulled down the 
rails and levelled the altar and the whole chancel a foot below the church." One 
hundred and thirty-three men, women and children, among whom were Fdward 
Gii-MAN, his wife, three sons, two daughters, and three servants, and John loul- 
sham, who afterward became his son-in-law, sailed from Gravesend in the ship 
"Diligent, "of Ipswich, Mass., on April 26, 1638, and arrived at Boston, Mass. .August 
10, 1638. They settled at Hingham, Mass., where some of their town-folk had 
started a colony five years previously. Edward Oilman is said to have sacrificed 
one-half the value of his property in England in order to emigrate, but he must 
still have had considerable means, as he made investments immediately on his 
arrival. He was admitted freeman at Hingham, March 13, 1638. 

Plymouth Colony, in 1641, granted to Edward Oilman and others a tract of 
land eight miles square, called Seekonk, now Rehoboth, on the borders of Rhode 
Island, and it is possible that he went there to live for a time. He is also connected 
with the early history of Scituate, as the following extract shows: 

"The name of F.dward Gilman, first ancestor of that distinguished family, is perpetuated 
in Scituate, and 'Gillman Plain' received its name from his trespass. Sett. Rec. V. 4. (old leaf). 
'Recovered of Edward Gyllman for damage done to the Town Swamps, £26. los. 6d. Rec'd of Ed. 
Gyllman for damages, &c. 

^The Gillman or Gilman Family, 148. 



1 88 EDWARD OILMAN [130] 

Eleven ffirkins of sope at i8s •" £9- 18.0 

1 n Cassel sope and shoes 3- O- ° 

I n tobacco ' • ° 

It is possible that this Edward Oilman was the son, as it is not always easy 
to distinguish between them in the records. 

in 164s he was again at Hingham, and later was among the earliest settlers 
of Ipswich, Mass., with his two sons, Edward and John. Edward, Junior, married 
there Elizabeth Smith, but removed in 1647 to Exeter, N. H., and on July 28, 1648, 
deeded to his father the property in Ipswich received from his father-in-law. 

EDWARDOiLMAN,senior, sold some of his land in Ipswich to his son John (131) 
in 1650, and in 165 1, other land, perhaps that referred to above, to his "brother 
Richard Smith," i. e., his son's father-in-law. 

He fmally moved his family to Exeter, N. H., in 1652 or 1653, and there 
remained the rest of his life. He had acquired large grants of land there which 
were conditional, as appears from the Exeter records: 

"July 8, 1652. Edward Oilman, Sr., John Leavitt, John Oilman and Moses Oilman 200 
[acres] 'those of them that come not to live with us by the next summer to forfeit their shares again 
to the town.' 

In apparent preparation for this move, he and his wife, Mary, deeded, Oc- 
tober 14, 1652, their house and three acres of land in " Bachelor's Rowe" in Hing- 
ham (supposed to be the homestead), to their son-in-law, Daniel Gushing. Ed- 
ward, junior, had moved to Exeter in 1647, and John (131) in 1648, at which time 
they built together the first saw-mill in Exeter. 

Edward Oilman, Sr., first appears on the records of Exeter, May 10, 1652, 
when he and his son Edward, Edward Colcord, and Humphrey Wilson, were 
granted liberty to set up a saw-mill at the "lower falls in Lamprey river by the 
bridge," and to take timber on the common land there for their mill, on payment 
of five pounds a year to the town. This place was later the site of the town of 
Newmarket. Edward, junior, was lost at sea the following year (1653), and the 
father and two other sons, John (131) and Moses, managed the three saw-mills and 
continued the business. 

Edward Oilman took "ye oath of Allegiance & Fidelity" November 30, 1677, 
at Exeter, at the same time with his sons John (131) and Moses, his son-in-law 
Sergeant John Foulsham and Jonathan Thing (141). 

On February 18, 1679, the selectmen of Exeter gave an order that Edward 

Oilman, Jonathan Thing (141), and others should be allowed to build in the 

church a gallery at 

"the end of the men's gallery for their wives . . . provided they build the same upon their own 

charge, leaving also room to build another end gallery if the same be required. 

'At Exeter by vote of the town "any inhabitant who should find a marsh of less than twenty acres 
might enjoy it as his own forever." Some such rule probably existed in other parts of Massachusetts and 
perhaps accounts for this "trespass." In the History of Scitiiate, p. 4, the author says: "A. D. 1685 the town 
of Scituate voted 'to block up the highway leading from Scituate common lands to Hingham, to prevent the great 
trespasses by those of Hingham.' They had several times recovered damages of individuals." 



EDWARD GILMAN L130] 189 

On March 1 1, of the same year, Fuiwani Sniiih, Fdward Gii man and Peter 
Folsoni were appointed by the town a committee to ascertain the town debts and 
their legality, among which were those due to Honorable John Oilman (131) as 
captain of the Ivxeter Military ("ompany. 

Edward Gilman died in Exeter, June 22, 1681. Ihe date of his wife's death 
is not known. 

Children of Edward and Mary (Clark) Oilman 

Mary, baptized Aug. 6, 1615; married John Foulsham, a fellow-passenger on the " Diligent" 
in 1638. 

Edward, baptized Dec. 26, 1617; married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Richard Smith, of 
Ipswich, Mass., formerly of Shropham, Norfoikshirc, England; moved from Ipswich 
to Exeter, N. H., in 1647, and built the first saw-mill there. Before 1650 he had the 
grant for another mill on the other side of the river at the Falls. In 1653 he went to 
England for mill-gearing, etc., and was lost at sea. 

Sarah, baptized Dec. 26, 1617. 

Lydia, married at Hingham, Mass., Jan. 19, 1645, Daniel Cushing, son of Matthew Cushing, 
Sr. 
(131) John, born Jan. 10, 1624; married June 20, 1657, Elizabeth Treworgye, daughter of James 
and Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgye (137); died July 24, 1708. 

Moses, baptized March 11, 1630; married (i) Anne ; married (2) Elizabeth Hersey, 

daughter of William and Elizabeth Hersey, of Hingham, Mass.; went to Exeter. N. H., 
with his father in 1652, and lived there until his death in 1702. 

[131J HON. JOHN GILMAN [1624-1708] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH TREWORGYE [1639-1719] 

OF ENGLAND, HINGHAM, MASS., AND EXETER, N. H. 

JOHN GILMAN, son of Edward and Mary (Clark) Oilman (130), was born 

I January 10, 1624, at Hingham, Norfolkshire, England, where he was bap- 

I tized May 23, 1626. He was but fourteen years old when he came to Amer- 

J ica in the ship "Diligent" with his parents, and he went with them first to 

Hingham, and thence to Ipswich, Mass. 

About 1648 he joined his brother Edward in Exeter, N. H., who had built a 
saw-mill there. After Edward was lost at sea in 1653, John inherited much of his 
property, and the management of the milling business fell largely upon him. From 
this time he was prominent in town affairs. 

On January 2, 1650/1, his name appears on a dissenting vote with regard to 
a proposition to let Rev. Mr. Dudley "go free without payment for his third" in 
a matter of town taxation. In 1652, he was elected selectman, and served almost 
continuously until 1687. On October 23, 1652, he and John Robinson were chosen 
as overseers of the work on the first meeting-house. It is a pathetic illustration 



IQO HON. JOHN OILMAN [131] 

of the poverty of the early settlers of New England, that, though the people of 
Exeter wished to build a log-house only twenty feet square, it took them two years, 
and required the work of every able-bodied inhabitant. The meeting-house then 
built served them for over forty years. 

One of the difficulties of these new settlements was to provide for the support 
of the minister, and in Exeter various methods were tried before the tithing-men 
were given the responsibility of making the collections. In 1656 all the saw-mills 
were taxed for this purpose, and a new mill of John Oilman's was rated six pounds. 
While this seems a large tax, the mills were relieved of all town taxes, and undoubt- 
edly the milling industries were the most flourishing in Exeter. 

John Oilman married June 20, 1657, Elizabeth Treworgye, daughter of 
James and Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgye (137), who was born in 1639. 
About this time he built opposite the Oreat Bridge the "Log-House" which was 
standing in 1888, and was then the oldest house in Exeter.' 

In 1667 and 1668, John Oilman was on committees to lay out the boundaries 
of Exeter, as there were encroachments on every side. The matter was long in ad- 
justment, and it was not until April 29, 1672, that a committee of which he was one 
settled the line between Exeter and Hampton, and as late as January 16, 1710/11, 
that another committee, on which was his son Nicholas (132), settled that be- 
tween Exeter and Dover. 

John Oilman was a lieutenant of the Exeter Military Company in 1669, and 
October 24, 1676, he received £^ 15s. 6d., for his military service. In 1678 he 
was made captain, and the committee appointed by the town to examine into its 
debts (see Edward Oilman, 130), reported March 11, 1678/9, 

"haveing tryed & examined ye accounts, charges and disbursements of Cap'" John Giilman doe 
find for & allow unto him. Errors excepted,— 77L. 19s. cod. The last Bar'" of powder w'*' 
Cap*" Giilman bought for ye Towne stock is not included in ye Sume aboue written." 

He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity on November 30, 1677, with his 
father and brother Moses. He was repeatedly appointed commissioner to try 
small causes, and was on several committees to care for the interests of the town. 
For the two years before New Hampshire was separated from the Massachusetts 
government, he held the office of associate (or judge) of the Norfolk County Court 
and was recognized as one of the ablest men in Exeter. 

In January, 1680, the new government of the Royal Province of New Hamp- 
shire went into operation under the Crown, and a governor and six councillors were 
appointed by King Charles 11. Captain John Oilman was appointed one of the 
councillors, and served for three years. In 1682 he was also made judge of the 
Court of Pleas, but was suspended from both offices by Oovernor Cranfield, "an 
arrogant and thieving ruler "who "goaded New Hampshire to acts of insurrection. "» 

Cranfield determined to levy taxes in 1684, without referring them to the as- 
sembly, relying upon the subserviency of the remaining councillors. In Exeter 

> See further description under Colonel John Oilman (161). 
- Fiske's Beginnings oj New England, 287. 



IIUN. JOHN GILMAN |ijil igi 

the constable. John I'nisom, returned his warrant, sayin^^ that the people refused to 
pay the taxes, as they were illej^al. In the Provlucial Papers we luid tlie following 
on this subject: 

" 1 luini.is 1 liiiriDii, I'rovost niar>lKill of the Prov. of N. H.,scnt todcmand a fine of 50s. upon 
Jiiliii loulshani Constable of I'xctcr for lu'^lccling the duty of his office, saith: . . . 'this deponent 
boinj; at the house of I'dward Ciihiian [son of I'.dward Ciilman, jr.] in Kxctcr aforesaid, there came 
thither the wife of John Ciihiian sen r of l^xeter and toltl this deponent that slie had provided a kettle 
of scalding water for liini if he came to her house to demand anyrates,and thewife of Moses Oilman 
did say that she had provided a kettle of scalding water for him if he came to her house which had 
been over the fire for two days'." 

The marshal returned without much satisfaction and without collecting the taxes. 
After the Revolution of 1689 in England, the affairs of the Province ran more 
smoothly. 

In 1683, Rev. Mr. Dudley died and was succeeded by Ivlder William Went- 
wurth. His death occurring after a pastorate of ten years, Honorable John Gilman, 
as he was then called, was put on a committee to procure a new pastor. They 
agreed upon Rev. John Clarke, a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) 
Clarke (139), of Newbury, and called him June 23, 1693. It is interesting to 
notice that two of John Oilman's sons, Nicholas (132) and John (161), married 
sisters of their pastor, a few years later,' and it was probably in the home of Nich- 
olas that the aged Elizabeth (Somerby Clarke) Hale, then the widow of Rev. 
John Hale (i 56), spent her last years. 

A new meeting-house was finished in December, 1696, but the business of 
seating the congregation was a difTicult one, and it was not until February 3, 1698, 
that the places were assigned. One pew was given to 

"Nicholas Gilman and his wife, and John Gilman, and Alice and Catherine Gilman, joining to Mr. 
Wilson's pew and to the east door." 

Two or three months later the minister was ordained, and the church re-organized, 
when John Oilman's name appears first on the list of members. Mr. Clarke's pas- 
torate was a short one, as he died in 1705. His successor, Rev. John Odlin, who 

married Mr. Clarke's widow in 1706, was a grandson of John and Margaret ( ) 

Odlin (60). 

From 1693 to 1697, Hon. John Oilman was representative to the Provincial 
Assembly of New Hampshire, and was speaker of the House in 1695. His death 
occurred in Exeter, July 24, 1708, in his eighty-fifth year. His will was dated 
July 16, 1700, and the inventory was made July 9, 1709. His landed property, 
which was inventoried at £257, was divided between his only living sons Nicholas 
(132) and John (161). i le left to his daughter Elizabeth Wadleigh, £5, to be paid 
her by her brothers, and to the daughters Sarah Dudley, Lydia White, Abigail 
Thing, Joanna CofTin, Alice Gilman, and Katherine Gilman, each ^"20, to be paid 
them by their brothers, Nicholas paying £8 and John ;i(;i2. The sons were 
also to pay their mother, who was sole executrix, £20 apiece, and she was also to 



,92 HON. JOHN OILMAN [131] 

receive the remainder of the estate, both real and personal, and to give to the two 
unmarried daughters who had not yet received their portion, fyo apiece. 

Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman died at Exeter, September 8, 1719, aged 

eighty years. 

Children of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman 

(142) Mary, born Sept. 10, 1658; married July 26, 1677, Captain Jonathan Thing, son of 

Jonathan and Joanna ( ) Thing (141); died in August, 1691.' 

James, born Feb. 6, 1660, died young. 

Elizabeth, born Aug. 16, 1661 ; married (i) July 12, 1678, Nathaniel Ladd, who was mortally 

wounded in a fight with the Indians at Macquoit, Maine, and died Aug. 11, 1691; 

married (2) Dec. 3, 1693, Henry Wadleigh. 
John, born Oct. 6, 1663, died young. 
Katherine, born March 17, 1664/5; died Sept. 2, 1684. 
Sarah, born Feb. 25, 1666/7; married Dec. 24, 1684, Stephen Dudley, and had ten children, 

three of whom married Gilmans. 
Lydia, born Dec. 12, 1668; married Oct. 24, 1687, Captain John White. 
Samuel, born March 30, 1671; died Aug. 9, 1691. 

(132) Nicholas, born Dec. 26, 1672; married June 10, 1697, Sarah Clarke, daughter of Nathan- 

iel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke (139) of Newbury, Mass., married (2) 

Judith ; was a captain in Queen Anne's War, judge of the Court of Common 

Pleas, and of the Superior Court of New Hampshire; died at Exeter in 1749. 
Abigail, born Nov. 3, 1674; married July 8, 1696, Samuel Thing, son of Jonathan and 
Joanna ( ) Thing (141) and brother of her sister Mary's husband; died Nov. 

7, 1725. 
(161) John, born Jan. 19, 1676/7; married (i) June 5, 1698, Elizabeth Coffin, daughter of Hon. 
Peter and Abigail (Starblick) Coffin (162), who died July 4, 1720; married (2) 
Dec. 29, 1720, Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale, widow of Dr. Robert Hale (157), daugh- 
ter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke (139), and sister of his brother 
Nicholas' wife. He died probably at Gilmanton, N. H., between 1739 and 
1742. 

Deborah, born April 30, 1679; died Sept. 30, 1680. 

Joanna, twin with preceding; married (i) Henry Dyer; married (2) Captain Robert Coffin, 
son of Hon. Peter and Abigail (Starbuck) Coffin (162) and brother of her 
brother John's first wife; died Dec. 24, 1720. 

Joseph, born Oct. 28, 1680, died young. 

Alice, born May 23, 1683; married in November, 1702, Captain James Leavitt. In the 
seating of the church in 1698, her name and that of her younger sister Katherine are 
mentioned with their father's. She died Jan. 2, (June 2) 1721. 

Katherine, born Nov. 27, 1684; married (i) Peter Folsom; married (2) Richard Calley. 

■Dr. Daniel C. Oilman of Baltimore, Md., son of William C. Oilman of New York, is related through so 
many lines to the family of Winthrop Sargent Oilman (136), that we notice it here. He is descended from 
three of the children of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman (131). and '*'« f™"! two of them; i.e., 
Col. John Oilman (161) by both his wives; Judge Nicholas Oilman (132) from two of his sons. Rev. Nicholas 

(133) and Samuel; and Mary Oilman who married Captain Jonathan Thing (142). Also descended from two 
children of Tristram Coffin (147-A), Mary, who married Joseph Little (146) and Hon. Peter Coffin (162) 
and also descended from three of the children of Nathaniel Clarke (139), Rev. John Clarke, ElizabethClarke 
who married (1) Dr. Robert Hale (157) and (2) Col. John Oilman (161) and Sarah Clarke, who married 
Judge Nicholas Oilman (132). 



JUDGL N'ICllOLAS OILMAN [13^1 193 

|r,2| JUDGF NICHOLAS OILMAN | i(i72-i74c)| 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH CLARKF-: [1678-1741] 

OF EXETIER, N. II. 

NICHOLAS OILMAN, son of lion. John and Llizabetii (Treworgye) 
Oilman (131), was born at Kxeter, N. H., December 26, 1672, and was 
probably named for his great-uncle, Nicholas Shaplcigh. He married 
(I), June 10, 1697, Sarah Clarke, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliz- 
abeth (Somerby) Clarke (i39),of Newbury, who was born January 7 or 12,1677/8. 
He was a farmer and merchant, and lived on the south side of I'ront Street, where 
an elm planted by his son, Rev. Nicholas Oilman (133), during his father's life- 
time, was still standing in 1888. 

When the important business of seating the meeting in the new house of wor- 
ship was concluded, February 3, 1698, a pew was assigned to Nicholas Oilman and 
his wife with his father and sisters "joyning to Mr. Wilson's pew and the east door." 
These pews were given "to whom they seem meet," and they were to "sit in them 
with their families" and "not be seated nowhere else."' Nicholas was a member 
of the church, and subscribed with his father to the confession of faith and covenant 
on September 21, 1698, the Sunday before the new pastor. Rev. John Clarke (his 
brother-in-law) was ordained. 

At this time the Indians were very hostile to the frontier towns, and Exeter 
suflFered from constant raids. The men of the town were formed into a militia, 
and as early as 1695, Nicholas Oilman was among the men trained for service. 
Later, in 1710, he was captain of one of the scouting parties almost continually kept 
on duty. He was also in command of a part of the garrison, and when Colonel 
Hilton was killed by the Indians, he and his brother John (161) went out with the 
company in pursuit of the murderers. 

In 171 1 he was appointed, with Jonathan Wadleigh and his nephew Jonathan 
Thing, a committee to "procure the settlement of the line between Dover and 
Exeter." 

The next town business that we find Nicholas Oilman connected with, opens 
up the interesting subject of the financial afTairs of the early Colonists, and the ex- 
periments with paper currency that were carried on for many years in all parts of 
New England. In 1717, the province of New Hampshire issued ;^i5,ooo of paper 
money to be lent to the people in small sums on land. Nicholas Oilman, his 
brother-in-law, Samuel Thing (son of Jonathan and Joanna Thing, 141), his 

' The extreme care used in scatinp the congregation seems to us very amusing but was not peculiar to the 
New England people. We find in Pepyi's Diary that there was as exact a rule in old Kngland. He mentions 
freciuentlv the relative position of his wife and Lady Batten and Mrs. Pen. On Aug. 24. i6()j he writes: " Found 
Will Grifiin and Thomas Hewitt got into the pew next to our backs, where our maids sit, but when I come they 
went out, so forward some people are to out-run themselves." 



194 JUDGE NICHOLAS OILMAN [132] 

nephew, Jonathan Thing (son of Captain Jonathan and Mary (Oilman) Thing, 
142), Nicholas Cordon, and Moses Leavitt, were made a Committee for Exeter, 
to superintend the loan there, and to appraise the land offered as security. We 
have no record of the success or failure of this plan to provide the colonists with 
ready money, but it probably met with the same fate as in Massachusetts and 
Rhode island.' 

In 1730 a larger meeting-house was built, with a broad aisle through the 
centre, on each side of which were benches for those who did not own pews. The 
pews on the sides of the house were sold, and eleven of the thirty-two were bought 
by Oilmans. The four pews bringing the highest prices were those of Major Nich- 
olas Oilman, £2\, Lieutenant Bartholomew Thing (143), £21, Jonathan Oilman, 
;^23, and Captain John Oilman, Jr., ;£2i. 

As compensation for services rendered in defence of the country, the town of 
Oilmanton was granted in 1727, to one hundred and seventy-seven persons, twenty- 
four of whom bore the name of Oilman. Nicholas Oilman is first on the list of 
grantees, and all of his sons' names appear also. He evidently never removed there. 
In 1729 he was commissioned justice of the court of common pleas in Exeter. He 
only held office for a year, resigning in order to give his entire time to his private 
business. 

In 1732 he accepted the appointment of judge of the Superior Court, and 
performed the duties until 1740, when he again retired from the bench. He seems 
to have been also justice of the peace in 1734, at the time of the "Mast Tree Riot." 
The white pine of mast size, twenty-four inches in diameter three feet from the 
ground, were then valued at over £100, and the colonists of New Hampshire did 
not always pay proper regard to the king's broad arrow when cutting in the forests. 
This was a continual source of conflict between officials and people, and on this 
occasion the three justices, Nicholas Oilman, John Oilman (perhaps 161), and 
Bartholomew Thing (143), were ordered by the lieutenant-governor to accom- 
pany his representative to the various saw-mills (one of which belonged to John 
Oilman, 161 ), and look up boards sawed from mast-trees. The three justices, after 
a few weeks, answered that they had sent a man with the official, 

"but as to his demand that some of them should go, they could not, upon the most deliberate 
consideration, find any authority to support them in so doing." 

In 1739, when Nicholas Oilman was holding court in Portsmouth, he sen- 
tenced Sarah Simpson and Penelope Kenney for the murder of an infant child. 
The execution of these women was the first that had occurred in New Hampshire.' 

His first wife, Sarah, died August 25, 1741, and he married (2) Judith , 

to whose identity we have no clue. She is mentioned in the "mutual agreement" 

' In Weeden's Social and Economic History oj New England will be found a full discussion of this sub- 
ject. 

^While Exeter had a Court House and an Act had been passed in 1730 providing for a term to be 
held in Exeter, Dover, and Hampton, it is not known that even a single Court was held outside of Portsmouth. It 
is supposed that Exeter was thereby snubbed for her resistance to the English authorities. 



JUDGE NICHOLAS OILMAN li}2| 195 

between the heirs as "Mrs. Judeth Gilman, . . . the Widow of the Said Nicholas 
Gilnian Hsq' deceased." 

Judge Gilman died at Exeter in 1749, 'and left a large estate which was valued 
at ^}3,93i 7s. lod. From tlio probate records wc should judge that he died in- 
testate. In the inventory the landed properly amounts to J^^o.^jx"]. 

"iIk- I'cw in tlu' old nieating house ;£ioo. . . tlic Genelogy in the Parler 100/. . . one Negro man 
iiaiiu'ii Tom /260. and a Melaler Woman named Jenee and her child £280." 

The eldest son, Samuel, was executor and administrator, and the "mutual agree- 
ment" provides that there 

"Shall Ki'Diain in his hands So much of Said Lstate as he Shall See Cause to keep, in order for de- 
fraying the funeral Charges of the Said Nicholas Gilman I-!sq'' and paying all Just debts due from 
Said listate and for paying Mrs. Judeth Gilman her thirds or Right of dowry as she is the Widow 
of the Said Nicholas Gilman Hsq"^ deceased, and also for defraying all Nessesary Charges of what 
kind So Ever Relating to Said Estate." 

The widow received ;£945 "in part of her thirds." 

Children of Judge Nicholas and Sarah (Clarke) Gilman 

Samuel, born May i, 1698: married (i) Sept. 2, 1719, Abigail Lord, daughter of Robert 
Lord, of Ipswich; married (2) Feb. 19, 1746/7, Mary ( — ) Woodbridge; was cap- 
tain of the First Exeter Company of Foot in 1732, justice of the peace in 1740, judge 
of the Superior Court from 1740 to 1749, and colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Foot 
in 1755; died at Exeter Jan. 3, 1785. 

John, born Dec. 24, 1699; married Nov. 8, 1720, Mary Thing, daughter of his first cousin, 
John Thing, and granddaughter of Captain Jonathan and Mary (Gilman) Thing 
(142); died Dec. 6, 1722. His widow married (2) Dec. 8, 1724, another cousin, Hon. 
Peter Gilman, son of Colonel John and Elizarfth (Coffin) Gii man (161). 

Daniel, born Jan. 28, 1702; married (i) Sept. 2, 1724, Mary Lord, daughter of Robert Lord 
of Ipswich, a sister of his brother Samuel's wife; married (2) Sept. 23, 1736, Abigail 
Sayer; was colonel of Militia in 1755, and was also a farmer and trader; was a friend 
of Rev. George Whitefield, who died at his house. He died suddenly in the Exeter 
(Church, of apoplexy, Oct. 15, 1780. 

Nathaniel, born March 2, 1704; married Sept. 16. 1725, Sarah Emery, daughter of Rev. 
Samuel Emery, of Wells, Me. and died before 1749. His wife survived him and mar- 
ried (2) Hon. John I'hillips, the founder ami benefactor of Phillips Academy, Exeter. 
Sarah (Emery Gilman) Phillips died in October, 1765, and Mr. Phillips married (2) 
in 1767, Elizabeth Hale. 
(133) Nicholas, born Jan. 18, 1707/8; li.C. 1724; married Oct. 22, 1730, Mary Thing, daughter 
of his first cousin, Bartholomew and Sarah (Kent) Thing (143); died April 13, 
1748. in Durham. N. H., and was buried at I'xeter. 

Josiah, born 1 eb. 25, 1710; married Dec. 2, 1731, Abigail Coffin, daughter of Captain Elipha- 
let and Judith (Coffin Noycs) CoflTin; was a practicing physician in Exeter for nearly 
, half a century, and died there |an. i, 1703.,' '■ *^ «/.,— ■ ^ -z^,,. ..... 

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'This dale In the Probate records reads in several places 1749, but has \xen erroneously copied as 1741 
in different genealogies. 



196 JUDGE NICHOLAS OILMAN [132] 

Sarah, born June 25, 1712; married Aug. 26, 1730, Rev. James Pike, of Somersworth, N. H. 
Trueworthy, born Oct. 15, 1714; married (1) June 17, 1736, Susannah Lowe, daughter of 

Daniel Lowe.of Ipswich; married(2)Jan.8, 1752, Hannah ( ) Ayers, died in 1765. 

Elizabeth, born Nov. 5, 1717; died April 25, 1740. 

Joannah, born July 20, 1720; married Dec. 9, 1742, Hon. John Wentworth, of Somersworth, 

N. H., died April 3, 1750. 

[133] REV. NICHOLAS GILMAN [1708-1748] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY THING [1713-1789] 

OF EXETER AND DURHAM, N. H. 

NICHOLAS GILMAN, son of Judge Nicholas and Sarah (Clarke) Gil- 
man (132), was born at Exeter, January 18, 1707/8. He went to the 
Latin school of Newburyport, when he was eight years old, probably 
because that of Exeter was hardly more than started at the time. 
It was built the year of his birth, and the first record of the engagement of a master 
(Jonathan Pierpont)was the year that Nicholas began his education at Newbury- 
port, the home of his mother. He graduated at Harvard when but seventeen, 
in the class of 1724, and began to teach school at Stratham immediately after. 

He entered the ministry, and three years later preached his first sermon at 
Kingston, N. H., October 30, 1727. The next year he was called to the Newmarket 
church, which had been set off the year before from Exeter, but he did not accept 
the call. 

He married, October 22, 1730, Mary Thing, daughter of his first cousin, Bar- 
tholomew and Sarah (Kent) Thing (143) of Exeter, who was born January 1 1, 
1713. It seemsfrom his diary that his health was never good, which may account for 
the long delay before his taking a parish. He mentions in 1730 that he "went to 
Doctor Hales, at Beverly, to drink the mineral waters." He finally accepted a 
permanent pastorate at the church of Durham, N. H., where he was ordained March 

3. 1742. 

Among his papers is a "Carnal Scheme," relating to the details of his 
salary, which is very curious. It includes 

"Pork 500 lbs. . . Beef 600 lbs. that is well-fatted. . . Candles, Winter Rye and other grains. 
Molasses, Malt for Beer. . . Cyder 10 Barrells. . . Rum — Gallons or Wine. . . Apples and Turnips 
. . . Pasturing & Wintering 4 Cows & an horse, etc. . . Wood 40 Cord, If I should need so much 
for firewood, to be hauled to my door in 4 foot length. . . 1 10 pounds per year for this first year, 
and then the additions of 10 pounds pr. year for four years, & y" 1 50;^ per year to be paid in 
payable Bills of Credit in this province, &c." 

If there was any disagreement on the subject between the minister and his parish- 
ioners, the matter was to be referred to "three neighboring Ministers and three 
next Justices." 



REV. NICHOLAS (.11. MAN [133] 197 

Rev. Mr. Gii.man was an ardent friend of George Whilefieid, who came to New 
England in 1744, and wrote earnestly in his defence to those ministers who were 
opposed to his mission. While his correspondence gives the impression of sweetness 
of disposition, he, perhaps inconsequence of ill-health, appears to have been un- 
duly inlluenced by a fanatic named Woodbury from Rowley, with whom ho was 
accustomed to pass nights in prayer in the woods outside the town. It is said that 
these "exercises" shortened his life, as he was but forty-one when he died, leaving a 
widow and several young sons. 

He died April 13, 1748, and was buried at Exeter. The inventory of his estate 
amounted to £3,237. 13s. 4d. His books were inventoried at ,C]()2. the real estate 
at £1 ,800, and " Peter a negro man " at £\ 50. 

His widow, Mary (Thing) Gii.man, was left at the age of thirty-five to care 
for at least three sons, Tristram, who was probably the eldest living, being only 
thirteen. She evidently managed a farm in I{.\eter, as we have letters from both 
Tristram and Joseph (134), writing of the farm products, which were bartered 
in Boston for their maintenance. Tristram went to Harvard, and wrote her just 
before the (Christmas vacation in 1754: 

"Mr. Hancock. . .advis'd nic to go Home because he said it would cost mc 6 Pounds pr week for 
my Hoard, ^c. Tho' I am not of his Opinion as to that, l^ecause I'arsons can board in Town & 
will tliis Winter For Five Shillings Sterling pr Week. . . Our Vacancy begins on the first Day of 
January before which Time there is a Necessity of my Havingsome Money. 50 Dollars if possible . . . 
[1757] This in the utmost haste by Mr. Little informs you the Overseers are going to set again to- 
morrow to vote whether we shall have a Commencement. . . If we have Commencement it will 
be on July 14th, I suppose." 

The difficulty of paying for the maintenance of her boys was increased by 
the depreciation in currency. In 1753, Josiii'ii writes her that his employer, Mr. 
Savage, "told me to write you that you may have ;^500. worth of Goods & pay in 
Hanip. Money at the rate of three £ lo/a Dollar." This correspondence between 
herself and her sons ceased in 1760, when Tristram's education was finished, and 
Joseph, having lost his first wife in Boston, was preparing to return to Exeter. 

Mary died February 22, 1789, at the age of seventy-six. 

Children of Rev. Nicholas and Mary (Thing) Giiman 

Bartholomew, born Aug. 26, 1731. 

Nicholas, born June 13, 1733. 

Tristram, born Nov. 24, 1735: II. C. 1757: married May, 1771, Flizabeth Saver, daughter 

of Hon. Joseph Sayer, of Wells, Mc.; was the pastor of the church at North Yarmouth, 

Me., in 1769, and one of the first trustees of Bowdoin College, also the first president 

of the Maine Missionary Society; died April i, 1809. 
(134) Joseph, born in Exeter May 5, 1738; married (1) Jane Tyler, supposed to have died in 1760; 

married (2) Sept. 21, 1763, Rhbecia Ivi;s, daughter of Bf.nja.min and Elizabeth 

(Hale) Ives (151), of Beverly; died May 14, 1806. 
Josiah' born Sept. 2, 1740; married Nov. 30, 1763, Sarah Oilman, daughter of Samuel and 
' Col. Josiah Giiman is the great-grandfather of Dr. Daniel Coit Giiman of Baltimore, Md. 



198 REV. NICHOLAS OILMAN [133] 

Tabitha (Gilman) Gilman. Josiah was first cousin of his wife's motfier, Tabitha, 
while Tabitha and her husband were also cousins. He was one of the firm of Folsom, 
Gilman and Gilman, of Exeter; was captain of the N. H. Militia in 1771, justice of 
the peace in 1800, and town clerk of Exeter for many years; died there Feb. 8, 1801 . 
John, born May 10, 1742; died June 8, 1752. 



[134J JUDGE JOSEPH GILMAN [1738-1806J 

AND HIS WIFE 

REBECCA IVES [1746-1823] 

OF EXETER, N. H., AND MARIETTA, OHIO 

JOSEPH GILMAN, son of Rev. Nicholas and Mary (Thing) Gilman (133), 
was born at Exeter, May 5, 1738. His father died when he was but ten 
years old, and at the age of fifteen he was placed in the counting-house of 
Mr. Samuel P. Savage, in Boston. 

His letters to his mother begin quaintly, "Honored Mother," and are as full 
of requests for money as those of most lads of his age. He apologized in one for 
the "lownessof ye stile . . . This being the First Letter ever I wrote." They are 
filled with directions for making his clothes in the Boston fashions, which Exeter 
probably did not receive very quickly. 

"I should be glad you would get me a Jacket made Either blue or Black Broad Cloth let 
Stephen Sweet make it I would have it made Long Wasted the Skirts scarce Deep Enough Fora Poc- 
ket Let the Skirts be Cut like my Duroy [corduroy?] only more rounding. I would not have it 
made without Shapes, let the pocket Flaps be quite a good Deal larger than my Duroy let the button 
holes be pretty long & the pocket Flap to button." 

He also wants a watch that he left behind, possibly his father's, for he says: 

" I do not know how the Day passeth away there is no Clock near me I do not want it for 
the Ornament of it but to know how the Times passeth away." 

In 1754, when he was sixteen, he writes: 

" I should be Exceeding glad if you Cou'd Let Mr. Josiah Folsome make my Wigg as soon as 
he can I want One for Sundays very much this I have will serve for every day a great while Tho' 
it is not fit for Sunday. . . I have one of the Four things which are grievous to the Eye-sight Viz, 
an empty purse." 

While he was working in the daytime he also went to the evening school of 
Master Leach, to study higher mathematics, his reason being: 

"I am Contented to go ordinarily Clad, but I am not Contented with Ordinary Learning. . . . 
lam not discouraged about Ventureing to Sea because the Gilmans hitherto have met with misfor- 
tunes thereby, luck & chance says Solomon happen to all men. ... I have studied my Temper 
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His mother wished him to attend Mr. W liitefiLld's preaching services, and he 

writes licr: 

" 1 infurm }t)U Il1.1l I U)sc at 4 in llic mdrniiig In lii-ar liini, .iiul llic Morning lie preached his 
farewel Sermon 1 rose at half after twelve at Midnight for fear of oversleeping myself, and before 
4 In the morning was att the Old South and waiii-d for his cominj;. 1 he nu-cting was exceeding 
lull and wiTc singing when I got there." 

During his stay in Boston he married (i) Jane Tyler, by whom he had no 
children. Very little is known of this marriage, but in one let tor ot lebruary 7, lyGcj, 
he writes: 

".My Jenn)' is now launching into the eternal World. . . 'lis hard, my Brother, 'tis very hard 
to bear, but 1 beg and desire that 1 may be able to resign her to God, who gave her to me." 

The young husband was but twenty-two at this time, so could not have been mar- 
ried long. 

About 17O1 he returned to Exeter, and in partnership with his brother, Cap- 
tain Josiah Giiman, and Nathaniel Folsom, under the (irm name of i'olsom, Gilman 
and Gilman, engaged in the genera! merchandise and shipping business. Their 
trade with the ports of the West Indies and with London was considerable. 

Ever since the death of Rev. John Hale (156), in 1700, when his widow 
Elizabeth (Somerby Clarke) Hale had come to Exeter to live with her son-in- 
law. Judge Nicholas Gilman (132), the relations between the Gilmans and i Iales 
had been intimate. Judge Nicholas Oilman's brother, Colonel John Gilman (161), 
had married (2), in 1720, Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale, the widow of Dr. Robert 
Hale (157), and now again the families were united, when Joseph Gilman married 
(2), September 21, 1763, Rebecca Ives, daughter of his second cousin, Elizabeth 
Hale and Benjamin Ives (151), of Beverly, and great-granddaughter of Eliza- 
beth (Clarke Hale) Gilman (157-161). 

Rebecca Ives was born in Beverly, June 12, 1746, and probably had lived with 
her grandfather. Colonel Robert Hale (138), until her marriage at seventeen, as 
her father died when she was eleven. Colonel 1 Iale gave her a very fine education 
for that time. She spoke French fluently, and had a genuine love for the best liter- 
ature of the day. Her grandson, FJr. Gilman, of New York, tells this story: 

"Among her early friends, Timothy Pickering, the son of a near neighbor, was one of the 
most highly valued, and i well remember the amusement which her descendants. . . derived 
from hearing the old gentleman on a visit to Philadelphia, give in the presence of his aged friend, 
an account of the sensation produced in church when |iretty Miss Ives was led up the aisle by Cap- 
tain Pickering in his continental uniform."' 

It is supposed that, after his second marriage, Joseph Oilman set up his es- 
tablishment in a handsome gambrel-roofed house occupying the position of the 
present town-hall in Exeter. The house was originally built in 1724 by Judge 
Nicholas Oilman (132) for his son Nathaniel Gilman, Joseph's uncle. Soon after 

' Lctterof Or. Ch.andliT K. C.ilman 10 Dr. S. P. IliKlrctli, Aug. 12, 1845, Port Chester. 



200 JUDGE JOSEPH OILMAN [134] 

taking possession Joseph discovered between the flues of the great chimney a secret 
place in which was a deer-skin pouch filled with French crowns. He was never able 
to learn the history of the pouch, but supposed that some former occupant had hid- 
den it when ordered ofi' for duty, and had never returned to reveal the secret. 

Joseph Oilman was selectman in the years 1769, 1770, and 1771. A letter 
from Rebecca (Ives) Oilman to her brother. Colonel Robert Hale Ives, of 
Beverly, has recently come to light, and is now in possession of Arthur Oilman, Esq., 
of Cambridge, Mass. It gives so charming a picture of the family life at this period 
that there is no apology needed for introducing it here, giving also Mr. Oilman's 
notes. 

"Dear Brother 

I have not had an orpt to write Since 1 Received your Last kind Letter of invitations. 
It is Needless to tell you that I was Greatly Disappointed in not going at the appointed time. You 
my Dear Brother that know how fond I am of visiting my native place & Relations will Easily 
Conceive of it. We all made Great Dependence upon going, but Everything Conspired to prevent 
us. I think I never saw Brother Josiah so set upon going anywhere Since 1 knew him. I suppose 
it was partly oweing to his being a Brother officer, it is natural you know for people of the same 
profession to have a peculiar Simpathetic Regard for Each other, we were full of Company at Both 
houses nir Gilmans Brother' was up which was a principal hinderance he Lives at Such a distance 
that it is verry Seldom he can visit us & they tho't he would be Troubled if they went out of town 
when he was here & mr Pike & wife was here mr Gilman's only Aunt & another minister's & wife 
daughter to mrs Pike' so that we could not Leave home with any propriety Collo Folsom' did not 
want inclination but he was just Returned from a Fatiguing journey to Coos however I belive if 
Either of the Brothers his partners Could have gone you would have seen him at Beverly upon so 
agreeable an occasion you Cant imagin how pleased they are with your having a Commission. 1 
Cant Conceive what the reason is, unless it is because they are so Excessive fond of military 
affairs that they are glad to hear of its prosperity anywhere & think that you will be a means of Re- 
viveing there Beloved art in a place where it is almost Extinct. I hope my Dear Brother will Excuse 
my dwelling so Long upon one Subject our Sex you men say is given to prolixity & 1 f rely Confess 
your sisterisone instance of it however my Dear 1 am in a hurry as I always am when I write & have 
not time to put my Ideas in so few words as 1 should be glad to both for your Ease & my own 
satisfaction — I had a verry agreable visit from our aunt Lee^ this summer, it Refreshed my Spirites 
more than I can express. I was in a poor state of health but the unexpected Sight of her & Polly 
Really made me forget my infirmitys — if I had Time I would Divert you and Sister a little with a 
Detail of some things that Transpired while they were here Relative to parson Rogers,* you would 
have Laughtif you could have seen him Apeing the Gallant mustring up all his old Fashion Congees 
& Compliments that he us'd to practise forty or fifty years ago not neglecting the most triffling piece 
of Complysance that he thot would make him appear Sprightly & young, but you shall have the 
whole again at Larey when you & Sally Comes for Come you must my Dear Brother & Sister dont 

'Rev. Tristram Oilman, of North Yarmouth, Me., aged thirty-seven. See (133). 

'Sarah Gilman, daughter of Judge Nicholas Gilman (132). 

'Colonel Nathaniel Folsom (afterwards General), partner of Joseph Oilman. 

^ Elizabeth (Ives) Lee. See (150). 

' Rev. Daniel Rogers, aged eighty-five, pastor of the Second Parish of Exeter, which seceded from the 
First Parish on account of their sympathy with Rev. George Whitefield,the evangelist. His daughter Elizabeth 
Rogers married Thomas Oilman, son of John and Jane (Deane) Oilman and grandson of Col. John and 
Elizabeth (Coffin) Oilman (161). 




REBECCA (IVES) OILMAN [134] 

FROM AN OIL PAINTING 

OWNED BY THFODOR1-. f.ll.MAN OF YONKERS, N. Y. 



JUDGE JOSEPH GILjMAN [134I 2or 

say no I cant bear a Denial your Iriends hero all of iheni are impatient to sec you both here as 
Well as 1 indeed my Dear I Shall hardly have the (ioura^e lo go to IJeverly again if Sister dont (jonie. 
Idont thinkShe will everbe able toLeave home better than now. do prayobligeus& Qjmewhen the 
Govener Comes to Review the Regement perhaps there will be something to be seen that will amuse 
& please you at Least there cant be so much expected here as in more populous places but they art- 
taking Considerable pains to have there men behave properly, your 15rolher has been planing the 
Review & marshalling of them in order as they are to stand iV if the otlicers & men get there several 
parts perfect they will make a verry pretty appearance — Colic Folsom is to make the Entertain- 
ment for his Excclency & theofTicers & Gentlemen he is very Desirous to have you come then if you 
can possibly, but dont let there be any ifs in the way, mr Hale offers to go ^ waile upon you here 
if )()U will Come iSt that will be (jf any service I beleive it will be the week after next <Sc I dont know 
but sooner )our Hroiheror I will write a Line iS; let you know the Day the Governer has ncjt De- 
termined yet but they Expect it will be fixed very soon adiiu m\ Dear Brother & Sister & accept 

of the affeca 'r. ■ , 

Regards of your Sister 

Rebecca Oilman 

P. S. Capt. Ciilman Desired the favor to write a postscript to this but he is not come & 1 cant 
waite any Longer for him as Sammy is impatient — I cant pretend to say what he would have 
wrote but I can say this iinich that he will be heartily Glad to see you and your Spouse at 
Exeter mr Gilman sends a deal of love to you Both \- the Little ones Benja Desires his Duty to 
uncle & Aunt cS: Love to Betsey & Tommy he says he dont know the other with the strange 
name." 

Josi-PH (iiLMAN was a prominent man in I-lxeter, and during the Revolution 
his house was tlie meeting-place of the state committee, and a resort for tlie whigs 
in the vicinity. His wife was known for her charming and graceful manners, and 
their hospitality was extended to the many distinguished men who visited the 
town. Mrs. Gil. man's fluencv in the French language made her an agreeable com- 
panion for the French otlicers who came to F.xeter in the war-time. 

In 1776 Joseph Gilman was appointed treasurer of Rockingham County; in 
1779, justice of the peace, and in 178:!. judge of probate. He was a member of 
the (A)mmittee of Safety for a number of years, and at some time chairman. 
He was chairman of the sub-committee on claims in 1777. He was still a 
member of the Gommittee of Safety in 1781, as is shown by his correspondence 
with (A)lonel Alex. Scannell, an aide de cainp of General Washington. He was 
member of the House of Representatives of New Hampshire in 1783, 1784, and 
1787, and the latter year was one of the governor's council. 

An anecdote told in the family illustrative of the intensity of feeling by which 
the men of the revolution were animated is as follows: 

"Soon after the retreat of Washington through Jersey (one of the darkest hours of the Revo- 
lution) Samuel .Adams visited Exeter and called on Joseph Gilman to consult as to supplies. Mr. 
G. not being at home .Adams was received by Mrs. Gilman, who, after a few minutes' conversation 
fmding her guest too much preoccupied to talk, applied herself to her needle while Adams paced 
up and down the rot)m. After a few minutes of silence her attention was attracted to her guest by 



202 JUDGE JOSEPH GILMAN [134] 

a deep sigh, almost a groan. The tears were rolling down his cheeks, he wrung his hands, and in a 
broken voice exclaimed: 'Oh, my God! Must we give it up.'"' 

The Committees of Safety in the revolution collected and purchased arms, 
ammunition and clothing for the State troops, and Mr. Gilman made large advances 

"from his own private purse, at a very pressing period, for the purchase of blankets for the New 
Hampshire line, which was repaid in continental paper, and became a dead loss, entirely ruining 
his family estate."' 

At the end of the war, as he found himself no longer able to maintain his family in 
Exeter in the way they had been accustomed to live, he associated himself with the 
Ohio Company, formed in 1786, 

"to raise a fund in continental certificates ... to be appropriated to the entire use of purchasing 
lands in the Western Territory." 

In the discussion of their future, his wife is said to have remarked that she "could 
go anywhere in the world with Ben Ives" (her only child). General Rufus Putnam 
was superintendent of the settlement, and Major Winthrop Sargent, secretary, both 
revolutionary soldiers, and the latter, at least, known to Mr. Gilman. 

in the autumn of 1788 they emigrated to the new territory and were among 
the original settlers of Marietta, Ohio, at Fort Harmer. 

From an old letter in one of his grandson's Commonplace Books, marked from 
"an old resident of Exeter, N. H.," we take the following: 

"One night, unknown to everybody, save two friends . . . she and her husband, with all 
their moveables, left the town on their way to Ohio and the morning showed only a deserted home. 
Had an earthquake happened it could not have occasioned more consternation. . . After enduring 
the hardship incident to the emigrant life, and to which her delicate constitution was little suited, 
. . . her son with his family moved to Philadelphia, and there 1 saw her for the last time. She was 
an old lady, bowed by afflictions more than by years, but still retained her lovely expression and 
beautiful eyes. . . . She told me that [in Ohio] she would sit, and looking up to heaven Say: 'Are 
these the stars and the moon 1 used to see in Exeter?' and sob and cry as a child and then wipe her 
tears and appear before her husband as cheerful as if she had nothing to give her pain. She once 
came to New England as far as Providence, but she could not come to Exeter — it was more than 
she could bear. . . . Mrs. Josey [as she was called in Exeter] was the beau-ideal of elegance 
and beauty: and yet so little did she owe to external embellishments that her usual dress was a 
black silk skirt with a short white loose gown. She was a little above the usual height with the 
most beautiful black eyes. The expression was loveliness itself. ... It was remarked that 
[her husband] stept as if he thought the ground was not good enough for him to tread upon." 

At this time Joseph Gilman was fifty years of age, and his wife forty-three. 
The life they began in Ohio was that of their ancestors in New England three gener- 
ations before. They cleared the forests, built log-huts with stockades as protection 
against the Indians, and endured great hardships, but the soil was wonderfully fer- 

' MS. letter to Dr. S. P. Hildreth of Marietta, O., June 2g, 1846, by Dr. C. R. Gilman. 

^MS. notes by Dr. C. R. Gilman for articles in Dr. Hildreth's Lives of the Early Settlers oj Ohio. 



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tile in these bottom lands, ami llioso who became farmers raised |ihenomenal crops. 
J()si;i>ii CiiiMAN and his son became traders, and laid the loundalion ol a very 
successful business. 

In i7()o, his son Ri-njamin fi^s) went east for his bride, Hannah F^ohhins, 
and while there wrote to his cousin, ilun. Nicholas Gilman, then in Congress, ieb- 
ruary 27, 1790, as follows: 

"I mention my having had the pleasure of cfTccting a settlement of my father's accounts 

as a nicniluT of the Board of War. Contrary to the expectation of llie Genera! Qiurt, particularly 
llie Porlsniouth interest (who most cordially hate every person connected with Exeter) the Gjm- 
mittec rcporteti a balance tlue my father." 

This confirms the statement above that Mr. Gii.man lost his fortune by the war. 

In December of the ne.xt year (1791) Judge Gilman and his son built a blcjck 
house on the west side of the Muskingum, near Fort Harmer, and lived there for 
a number of years. There were several small settlements within twenty miles of 
each other, and this year they were in great danger from the Indian war which 
broke out around them. In General Putnam's report to President Washington, 
dated January 8, 1791, asking that the little garrison of twenty soldiers be increased, 
he writes: "All the men in our settlements, including civil and military oflicers, do 
not exceed two hundred and eighty-seven." But they were saved from a general 
massacre, undoubtedly, by the military counsels of the old revolutionary officers, 
of whom General Putnam was one. 

The friendships formed at this time, in the intimate relations of the small 
colony, were perpetuated in the names of two of Judge Gilman's grandsons, Arthur, 
named for Governor Arthur St. Clair, and Wintiirop Sargient (136), named for 
the Secretary of the Ohio Company. 

In 1790, Governor St. Clair appointed Judge Gii.man, judge of probate, judge 
of the quarter sessions, justice of the peace, and judge of the court of common pleas. 

In a letter dated January 6, 1793, Mr. Gilman wrote to Hon. Nicholas (Oil- 
man of the speculative land company which brought so much odium on the settle- 
ment in Ohio: 

" 1 shall make no apology for troubling you with this Letter, )our own benevolent heart will 
apologize for me the moment you are informed that the Subject of it is in favour of Strangers who 
have been grossly imposed upon by some Speculating Americans. As you have been for a long 
time at the Seat of Government, you must have heard that Certain persons calling themselves 
the Scioto Comp", by their Agent Mr. Rarlow in France, sold large tracts of land in this part of 
the Country to a number of Gentlemen there ... In full confidence in the Right of the said Comp" 
to dispose of said lands a number of respectable Gentlemen embarked bring with them numbers of 
Servants ... In this Situation they arrived here and began (two years ago) a settlement at a 
place called Gallipolis, and perhaps no people were ever more industrious in clearing, building, &c 
in a new country than they were, till on compleating the Survey of the Ohio Company's purchase 
it was found to include not only the Ground where their town stands but also a great part of the 
lands purchased of the Scioto Company ... in this distressed situation they have determined to 
apply to Congress for relief. Two of their agents, Monsieur De Rome and Monsieur Vandelbergen 



204 JUDGE JOSEPH OILMAN [134] 

are now here on their way to Phil^ . . . and as such my dear Friend permit me to introduce them 
to you . . . Nor do 1 mean to include all the persons who are Associates in the Scioto Company 
many of whom are Gent" of known and acknowledged worth, but the immediate Actors have my 
utmost detestation." 

In 1796, General Putnam was made surveyor-general of the United States, 
and Timothy Pickering, then secretary of state, wrote him as follows: 

"(Private) Department of State, Sept. 30, 1796 

"Dear Sir, 

Accompanying this you will receive a letter covering a commission constituting you Surveyor 
General of the United States: I hope the appointment will be acceptable to you. The Act of 
Congress establishing this office and describing its duties you will receive with your commission. 
Contemplating a vacancy by this appointment on the judicial bench of the North Western Ter- 
ritory, 1 take the liberty of asking from you the names and places of residence, in the territory, of 
the gentlemen who may be considered as candidates for the office of judge, with your opinion of 
those who for their character, talents and integrity are entitled to a preference: but particularly I 
request your opinion of Mr. Gilman, your neighbor, I forget his christian name; but 1 mean the 
gentleman who married Miss Ives of Salem. I once knew them both, & that they were much re- 
spected. Mr. Gilman must be now more than fifty years old. I beg you to write me freely and 
fully, as you may in confidence, only for the President's information. I consider Sobriety in a 
judge as an essential quality to enforce respect for the law & government. The notorious want in 
one of your bench may occasion another vacancy, which is the reason that I enquire for more than 
one candidate. Be so good as to write me an early as possible. 

I am with sincere respect & esteem 
Dr Sir yourobt Sert 

T. Pickering. 
Gen. Rufus Putnam. 

Do you know of any respectable man qualified for a judge who is not at present but is going 
to become an inhabitant of your territory?" 

November 7, 1796, Judge Gilman received his commission as judge of the 
North-Western Territory, signed both by President Washington and Timothy 
Pickering, which is now owned by his great-grandson, Benjamin Ives Gilman, of 
Boston, Mass. He held this office until his death. The sittings of this court were 
held at Point Vincent, Detroit, Cincinnati and Marietta, and the judges and lawyers 
rode together on horseback to them through the woods. The journey to Cincinnati 



was 



"usually made in a canoe or large pirogue, and occupied eight or ten days. They slept at night 
under a hut on the shore, and cooked their food in the worlds."' 

Judge Gilman died at Marietta, May 14, 1806, aged sixty-eight. He was 
buried in the cemetery on the west side of the Muskingum. 

His wife continued living in their home near her son, Benjamin Ives Gilman 
(135), until seven years later, when he moved to Philadelphia in order to educate 
his children. His mother accompanied him there, and made her home with him 

. » MS. notes by Dr. C. R. Gilman for articles in Dr. Hildreth's Lives oj the Early Settleis oj Ohio. 





JUDGL JOSIiI'll Gll.MAN [134] 
FROM A SILHOUETTH 



JUDGE JOSLPll GILMAN [134] . 205 

until her di-atli, tlu' olijoci of tlio do\<)ti\i c;iro aiiii alTcclion of all the family and 
connection. 

It is a matter of the greatest regret that we have in Mrs. Gilman's own hand 
so little remaining to the present generation. Her intellect was vigorous, and her 
interest in the world about her lasted until the end of her life. In a little hand-sewn 
diary of 1818, she writes thus of the books she had been reading, at seventy-three: 

" After tiring myself with sewing for the family, I took up the port Folio and was much pleased 
by reading Dr. Johnson's preface to the Kvangclical History of Jesus ('.hrist explained and illustrated. 
It is not included in the edition by Murphy which we own, may be found in the I' F for Noveni' 
1818 No. 215. — likewise an extract from Schlegel on the characterof Christianity and Wcllwcjod on 
Jewish and Christian Revelation . . . Noven/ 1819 13 Cousins Robert Ives and Thomas Bancroft 
[see 151] with Mr. John Rrown set out for the western country, R. II. G. [her grandson Robert H. 
t'lilman] accompan\ed them as far as the Buck tavern." 

Mrs. GiLM.\N died in Philadelphia, after a paintul illness of four months, May 
20, 1823, and was buried in the Noble Street burial-ground of the Second Presbyte- 
rian Ghurch. In a letter of her daughter-in-law's of June 10, 1823, she writes: 

"Slie had never told us where she wished to be buried . . . [but] her bosom friend Mrs. 
LatinuT. . . told us that she had had many conversations with ma'am on this subject — and she 
had always said it was quite a matter of indifference to her. And Mrs. I., said as we were all 
presbyterians she thought we had better put her body where all her children would probably lie . . . 
We sent for all her Methodist friends belonging to her Class." 

When this burial-ground was vacated, her body was removed with others to Mt. 
Vernon, and deposited in Lot No. 273. As her son's family left Philadelphia the 
same year, and never returned, none of her descendants lie near her. (Copied into 
one of Hannah (Robbins) Gilman's letters to her husband, is an obituary notice 
of Mrs. Joseph Gilman, which reads in part as follows: 

"During the troubles of those early times [in the Marietta settlement] her house was a con- 
tinued scene of hospitality. Among those who partook of it most largely, and recollected it with 
deepest gratitude, were the late Gov" Sargent, then secretary to Gov" St. Clair, and the pious and 
lamented lleckwelder' . . . She lived in Ohio from the time when it was the abode of savages, 
until it had become a civilized and powerful state . . . Her dwelling from being a scene of am- 
bush, 'where the war whoop interrupted the sleep of the cradle,' became the quiet home of domes- 
tic enjoyment surrounded by every comfort and luxury." 

Her portrait, taken in her later years, belongs to Theodore Gilman, of Yonkers, 
N. Y., her great-grandson. The only portrait of Jnsnpii Gilman is the silhouette 
opposite page 204. 

Childrf.n of Judge Josf.ph and Ri=bf.cca (Ives) Oilman 

Robert Hale, born Dec. 7, 1764: died May 5, 1766. 

(135) Bfnjamin Ives, born July 29, 1766; married Feb. 4, 1790, Hannah Robbins, daughter of 

Rev. Chandler and Jane (Prince) Robbins (167), of Plymouth, Mass.; died at Alton, 

III., Oct. 13, 1833. 

'Rev. John Heckwelder was a Moravian missionary emploved many years among ttic Delaware Indians. 
He played a very important part in the early history of the Ohio settlement. 



2o6 BENJAMIN IVES OILMAN [135] 

[135] BENJAMIN IVES GILMAN [1766-1833] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH ROB BINS [i 768-1837] 

OF MARIETTA, OHIO, AND PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

BENJAMIN IVES GILMAN, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Ives) Oilman 
(134), was born at Exeter, N. H., July 29, 1766. He was educated at 
Phillips Academy there, and, after leaving school, was supercargo for 
one voyage on a vessel bound to Antigua, W. I. He became engaged 
to the third daughter of Rev. Chandler and Jane (Prince) Robbins (167) of 
Plymouth, Mass., when he was about twenty-two years old. Hannah Robbins 
was born September 29, 1768. Probably the engagement was made the year that 
Hannah visited her grandmother (182), then Mrs. Peter Oilman, in Exeter, and 
wrote the inscription' on the window pane in the Oarrison House, built about 
1657 by Honorable John Oilman (131). A story is told of a love quarrel between 
Benjamin and his "amiable Hannah," and how he went early in the morning to 
her window, probably in the old home, and threw pebbles at it until the fair occu- 
pant looked out and the quarrel was made up. It is said that Tirzy Brooks, the 
old housekeeper, was the peacemaker. 

in 1788 Benjamin went with his parents to Marietta, Ohio, and remained 
there a year preparing for his bride. A letter addressed to "my sweet girl," gives 
some idea of the trial of the separation, as he only heard from her once in eleven 
months. He returned in 1790 to Plymouth, and they were married February 4, by 
the bride's father. There are letters in existence from the mother and grandmother 
to Hannah, expressing their anxiety about her long and dangerous journey over the 
mountains on horseback to Pittsburg. From there they went by boat down the 
Ohio River to Fort Harmer, as Marietta was then called. Both the young husband 
and wife were active, energetic and cheerful, and Hannah Oilman often told her 
children that she was never happier in her life than in her log cabin, protected by 
a stockade from the Indians, whose voices she could plainly hear as they prowled 
around the defences. Her husband was fired at more than once, and she was once 

"eye-witness to the death of a little boy who was tomahawked just above the old Block House. 
She often said that his death scream disturbed her sleep for years afterwards."^ 

The last man killed in the Indian War of 1791 was a woodsman in her hus- 
band's employ, who was chopping wood at his side. Only Mr. Oilman's superior 
strength and agility saved his life, as the Indians pursued him up to the fence, which 
he cleared at a jump, finding his wife and mother both at the window of their Block 
House, watching for him. 

'See under No. i6[. 

'MS. Letter from Dr. Chandler R. Oilman to Dr. Hildreth, June 29, 1846. 





BENJAMIN IVES GILMAN [135] 

FROM A MIMAIURK PORTRAIT BY ST. MHMIN 
OWNFl) HI AKITH R (,IIMAN OF CAM BRI DCi:. MASS. 

HANNAH (ROBBINS) GILMAN [135] 

FROM A MINIATURE ON IVORY 

OWNKD B\ MRS. CHARLES P. NOYES, ST. I'Ari, MINN. 



BENJAMIN IVES GILMAN [133] 207 

Dr. Chandler R. Gilman, nf New York, wrote of liis father as follows: 

"A peculiarit) of his cli;ir;icti'r to which his cksci-ndants revert with pride iSc pleasure was, 
that tho' he hati sutTered much from Indian outrages, losing many dear friends and much valuable 
property in Indian wars, he ever felt a strong sympathy for the Red Man, keeping his mind entirely 
free from the Indian Hating which was and is too common among those who, in resenting the in- 
juries by the savages, forget the far greater wrongs inflicted on that unfortunate race." 

"Soon after the peace of '84 [1 yqj] a band of Indians visited Fort Harmer and came to my 
father's store to trade. One of the chiefs of the party was pointed out as the individual who headed 
the party at the unfortunate defeat of Gen. St. Clair. My father obtained from him many iletails 
of that memorable day; the savage assured him that neither he nor his warriors expected to destroy 
the army as they eventually did, their only hope being to drive in the outposts and get a few scalps. 
My father took this Indian home to dine, and named him to my mother; the savage advanced with 
extended hand to gi\e the usual greeting, but the recollection of the many friends she had lost at the 
defeat was too strong in the mind of his hostess; she withdrew her hand and turned away. The 
equanimity of the savage was not at all disturbed by this breach of decorum; he received the apolo- 
gies of his host, predicated on the youth and inexperience of the offender, with great good humor. 
This Indian and several of his band, slept that night around my father's fireside, so perfectly was 
Confidence restored between parties who had so recently been ruthless enemies."' 

It was in 1792 that Joseph Oilman and his son opened a store at Fort Harmer, 
which was graduallyenlarged, until they had themost extensive business in Marietta. 
They dealt largely in furs, especially in bear-skins, having trading stations on the 
Big Sandy and Wyandotte Rivers. 

He was also in public affairs, being clerk of the court of common pleas in 1 796, 
and sent as a delegate, in 1802, to the convention which formed the Constitution of 
Ohio. 

He began ship-building in 1801, and was the first to engage in that business 
on the Ohio River. His vessels sailed down the Mississippi to New Orleans and 
thence to cities on the Atlantic coast and other parts of theworld. In the Diary of 
Rev. Thomas Robbins, D. D., a cousin of Mrs. Oilman, reference is made to this 
business under the date of November 20, 1805, when he was visiting in their hospi- 
table home in .Marietta. 

"Mr. Ciilman has a very good rope-walk, in which business is done extensively . . . Feb. 1, 
1806. Afternoon. Mr. Oilman's fine brig sailed down the river for New Orleans and Phila- 
delphia. Yesterday saw a large cable layed for it in his rope-walk." 

Later in June, 1807, he writes: 

"My friend Gilman of Marietta, has lately had a fine ship wrecked at the falls of the Ohio." 
and "March 22, 1808, Saw an account of the launching of two elegant ships belonging to Mr. Gilman 
at Marietta. I fear the embargo will ruin him." 

His business was indeed stopped by the embargo of 1807, but he had accu- 
mulated a competency for the times, and removed to Philadelphia, where he could 
give his children greater social and educational advantages. 

■MS. Letter, Dr. C. R. Gilman to Dr. Hildreth, Aup. 12, 1845. 



2o8 BENJAMIN IVES OILMAN [135] 

The eldest daughter, Jane, married at seventeen, and died just at this time, 
leaving to their care a little granddaughter, Jane Woodbridge, the age of their 
youngest child, Winthrop Sargent (136). Joseph, the eldest son, was engaged in 
mercantile pursuits in Kentucky, and made his home at towns along the river, 
visiting his parents at Philadelphia from time to time. He and his brothers, Ben- 
jamin Ives and Robert Hale, were educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, and 
later at Harvard and Brown Universities. Chandler was also at Andover and Har- 
vard, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The youngest, Win- 
throp Sargent, went to school in Philadelphia. 

Mr. Oilman became a member of the firm of Oilman and Ammidon,in Phila- 
delphia, and did an extensive commission business for a number of years. The 
family circle was a happy one, and the two young sisters, Rebecca Ives and Eliza- 
beth Hale, were the centre of a group of friends and lovers. Elizabeth played on the 
harp and piano, the father played the old violoncello now owned by Charles Park 
Oilman, of Palisades, and one of the memories that clung to Winthrop Sargent in 
after life, was of standing by the piano singing with his sister, Burns' verses "O'all 
the airts the wind doth blaw." Elizabeth, afterwards Mrs. Martin Hoffman, of 
New York, used to tell her nieces that her grandmother was so charming in conver- 
sation that the young men who called on her sister and herself would always leave 
them to talk to the grandmother if they had the opportunity. They lived in sev- 
eral houses in Philadelphia, and in a letter from Joseph to Chandler, a student in 
Andover, he says of one: 

" I am writting at our Market Street window — the noisey market at my elbow, and the old 
shrill cry of 'buy my peaches,' 'hot corn,' 'pepper pot right hot' stunning my ear." 

The daughter, Rebecca, married November 3, 18 17, John S. Miller, a planter 
of Lebanon, near Natchez, Miss., and about the same time the third son, Benjamin 
Ives, entered his father's business. But 

"after the close of the War with Great Britain (1815) the times became very disastrous. Goods 
had been too freely sold to the West on credit, and the Western merchants were unable to pay. 
Money became very scarce from 1818-1823, ^^'^ father's firm and your uncle Benjamin lost their 
property at Philadelphia. Our oldest brother Joseph . . . died at Louisville Aug. 10, 1823. Soon 
your grandfather became interested in steamboat building in Cincinnati. First the Rob Roy and 
then the Helen McGregor became very successful ventures . . . Benjamin [became interested) in 
porkpacking in Terre Haute, lnd.,and Chandler, having completed his medical studies, settled in 
New York, where he married . . . Your Aunt Eliza had many suitors, but rejected them all until 
in New York she married . . . in 1830. 1 came to New York in August, 1823, and" became a clerk 
in the commission business in which Robert Hale Gilman was partner under the name of Mactier 
&Co.' 

From Mrs. Oilman's letters it is easy to see that she regarded a return to " the 
western country" as very distasteful, and, from one reason and another, while often 
visiting her husband and sons in Cincinnati and elsewhere, she spent much time 

^Commonplace Book of W. S. Oilman (136). 




HOMR OF BENJAMIN IVES OILMAN [135] 

IN MARIETTA, OHIO 

THE HOUSR TO THL RICHT IS THAT of- HIS FATHHR, Jlinr.P. JOSHPH (ill. MAN ( I ^4] 



BENJAMIN l\i;S OILMAN [135] 209 

with the children who lived in the more congenial atmosphere of New York, New 
Haven, lUiston and Norfolk, Oinn. The family, after Mr. (jii.man's failure, had no 
settled home, although they kept house in several places at different times. The 
death of their eldest and dearly loved son Joseph was a terrible grief to both father 
and mother, coming as it did also when they were separated, and Mr. Oilman's let- 
ters to his wife are very pathetic. We learn much about his character from this 
correspondence, a delicate humor appearing in it, dignity of character, and noble 
purpose. He was a tall, handsome man, very stately and courteous in his manner, 
and an appreciator of the good things of this life. Many traditions came down to 
his grandchildren of the way his larder was cared for, the length of time certain ar- 
ticles were kept before using, and how, sometimes, he even expressed his dis- 
pleasure if the table was not according to his liking. His wife was vivacious and 
rather small, warm-hearted, sweet-tempered, with active, lively ways, and a very 
religious mind. She was always glad to do for others, and her children used to say 
that whenever any one wanted something in another part of the house, she was al- 
ways "just going in that direction." Her granddaughter, Elizabeth (.Miller) Coe, 
was often in New York with her grandmother after her mother's death, and re- 
members now this little incident, transcribed by her daughter in a letter of April 
18, 1905. 

"When she was a little girl nine years old, her grandmother took her shopping in the Arcade, 
Maiden Lane, which mother thought quite the most beautiful place in the world with its number 
of little shops. Her grandmother wished to buy a cloak for her grandfather, whom mother remem- 
bers as a fine tall handsome man, so, of course, it was important that the cloak be such as would set 
off his good looks and the\' had quite a search for it, and fmally grandmother chose one of invisible 
green cloth, of good size and fulness so that he could fling one end over his shoulder when he wrapped 
up in it. It had a velvet collar and fastened with frogs. The price was $29.00 and thrifty grand- 
mother beat down the shopkeeper one dollar, so took it for $28.00 and mother remembers her grand- 
father wearing it for several winters." 

Mr. Oilman, though not a member of any church, was a Christian, as was 
evidenced to his family when, in 1816, on one of his many journeys to the west, he 
was taken with spotted fever at Marietta, and came near death. His son Robert 
then wrote to his mother: 

".^fter I left him, his friends called to see him and he said to them, 'Gentlemen, you see here 
what you are all coming to, and be assured there is no other foundation on which it will do to build 
a hope of future happiness, but the Rock of Ages.' " 

He died at Alton, 111., October 13, 1833, while visiting his sons, Winthrop 
Sargent and Arthur, who were engaged there in business. Forty years after- 
wards, Winthrop (136) told the story to a daughter as follows: 

" Forty years ago to-morrow mv father lay on his death-bed at Upper Alton. My mother 
had been sent for and he was anxiously expecting her coming. I was worn out with watching, 
having been constantly with him since his sickness, night and day. About at sunset, I saw 
a boat coming up the river. I rushed as quickly as possible to the dock. Mother was on board 



210 BENJAMIN IVES OILMAN [135] 

and as we walked up to the house together, I told her Father was very sick. A Httle further on I 
told her he was dying. She nerved herself up wonderfully to meet the shock and when she entered 
the room, it was with a cheerful smile. Walking up to the bedside, she said to my Father, 'Do you 
know me?' With the greatest effort he rallied all his strength, and whispered, 'Mrs. Oilman.' She 
was always called Mrs. Oilman by him. About an hour after that he died. He had been for some 
time on a visit to me at Alton, taking the greatest possible interest in my business there, advising 
me about the purchase of lots, etc." 

He was buried in Alton, but many years afterwards his body, with those of 
his wife, and other members of the family, were transferred to Greenwood 
Cemetery, New York, by his son, Winthrop. 

His widow spent the rest of her life with her sons and daughter in their dif- 
ferent homes. Several of her children had, as we have seen, died before their father, 
and the next year her son Arthur was taken with fever, while alone in Alton, and 
also passed away. She had the care of her daughter Rebecca's two little girls, Jane 
and Elizabeth Miller, a large part of the time, and was visiting her daughter 
Elizabeth (Mrs. Martin Hoffman) in New York, in 1837, when Jane died. A few 
weeks later, Mrs. Oilman died also, August 24, 1837, aged sixty-nine. She was 
buried in a vault in St. Mark's Church, Second Avenue, New York, but later 
placed in the family lot in Oreenwood. 

Children of Benjamin Ives and Hannah (Robbins) Oilman 

Jane Robbins, born Nov. q, 1790; married Nov. 10, 1807, Dudley Woodbridge, son of Judge 
Dudley and Woodbridge of Marietta, Ohio; died Sept. 18, 1808, aged eighteen. 

Joseph, born June 23, 1792; was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Harvard; 
was a merchant in Kentucky and died unmarried at Louisville, Aug. 10, 1823. 

Benjamin Ives, born at Plymouth, Mass. Oct. 3, 1794; married in April, 1837, Mary E. Miles; 
was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduated at Brown University 
in 1813; was a merchant in Philadelphia, Terre Haute, Ind., and finally became a 
partner in his brother, Winthrop S. Oilman's business in Alton, 111., and St. Louis, 
Mo. After the dissolution of this partnership, he lived in Monticello, III., where 
he died Jan. 11, 1866. 

Rebecca Ives, born Sept. i, 1796; married Nov. 3, 1817, at Philadelphia, John S. Miller, 
of Lebanon, Miss.; died and was buried at sea, on a voyage from New York to 
New Orleans, Oct. 5, 1827. 

Robert Hale, born May 25, 1798, married at Boston, Sept. 20, 1823, Mary Bordman, daughter 
of William Bordman, of Boston; was a merchant in New York and died there Sept. 20, 
1830. His widow married (2) John G. Bates, of Boston. 

Elizabeth Hale, born April 3, 1800; married Oct. 28, 1830, at New Haven, Conn., Martin 
Hoffman, son of Martin and Beulah (Murray) Hoffman, of New York; died Oct. 22, 
1874. 

Chandler Robbins, born Sept. 6, 1802; married (i) Nov. 3, 1825, Serena Hoffman, daughter 
of Martin and Beulah (Murray) Hoffman, and sister of his sister Eliza's husband, 
who died Feb. 28, 1842; married (2) Sept. 19, 1844, Hannah Hawkshurst Marshall, 
daughter of David and Sarah (Hawkshurst) Marshall. He was educated at Phillips 
Academy, Andover; Harvard, and the Medical School of the University of Pennsyl- 



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vania; practised nu-iJicinc for forty years in New York and was alscj professor of the 
diseases of women and children and obstetrics in the (x)llegc of I'hysicians and Sur- 
geons there. He had great literary ability, and his Lije on the Lakes, a description of 
a tour to the Pictured Rocks by canoe, in 1834, is charmingly written. His health 
broke down in 1863, and the following year he retired to Middletown, Conn., where 
he died Sept. 26, 1865. 
Arthur, born June 28, 1806; died unmarried at Alton, July 26, 1834. 
(136) WiNTHROP Sargent, born March 28, 1808; married at Carrolton, 111., Dec. 4, 1834, Abia 
Swift Lippincott, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Patty (Swift) Lippincott (199); 
died Oct. 3, 1884, at his home at Palisades, N. Y.,and his wife died in Washington, 
D. C, March 2, 1902. 

[1^,0] WINTHROP SARGENT GILMAN I1808-1884I 

AND HIS WIFE 

ABIA SWIFT LIPPINCOTT [1817-1902] 

OF ALTON, ILL., ST. LOUIS, MO., AND NEW YORK 

WINl I IROP SARGENT GILMAN, the youngest child of Benjamin Ives 
and Hannah (Robbins) Gilman (135), was born March 28, 1808, in 
Marietta, Ohio. His parents moved from that city to Philadelphia 
five years after his birth, and lived there until he was fifteen. 
His eldest son owns a letter from him, marked in grandmother Gilman's 
writing, "The first letter my dear little boy ever wrote." .Another, written at the 
age of eleven to his elder brother Chandler, who was at Harvard, is rather amusing, 
and we give an extract. 

"Now my dear Brother I am agoing to tell some news which I think will make you feel very 
glad this day mama received a letter from Mr. .Miller with the Pleasing Intelligence that our dear 
Sister Rebecca had a fine fat fair skinned dark ey'd Black hair'd daughter Born the 30th Day of 
September in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen Being the forty third 
year of the Independence of the United States of America. We were not Informed the name of the 
child, but from all accounts we expect it to be Elizabeth Hannah . . . lizzy is in the dumps she has 
lately Parted with a dear friend not to mention any names . . . Ben remains in Statu quo Some- 
times waites upon a certain lady home from Church. Robert has a Season ticket and goes to the 
Theatrealmost every night it is open . . . Our family are all very well and send a great deal of love 
to you." 

He was a very pretty boy, with rosy cheeks and black curls, and was a great 
pet. He recollected grandmother's tea-parties in Philadelphia, and that he was 
kissed and fondled by her friends and finally fell asleep under the tea-table at their 
feet. He had a dim memory of the many guests at his father's house, and often 
spoke of the amelioration of manners since his youth, recalling the drinking at that 
time in good society and the coarseness of speech among men, and he also recalled 
the visit of Timothy Pickering to his grandmother (134). 



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After those curls had grown thin and grey, he received a letter from a forgotten 
school-mate, telling him that the memory of their boyish friendship had been an in- 
spiration to the writer all his life, because even then, father's active, eager life had 
been devoted to everything noble and good. To the younger children who had 
only known him as an invalid, his stories of his school-days, of swimming in the 
Schuylkill, and of his vigorous appetite, seemed very strange. 

At fifteen this school-life ended, as grandfather failed in business, and he was 
placed in the counting-house of Alexander Mactier and Company, of New York, in 
which his older brother, Robert, was a partner. This was in August, 1823, and 
from that time until he retired in 1880, he was an active business man. After a 
year he went into Ebenezer Stevens' Sons' office, where he was trained in book- 
keeping "under one of the best of accountants." In April, 1827, when he was 
nineteen, Mr. Mactier sent him to Cincinnati and Kentucky to invest money for the 
firm in tobacco and provisions, part of which he sold in New Orleans, and the re- 
mainder shipped to New York. The voyage back to New York in the packet "Ten- 
nessee," took twenty-six days from New Orleans. He was so successful in this ven- 
ture that Mactier recommended him to Burnand, an English importer, who en- 
trusted him with his custom-house business, and offered him an interest, which he 
declined. 

For two years he continued this life, going west each winter, and spending 
the summer visiting his relatives in New England, especially his Aunt Battell, as 
she was called by the children of her cousin, my grandmother (see 166). She had a 
large family of sons and daughters, who were full of fun and most hospitable, and 
the two groups of cousins spent many happy days together in Norfolk, Conn. 

Travel to the "western country," as it was called, was then an arduous under- 
taking. Father used first to go to Philadelphia, where he spent a night in order 
to get the morning packet for Wilmington, whence stages took him to Havre De 
Grace. There he met the Baltimore steamer, and reached that city the same night, 
when, if he were fortunate enough to get a seat in the first stage, he started the 
next morning, and in three days and three nights, crossed the Alleghenies to Wheel- 
ing. The horses were changed every ten or twelve miles, and at these stops the 
travellers got their meals and the mails were left. They were crowded three on a 
seat, driving night and day, only moving when some passenger got out to walk 
up a hill, and it was so fatiguing that it was the custom to go to bed as soon as they 
reached Wheeling. There they waited to catch a boat for the three days journey to 
Cincinnati. The boats on the Ohio were often so heavily laden that the guards 
touched the water, and some were so small that they were put out of trim if eight 
people were on one side. Although excessively tiresome, this mode of travel was 
so superior to that of going on horseback, that no one complained. 

One of these winters father was at Laurenceburg, Ind., and grandfather, after 
joining him there, wrote to grandma as follows: 

" I found Winthrop busily engaged in casting up the weight of some Hogs and surrounded 
by half-a-dozen farmers, in linsey hunting Shirts. He did not see me until I had hold of his hand 



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and spoke, ^'ou can judge of his surprise. He says his health is excelleni, and that he has gained 
ten pounds in weight. Of his prospects in business 1 must refer to his Letters. I he tavern where 
wc reside at first sight does not appear promising. The bar-room answers all purposes, parlour. 
Hall, etc. In one of the recesses (by the side of the fire) is a large wash-stand (or Sink) to which all 
the guests resort in the morning. There arc three doors to the room, one opening onto the street, 
and all arc generally open. On an average there are half-a-dozen Back Woodsmen around the fire, 
and somclinics they take a little whiskey. Now for the bright side of the picture. The beds arc 
neat and clean : the table pretty good and the Landlady very handsome, well-dressed and very fond 
of (lowers. . . . What is better she has a little Son 2 yi years old whose voice so perfectly resembles 
that of our dear Grandson Ives that you could not distinguish them by their speaking . . . the 
first page was written at W iiithrop's warehouse where for want of a chair I sat on a Lard-Keg, but 
finding the situation rather unpleasant, I adjourned to the Bar-room where I am now writing." 

This unsettled life, only busy for a part of the year, was a poor training for 
young men, and grandfather advised his two younger sons to begin a regular busi- 
ness somewhere, recommending the west, where he thought the opportunities better 
for those without much capital. A cousin of grandma's, Philemon R. Starr (see 166), 
an old bachelor of wealth, lent father $7,000 to start with, and after some consider- 
ation, he shipped a stock of goods to St. Louis, intending to begin his business in the 
small settlement of Upper Alton. St. Louis was then a straggling French and Amer- 
ican town, of 6,000 inhabitants, and Alton so small that father rode past it without 
knowing there was a town there. It took six hours to get his goods from St. Louis 
to Alton, in a tiny steamboat, and finding no building there, he covered them as they 
lay on the ground with the boards he had brought for counters, crept under, and 
went to sleep. There grandfather found him the next morning, when he wrote 
grandma that it went to his heart to see his son in such a predicament, but that 
father was full of enthusiasm, and had enjoyed the novel experience, lie fmally 
procured an ox team to haul the goods to Upper Alton, two miles away. 

At first his business was really barter, and the people around brought furs, 
hogs, cattle, etc., to the young New ^'orker who had ready money to purchase. 
Father was so fastidious and refined that it is difficult to imagine him under such 
circumstances, but his health and animal spirits carried him through many 
rough experiences. Every spring he went to New Orleans to sell, and in the winter 
to New York to buy goods, thus avoiding the hot and sickly season in Alton. In 
1832 Uncle Arthur and Captain Godfrey joined him in business, he putting in for 
himself and his brother $14,000, and Captain Godfrey, $30,000. 

Cholera decimated Alton in 1832 and 1834, and father often spoke of his 
nursing under the doctors, with a friend who also gave up all his time to the work. 

In 1830, mother was a young girl of twelve, going to school in Jacksonville, 
near Alton. She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas and Patience (Swift) Lip- 
PINCOTT (199), and was born July 3, 1817, at Lumbertown, N.Y., where grandfather 
LipPiNCOTT was a clerk in her uncle's store. When she was about three months 
old, she was brought by her parents to St. Louis, the journey being described under 
199. Her mother died when she was fifteen months old, and grandfather married 



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again in a year, but his second wife lived but a few months. Her only recollection 
of a mother's care in her early childhood, was of this step-mother's mother, Mrs. 
Slater, who took her to her home in 1 820, for the year of grandfather's second wid- 
owhood. When he married for the third time, he was living in Edwardsville, III., 
and then mother was sent home to live. 

Mrs. Lippincott was a sweet woman, but she had the old-fashioned ideas of 
training children, and her discipline sometimes caused mother, who was the most 
timid of beings, a great deal of misery. One story, which we were never tired of 
hearing, was this: Mrs. Lippincott used to send her to get milk at a neighbor's 
(probably not far), but the path led through the woods where there was a great 
dog that frightened her terribly. One day, when almost paralyzed with fear, 
it seemed to her suddenly that her own mother was by her, and quite secure in her 
protection, she went on through the darkness. Mother was the least fanciful of 
people, and this story impressed her children the more in consequence. 

One day when grandfather Lippincott took her through Alton on her way to 
school at Jacksonville, they stopped at Deacon Long's where grandfather Oilman 
and father boarded. They had been out hunting, and were talking of their sport, 
while the little dark-eyed girl sat by and listened. Later she went to the house on 
an errand, and was very much abashed when grandpa Oilman rose when she entered 
the room. She had a fair, clear skin, soft color, and dark, beautiful eyes, "like a 
fawn," as grandpa wrote grandma Oilman. Somewhere about this time, she and 
father stood up at a wedding together, he tall and handsome, with sparkling eyes, 
she fair as a lily. Father always spoke of the little black velvet ribbon she wore 
at her throat that day, and he probably remembered it because of the extreme fair- 
ness of her skin, a quality it retained to her last days. 

in 1833, grandpa Oilman paid his last visit to his sons at Alton, expecting 
that grandma would come out later, and that they might keep house together for 
the winter. In a letter to her of September 5, 1833, he wrote: 

"Winthrop has encountered difficulties sufficient to break down a common character. He 
will be relieved in the commercial department when Arthur and Captain Godfrey arrive, and the 
watchful care and assiduities of his dear mother 1 trust will soon restore him to his wonted good 
health." 

As has been told under sketch number 135, grandfather died a few days 
later, of the prevalent fever, and grandma arrived only an hour or two before his 
death. 

About this time the strong religious influence came into father's life that so 
completely transformed it, and turned it into a current that swept away for a time 
all other interests. There was a revival in Illinois, and through the means of his 
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Long, father joined the church of which he was, for the rest 
of his life, not only a consistent, but a prominent and most useful member, giving 
the best of his life to its interests. 

His admirationfortheminister's little daughtercontinued without abatement, 



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and when he built a new house, and she was reported to have said that it "looked 
like a chicken-coop," Uncle Arthur laughingly answered," I think I know the chicken 
he'd like to put in it." Mother must have been conscious of his state of mind, 
for she told us how he disconcerted her once when she was busied with some work in 
the room where he was sitting, and turning suddenly, met an eloquent glance from 
his dark eyes. Father had made up his mind that he would not marry her unless 
she was a professing Christian, and it was not until she was seventeen years old, 
and had joined her father's church, that he took advantage of walking home with 
her one rainy night holding an umbrella over her, and asked her to be his wife. 
She was not quite approved of by the church people, who thought her proud. 
This was, perhaps, true in a sense, as she had a great deal of personal dignity, which 
was often sorely offended by the curiosity and gossip of a little neighborhood that 
probably considered the affairs of the minister's family as public property. 

Grandmother Gilman had returned to New \ork before this, and in 1834, 
when father was there on business, they received through the newspapers their first 
intelligence of uncle Arthur's death by fever. He was very dear to them both, 
and their grief was great. Uncle Ben then came to Alton to help father, who seems 
to have been the most successful of the family. It was certainly a well-earned 
success, caused by his untiring industry, for, as the business grew, father often 
worked in the counting-house until after midnight, and took long tours on horse- 
back, regardless of heat and cold, purchasing produce. 

Father and mother were married December 4, 1834, after an engagement of 
about three months, a very impatient time for father. They boarded at first in 
their own house, but later went to housekeeping. Grandma Gilman came out to 
visit them in 1836, and when she returned to New ^'ork took mother and her first 
baby with her. Grandma was very proud of mother's beauty, and enjoyed the ad- 
miration she received when they were sight-seeing in the city. 

In 1839, at thirty-one, father's health was so broken that he consulted our 
uncle. Dr. Chandler R. Gilman, in one of his frequent visits to New York, and in 
a letter sent to mother from there, we hear the first mention of the frailty that 
made his life that of an invalid for forty-five years. He says: 

"Dr. Gilman sa)s that I can only get along by abandoning business in a good degree, that 
the difficulty is that the machine is run down from expending its powers too fast, and that rest can 
alone give relief." 

To the two subjects of temperance and slavery father gave much time and 
thought. He was chairman of the state temperance work, and as an ardent be- 
liever in free speech, became involved in the Lovejoy Riot of 1837, in Alton. A 
full account of this may be found in the books The Alton Trials, by William S. Lin- 
coln (1838), and The Martyrdom of Lovejoy, by Henry A. Tanner (1881), and it 
will be sufficient for our purpose if we quote the story as told by his son in the 
Gilman Genealogy. 

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negro slavery, and Rev. Elijah Lovejoy, editor of a religious newspaper called the Alton Observer, 
was violently persecuted, and his printing-press destroyed. A new press was procured by his 
friends, and, on its arrival, Mr. Oilman, though not a member of the Abolition Society, opened his 
warehouse, and received it on storage. An enraged and armed mob determined to destroy the 
press. Under the authority of the Mayor of the city, a number of citizens assembled in the building 
to defend the press, among whom was Mr. Gilman. On the night of Nov. 7, 1837, the celebrated 
Lovejoy Riot occurred, which resulted in the killing of Mr. Lovejoy, the wounding of others, the 
firing of the building and the destruction of the press." 

Father was just behind Mr. Lovejoy when he went out to address the mob, 
and received him into his arms when he fell. The men who were protecting the 
warehouse were later tried for riot, but were acquitted triumphantly. "This trag- 
edy of the Mississippi bluff, with its sacrificial pillage, aroused discussion eastward, 
and gave to the abolition cause an advocate more thrilling than a hundred presses" 
— Wendell Phillips, who made his maiden speech in Faneuil Hall on the subject. 
Father's connection with this episode was remembered all his life by those interested in 
the abolition movement. Many years later, in 1865, my eldest sister went to the In- 
augural Ball with Senator and Mrs. Lyman Trumbull,' of Illinois, intimatefriends of 
father. Mr. Trumbull was determined that she should have a word with the President. 

"Just as we were pressed onward by the crowd and when Mr. Lincoln was reached, Mr. 
Trumbull said quickly, 'This is a daughter of WinthropS. Gilman, whom you know.' Leaning over 
towards me, for his great height made that necessary, he grasped my hand, and smiling said, ' I am 
glad to see a daughter of Mr. Gilman. Your father is well known and respected all over the West, 
and 1 honor and admire him almost more than any man 1 have known.' The sad face, the kind 
smile and gentle manner, and the lovely expression of his large brown eyes, thrilled me then, 
as they thrill me now as I think of him." 

While he did not mention father's connection with the anti-slavery cause, it 
was undoubtedly that which Mr. Lincoln had in mind. 

In 1840 the firm of Godfrey, Gilman and Company failed, owing to the 
depreciation in values after the failure of the State Bank of Illinois. Father im- 
mediately retrenched in his personal expenses, sold his large house and moved into 
the small one that he had built for his father-in-law. It is quite probable that this 
forced retirement from active business for a time, saved his life. At any rate, 
mother felt great relief at his decreased responsibilities, and people were surprised 
at the calm way she took her reverses. Passionate devotion to her husband tided 
her over many rough places in her life, and she felt no need at this time for the 
condolences that her friends extended to her. 

After a few years devoted to clearing up the affairs of his firm, father started 
a wholesale grocery, commission and shipping business in St. Louis. Hon. Nicholas 
Brown, a partner in the firm of Brown and Ives,' of Providence, R. L, was inter- 

'Mrs. Trumbull was a cousin of grandfather Lippincott's second wife. 

'Thomas Poynton Ives of this firm was grandfather's cousin. His son, Robert Hale Ives, his nephew 
Thomas Poynton Bancroft and uncle Ben Gilman, went to Brown University together, and all lived, during their 
college course, with Mr. Ives in Providence. Robert H. Ives succeeded his father in the firm, and was a 
life-long friend and business associate of father's. He left no Ives descendants, as his only son was killed at 
Antietam. His daughter married Professor William Gammell of Providence and had children. 



WINTHKOP SARGENT (".II.MAN [136] 217 

ested in father on account of his anti-slavery and temperance work in llMnois, 
and the firm consequently loaned him Ijlj.ooo, at six per cent, which, with Ijli.ooo 
from Uncle Martin Hoffman (see 135), gave him l5,ooo for his second venture. 

in a record now lost, fatherwrote of his first real success in his St. Louis life. 
1 le had bought a cargo of wheat to be shipped to New Orleans, when the steamboat 
sprung a leak, and the whole cargo had to be transferred to another, causing a 
delav of many days. Father was in despair as the time passed, thinking that the 
wheatwould come so late into market that he might lose very heavily, which would 
mean practically ruin. Probably the reference made in his notes to the Irish famine 
raising the price of wheat, is to this transaction, as, when the boat fmally arrived at 
New Orleans, the price of wheat had greatly advanced, and he cleared $20,000 by 
the sale. He wrote later: 

"Gjming as I did into .i ricli community of slave-holders, I had something of prejudice to 
overcome in consequence of my attempt to defend l.ovejoy and the freedom of the press ... I 
never worked harder in my life than for the first two or three years we were at St. Louis as 1 strove 
to build up a business under adverse circumstances." 

During the first year, he returned to, Alton every Saturday, but after that he 
removed his familv to St. Louis, where in 1844 they went to housekeeping on Walnut 
Street. At this time mother's health became very delicate, and lather took her 
and the children several winters to New Orleans, or in the summer to New Eng- 
land. Later they put their three eldest boys at school in Lee, Mass., to relieve 
mother of their care. 

in five years he had amassed a capital of about 150,000, which was 

" the net results after giving away according to a scale of my own, from one tenth to one quarter 
of my net profits every month. Of course this necessitated taking account of stock every month . . 
From a small beginning in 1843 in a most unpretentious and economical way, I had become one of 
the largest wholesale groceries firm in St. Louis." 

in 1846 we find his first mention of an article on Systematic Beneficence, a 
subject that took up much of his time and interest from this year until he was made 
chairman of a committee of General Assembly in 1874, on Benevolence and Finance. 
His unflagging interest in the political world is also noted from time to time, and 
he was made a trustee of Illinois College and other institutions. 

Llis health becoming more and more enfeebled, he decided to remove his 
family to New York in 1849, having "amassed a competency for those days." He 
continued the business in St. Louis for several years, the resident partners being his 
brother, Benjamin Ives Gilman, of Monticello, III., and his nephew, William II. 
Gilman, son of his brother Robert. I'inding, however, the constant separations 
from his family very trying, especially to mother, who was thus left with a great 
responsibility in the care of their large family at the age when they needed the 
father's guidance, he finally sold out his interest. He then occupied himself in 
New ^'ork in managing his own property, and western land interests for Brown 



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and Ives of Providence. At first the family boarded with "uncle doctor," as the 
children called Dr. Gilman, but in March, 1851, he wrote: 

"Our dear children are becoming of an age demanding our personal attention — we need to 
have a home around which shall center the interests and affections of the children and over which 
we may feel that the most important duties of our remaining days are to preside with fidelity, with 
cheerfulness and with a divinely appointed wisdom." 

In consequence of this desire, he rented the house at 74 West 21st Street, 
into which he moved in August, 185 1. The following winter, mother suffered terribly 
from apprehension about father's health, and often walked the floor at night in an 
agony of mind about their future. She suffered only the more because her anxiety 
was locked up in her own heart, as she never betrayed either to father or to us her 
fears. In 1857 father bought the house at 5 West 32nd Street, not quite finished at 
the time, and we moved into it in April. All the family life of nineteen years, when 
the older children were marrying, when the little grandchildren were coming into 
the home life, and Thanksgiving Days and other family reunions brought us all 
together, cluster in loving memories about this house, now, alas, fallen to commer- 
cial uses in the business district of New Yf^rk. 

Their first church connection was with the old 19th Street Church, of which 
Dr. James W. Alexander was pastor, but in 1859, father began his attendance on 
the Brick Church, of which he was for many years an elder, elected in 1861. 

Our eldest brother Arthur had been in the banking firm of Halsted, Gilman 
and Company, but that partnership was dissolved in 1861, and father started the 
private banking house of Gilman, Son and Company, taking in each son as he left 
college, his nephew Thomas P. Gilman, and, at one time, his son-in-law, Daniel R. 
Noyes. 

Perhaps it is as well to stop here and tell about the home life in these days, 
so radically different from that of the later years when father lived in the country, 
and had retired from active life. At this time he was, although very delicate, and 
his health in a most precarious condition, still busily engaged in Wall Street, in 
his western land and railroad matters, in work for the Presbyterian Church, and 
was a large and rather awe-inspiring part of the family circle, at least to the little 
ones. 

A brother gives us these memories: "To ask what our recollections of home 
would be without mother, would be like asking what the world would be without 
the sky, equally overshadowing and equally unrealized. The solicitude and sym- 
pathy with which she followed each one of her children are an atmosphere of the 
past, rather than a specific memory." She had been brought up in the old-fash- 
ioned Quaker manner, and was intensely shy, and of an anxious temperament, but 
had been taught to repress her feelings, so that, in all her life, we never heard her 
complain of pain or weakness. 

What father was to us is more difficult to tell. "One picture 1 have is as he 
came to us in the summer, say at Canaan, hot from the city, and dusty from the 



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tedious train. His linen duster always an interesting garment to us children, 
because there mit^lit be things in the pocket, and a basket of fruit half hidden in 
the folds as he walked." 1 le IkkI a fund of the nu)St satisfactory tales that chiklren 
ever listened to. For the elder ones in the St. Louis days it was the story of Jabez 
Ibcz, and how real it was to us is shown in a letter to mother at New York in 1846, 
where they stopped at the Astor House. He writes, "How pleasant it must have 
been to Arthur to spend so much time in the Astor House, perhaps in the very 
room where jabez ibez used to hear the young lady play." Later it was for us 
younger ones, the fascinating story of Susy Williams and Julia Peabody who diil 
everything that we had to do, and once he took us down to Stewart's to buy some 
"pink and white striped calico dresses," just like those the little heroines had worn. 

One of his prominent characteristics was his tender consideration for women, 
especially for dependents and the women servants, i so well recall when 
Ann, our maid, was asked whether father was a minister, that she replied, "No, 
he's a great deal better than most ministers." He had an impatient disposition, 
often making it hard for those who wanted to help him, to do so, for if one did 
not get his idea at once he would whisk away the paper or letter, and say, " Well, I 
had better do it myself." He could not bear to wait, and wrote to mother char- 
acteristically: " 1 think Arthur and i will come up to-morrow, and pass the fourth 
with you, so please have a carri^igewaitiug fmind I do not want to wait for it, and 
shall not if it be not there)." 

After the Bible, and religious books, in the study of which he was un- 
remitting, his favorite author was Shakespeare, and with his plays he had 
a most marvellous familiarity. At every juncture, on every occasion, he had 
an apt quotation, and for his children to see a Shakespeare play is to have all 
the beautiful lines come back to them as father used to speak them. Hardly a 
family letter of his later years exists without some words of his favorite poet ap- 
pearing in it. 1 lis suggestions for naming the numerous girl babies that came into 
the family were always, Portia, Miranda, Jessica, etc. At first his serious reading 
was mainly Biblical, and we have in his hand-writing manuscript notes on every part 
of the Bible; but it "later developed into a wide range of Christian thinking. This 
reading, always with a pen in his hand, was a real following of his author's thought; 
but he was always alone, for the family did not accompany these mental journeys, 
except afar, in occasional reading of his notes." 

Mother's and father's responsibilities left them little time for recreation, and 
mother's real distaste for social life kept them out of the pleasant intimacies they 
would naturally have had in New York. How hospitable they were always to their 
kin, we all remember. Their religious life, for it was that rather than church 
interests, satisfied all other desires. "It seems remarkable on looking back, that 
they should have been able to maintain family prayers morning and evening, 
through all the vicissitudes of the life of such a family. Mother's reading of the 
Bible was always intelligent, and with father as a leader, we had a family altar in the 
patriarchal sense. The lofty style and Biblical fulness of father's prayers are an 



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inestimable heritage to his children. Happy are the children whose mother can say 
in all naivete and sincerity, ' I believe your father is as good a man as ever lived.' " 

Mother was very strict in her rule that no Roman Catholic servants should be 
engaged in her household, and the old-fashioned relations existed between herself 
and the family connections of maids who used to file in to family prayers in the 
32nd Street house. One of my early recollections is of mother teaching one maid 
to read in the evenings, and how very dull she was, and how patient, mother. The 
frequent marriages were as much of an event to us children as if indeed of mem- 
bers of the family, and one was celebrated in our parlor. 

Father's interest in the warwas intense, but in spite of temptations, he never 
bought a Sunday paper, the printing of which was begun in those days. I well 
remember the excitement over Dr. Hoge, a Richmond man, who was the assistant 
at the Brick Church at the commencement of the war, and who resigned almost im- 
mediately. Father records that he would not attend his farewell reception, as he 
considered him a traitor to his country. This is only mentioned as an instance 
of his unyielding nature where a principle was involved. 

Any description of those early days would be incomplete without a mention 
of our joyous Thanksgiving dinners, with the sisters-in-law, little grandchildren, 
nephews and nieces, from sixteen to twenty-four in number, sitting down at the 
table, when ail care was thrown aside for the day. Father wrote of one such occa- 
sion: "1 do not think 1 ever enjoyed any company at dinner at my own house so 
much as the company of these our dear children and friends." 

We younger children were usually sent out of town for some weeks in the hot 
weather, under the care of the older ones and our faithful nurse, Ella Score. One 
of these times is deeply impressed on my memory, when we were in Canaan boarding 
with old Mrs. Franklin in the delightful home that had a ball-room with a mu- 
sicians' gallery in it, and a flag-stone at the door-step with the names and dates of its 
first owners. Father and mother came up to see us and the same evening heard of 
the draft riots in New York. The next morning, finding the reports confirmed, 
father decided that he must return to the city, as our brothers were there and the 
maids alone in the 32nd Street house. Mother would not let him go without her, 
and 1 remember my terror, as we heard dreadful rumors of what the mob was doing. 
Although they had to leave the train at Mott Haven, and take a Harlem boat to 
Peck's Slip, still they reached the office in Exchange Place and later drove to the 
house in safety. The mob was too near for sleep the first night, and hanged a negro 
on the corner above the house. The excitement continued for three days, no one 
being allowed to pass above 32nd Street on Fifth Avenue, and a fight occurring one 
night when, as father wrote, "twenty-five mobbites were killed." With mother's 
timidity, she must have sufi'ered extremely, but she never thought of letting father 
go alone to town. He was uneasy about his property because of the uncomprom- 
ising stand he had taken on slavery and his distinctly republican principles. 

In the spring of 1865, father had an attack of pneumonia which came near 
ending his life, and during his illness Mr. Lincoln was assassinated. It was diffi- 



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cult to drape the house in mourninti; for the great funeral witliout his knowledge, 
yet the family feared for his life should he hear of the catastrophe, i inally his 
old friend and physician, Dr. Austin 1-lint, broke the news to him. While recovering 
from this illness, he wrote: 

■J line 18, i\ly wife and I passed six days at West I'oint lately. We witnessed the first 
interview lu-tween Maj. Gen. Scott and Gen. Sherman after Sherman's great march through Alabama 
and Georgia to the seashore. Only a few guests were present in front of Cozzens Hotel, so we were 
within a few feet of Scott who was also living at the hotel. It was afTecting. Scott embraced 
Sherman as a son, saying, 'You have broken the back of the rebellion,' and Sherman replied 'I 
have onl)' done my duty.' It was an exceedingly interesting scene." 

It was father's great pleasure, with increased means, to give his children 
every opportunity of travel that he could. Although we fmd many jokes in his 
commonplace books about the " Europe," an infectious disease that took his family 
quite frequently, yet we used to say playfully that he was never happy unless some 
child was away from home. Although he and mother did not accomplish the 
journey to Europe that he would so much have enjoyed, the family letters brought 
them the enlarged horizon that travel procures. His own ever-increasing burden 
of ill-health was borne with such patience that it was never the dark spot in our 
circle that it might easily have become, — only something that was ever present. 
In one entry he says: 

"1 have felt miserably several evenings lately, it seemed as if the machinery of my body 
worked with real friction. . . . that life was even a burden for the time. Let me think of what 
1 have — not what I have not — and then there will be no room for sorrowing over present ills." 

In 1867, the Brick Church becoming dissatisfied with its old hvmn-book 
(called Watts and Select), Dr. Murray, the assistant pastor, Dr. Spring, Dr. Shedd, 
Mr. Daniel Lord, and father, were chosen a committee to prepare a new one. To 
this work father gave an immense amount of time for two years, selecting hymns, 
corresponding with English hymn-writers in an effort to get the most correct copy, 
writing the biographical notes and the three dedicatory prayers. The new book 
was called the "Sacrifice of Praise," and was used for many years in several churches 
until it was superseded by still newer collections, but it was almost the first in 
this country to make the standard of excellence both poetical and spiritual. Father's 
exquisite taste, cultivated for so many years by his study of Shakespeare, made 
him a valuable coadjutor in this work. 

In the union of the New and Old School branchesof the Presbyterian Church, 
fathertook an active part, and his resolutions in favorof it were adopted, after discus- 
sion, by the New ^ork Presbytery. As in every stand he made, he took the highest 
ground he knew, so ensuring for his decisions a remarkable forchandedness. At 
this time he wrote that he believed that the elTiciency of the church, economy of 
management and the fulfilment of the Redeemer's prayer, "that they may be one," 
all demanded the union. This was the more remarkable because father was a very 
strong Old School Presbyterian, and had no leanings towards the new theology, but 



222 WINTHROP SARGENT OILMAN [136] 

he was capable of putting on one side all small matters, and of looking simply at 
great principles. This was undoubtedly the reason that he kept up with the times 
and put so many of his fixed habits of thought aside in his old age. 

After the union, in 1870, he was made chairman of the General Assembly's 
committee to raise a five million dollar Thankoffering, when he was closely asso- 
ciated with Dr. Ellinwood, now secretary of the Foreign Board, John E. Parsons, 
Dr. William Adams and others. This occupied his time for two years, and was 
completed to the satisfaction of the church, giving, as a member of one of the Boards 
said lately, a standard of what the Presbyterian Church could do for its benevolent 
work from which it has never receded. 

He was later (in 1874) on a committee to plan more business-like and econ- 
omical methods of raising funds for the benevolent work of the church. Father 
believed in systematic beneficence, and in "giving as an act of worship," and ad- 
vanced the thought that if church members could be taught to give a tenth of their 
incomes to a central committee, that body could divide it among the Boards pro 
rata, thus saving the great expense of eight treasuries. In this opinion his com- 
mittee, consisting of Hon. Justice Strong, of the U. S. Supreme Court, Dr. John 
Hall, William E. Dodge, John Taylor Johnston, George de Forest Lord, 
all of New York, and others, agreed, but they met with so much opposition from 
the Secretaries of the Boards, with the exception of Dr. Ellinwood, that the plan 
was given up after two years' work. The publications which the committee put out 
have had their effect in the more systematic methods of the present day. Old Dr. 
Musgrave, at that time Secretary of the Board of Home Missions, was one of the 
most vigorous opponents, and said in a public speech that "Mr. Gilman will want 
to be introducing reforms into heaven when he gets there." 

This public life was not at all to father's taste, for while he was willing to use 
his influence for the right, he was exceedingly modest, and speaking in public was 
always, he wrote, "a trial to his nerves." He entered into all public questions, 
whether religious or political, with great energy, and wrote constantly to the press 
in different states, trying to uplift the moral tone on questions of importance. Thus 
he records that he wrote newspaper letters to all parts of Kentucky, when repu- 
diation was discussed, trying to urge upon the Kentuckians the adoption of an 
honorable course with regard to their indebtedness. 

in i87i,he bought the old place on the west bank of the Hudson, near the 
home of a son, which was named by a whimsical daughter, Heyhoe, after a Gilman 
name in the old country. This farm-house, altered to suit his large family and 
many visitors, became, after the financial reverses of 1874, his permanent home, 
in that year his banking-house suspended payments during the great panic, and he 
sold his city house to a member of the firm of Brown and Ives, who came to his aid. 
He rented it for a year that a daughter, whose life had been spent there, might be 
married from it, but in the spring of 1875 the family moved to Palisades. He 
records : 

"In leaving the places to which we have become attached and in breaking associations to 



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some extent wiili which our affections are entwined, we have still left all that is best of place and 
association. The place where ("iiul is, the place of conmuinion wilh llini." 

As the years crejit on, his growing weakness ni;ule liint resign .ill business 
cares, his many directorates of every kind, anti e\in his posiiion as ekier in the 
Wrick (^hiircli. In order to accomplish the last, he was obliged to transfer his 
membership to the little church at Palisades, as the Brick (Church refused to ac- 
cept his resignation. His life became more and more retired, and he found his 
happiness in the gay and merry group of young people who gathered in lleyhf)e, 
in his books, writing, and correspondence with the absent members of the family. 
While the long summers were spent thus, the winter months were passed in one place 
and another, trying to find some climate whore the cold would not be too much for 
his feeble vitality. 

Every year, on his wedding-day, he wrote a few lines about mother in his note- 
book, and on July 3, 1883, one of the last of her birthdays they passed together, 
he wrote: 

" My darling wife is sixty-six to-day, and she deserves sixty-six kisses from her husband and 
her 30 children and grandchildren, many times told. What a blessing she has proven herself in the 
family. A prudent wife — and she is one — is from the Lord, and w'e rejoice in her as his gift. The 
stock from which she came — the Lippincotts, Quakers from principle, and the Swifts, people of fine 
fibre — made her by nature to abhor all sorts of impurity, so that she grew up, as it were, in the 
wilds of the frontier, like those wild roses that I admired so much in my horseback tours in Illinois. 
They gave sweet fragrance to the atmosphere long before ! could reach them. Blessed be God, that 
she has not gone into the 'wastes of time'' like the roses, but still gives out the moral beauty and 
fragrance of a close walk with God." 

He was intensely interested in the campaign of 1884 against Mr. Blaine, to 
whom he was much opposed, and wrote to a paper just before the election, an- 
nouncing that he, a life-long Whig and republican, should vote for .Mr. Cleveland. 
This action called out, after his death, the following stirring words from Dr. Fabian 
Franklin, assistant professor in Mathematics in Johns Hopkins, and a friend of one 
of my brothers. 

"When I hear a young man who admits Blaine's dishonesty and unscrupuiousness say that 
he cannot vote the democratic ticket, I cannot help wondering what mental defect it may be that 
makes it impossible for him to see what it must have been a thousand fold more difficult and more 
painful for this old Republican with his heart and mind filled with the stirring memories of that past, 
in which he had manfully bf)rne his part, to admit, that the republican party had forfeited every 
claim to his allegiance." 

Father's last days were peaceful, and his mind was alert to the end. A 
slight earthquake shock was felt at Heyhoe the day before his death, and the family 
were much startled, but before they could recover their equanimitv, father's feeble 
voice was heard, explaining the cause. His ill-health had been of such long stand- 
ing that to none of his children was the news unexpected, when finally the mes- 

' Shakespeare Sonnet, XII. 



224 WINTHROP SARGENT OILMAN [136] 

sages came telling that he had passed away, October 3, 1884. His funeral was of 
the simple character that fitted best with his retiring nature, and was held in the 
little church at Palisades, where his feeble and bent form, wrapt in a large army 
cape, had been a familiar figure, seated in a recess by the pulpit protected from the 
wandering breeze. Dr. James O. Murray, Dean of Princeton, and his dear friend, 
came to hold the services, and he was buried in the plot in Greenwood, where are 
gathered many of his family. 

After father's death, which occurred within three months of their golden 
wedding, mother went to Colorado Springs, with two of her daughters and a grand- 
child. There she lived for six years, but the climate proving too stimulatingfor her, 
she was obliged to move again, and this time made herself a home in St. Paul. Here 
she lived for eight years, surrounded by a circle of devoted children and grand- 
children, a blessing to all who came in contact with her, making the constant effort 
to be the guide and help to all her children that father had been. Ten great-grand- 
children came into her life, and her pride in them was very great. Her beauty 
of face, and evenness of disposition increased with years, and she bore her great 
age so gracefully that she was the admiration of all who met her. At the end of 
this time, in 1899, it seemed best for her to make another change, and she moved to 
the home of her son-in-law. Captain Richard G. Davenport, U. S. N., in Washington, 
where she remained for the last two-and-a-half years of her life. During all this 
time, she frequently visited the homesofherother children, and some grandchildren, 
and spent many happy summers in the country. The changes of home that she had 
experienced during her long life, never troubled her placidity, and her pronounced 
characteristic of making a home wherever she was staying, kept her environment 
restful. Her life in Washington was most happy, as she was nearer to many of her 
children, and she was in that home, as always, the object of devoted love. 

An accident in the street in New York in the fall of 1900, gave her a nervous 
shock which brought on a slight stroke of paralysis from which her wonderful 
vitality never quite recovered. All her children and the beloved granddaughter 
who had been under her care for many years, were around her bedside when, on 
March 2, 1902, she passed away, leaving behind her only the sweet memories of a 
lovely and consistent life. The short service in Washington by Bishop Satter- 
lee, was followed by one in the Brick Church in New York, by her granddaughter's 
husband. Rev. William Adams Brown, at which a number of her old friends and 
those who loved her were present. She was laid by father's side in Greenwood. 

Children of Winthrop Sargent and Abia Swift (Lippincott) Oilman 

Arthur, born in Alton, 111., Sept. 8, 1835; died Oct. i, 1836, at Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Arthur, born in Alton, 111., June 22, 1837; M. A. Williams 1867; married (i) April 12, i860. 

Amy Cook Ball, daughter of Samuel and Experience ( ) Ball, of Lee, Mass., who 

died Jan. 13, 1875; married (2) July 11, 1876, Stella Scott, daughter of David and 
Stella (Houghton) Scott, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; lives in Cambridge, Mass. 

Children by his first wife : 
Grace, born June 6, 1861 ; entered the sisterhood of St. John Baptist, New York, in 1894. 




I'HOTOC.RAPII TAKEN DURING HER RKSIDHNCE IN ST. PAUL Ol- MRS. OILMAN, 

HHR nAllGllTERS ALICE AND SERENA AND GRAND- 

HAIIGIITER SERENA MARSHALL 



WINTlliaJl' SARGliNT GILMAN [130] 225 

Winthrop Sargent, born iWay 24, i862;tlic'ci Alarcli 14. 1863. 

Kosc Ryssc, horn Aug. 23, 1863; niarricti Dec. 6, 1884, Henry (,). Houghton, son of 
Henry O. Houghton, of Cambridge, Mass., who died June 14, 1906. Their 
children arc: Henry Oscar Houghton, born May 25, 1888, died May 26, 1888; 
Rosamund Houghton, born Aug. 23, 1894; Virginia Houghton, born July 29, 
1898; Henry Oscar Houghton, born Jan. 3, 1003. 

Margaret, born .May 22, 1866. 

Children by his second wife : 

Dorothy, born May 30, 1877. 

Alice, horn Aug. 26, 1878; died .May 10, 1890. 

Arthur, horn Oct. 25, 1879. 
Winthrop Sargent, born in Alton, Sept. 28, 1839; married Oct. 23, 1861, Anna A. Park, 

daughter of Charles V. and Caroline (Doremus) Park, of New York; is living at 

Palisades, N. Y. 

Children: 

Bertha De La Vergne, born June 8, 1863; married Sept. 8, 1892, Anthony James 
Bleccker, son of James and Jane Clarkson (Hill) Bleccker, of New York. Their 
children are: Anthony Lispenard Bleeckcr, horn Nov. 4, 1893; Winthrop 
Oilman Bleeckcr, horn Oct. 18, 1897; Helena Roosevelt Bleccker, born Jan. 

31. 1899- 

Charles Winthrop, born July 19, 1865. 

Anna Park, born Feb. 25, 1872; married June 2, 1894, Robert Carmer Hill, son of 
William and Harriet (Chapin) Hill, of Philadelphia. 
Theodore, born in Alton, Jan. 2, 1841; Williams, 1862; married Oct. 22, 1863, ITizabcth 

Drinker Paxson, daughter of Samuel C. and lii/abeth (Drinker) Paxson.of New 'I'ork; 

lives in Yonkers, N. Y. 

Children : 

Samuel Paxson, born Nov. 23, 1864; died in Florence, Italy, March 27, 1876. 

Winthrop Sargent, born March 16, 1867; died in New York, Oct. 28. 1870. 

Frances Paxson, born Dec. 13, 1870. 

Theodore, bom Feb. 21, 1873. 

Edith Lippincott, twin with Theodore, died .May 29. 1874. 

Beverly Hale, horn Aug. 28, 1874, died Aug. 2, 1875. 

Helen Ives, born Feb. 23, 1877. 

Rohhins, born March 30, 1878. 

Harold Drinker, twin with Rohhins, died Sept. 12, 1886. 

Elizabeth Bethune, horn June 16, 1881: married Henry Herbert law, son of Walter 
W. and Georgiana Hitt (Ransom) Law, of Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. Their 
children are: Theodore Oilman Law, born June 5, 1906. 
Helen Ahia, horn in Alton, Jan. 4, 1843; married Dec. 4, 1866, Daniel Rogers Noycs, son 

of Danii£L Rogers and PHouBii Oriffin (Lord) Noyes (7). See record of their 

children under Number 7. 
\irginia, born in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 16, 1845; died Oct. 3, 1845. 
Alice Ives, born in New Orleans, La.; April 3, 1848. 
lulia Rohhins, born in New York, May 6, 1850; married May 18, 1881. Henry Rutgers 

.Marshall, L. II. D., son of Henry Perry and Cornelia Elisabeth (Conrad) .Marshall, 

of New '"lork; died in Colorado Springs, Col., Jan. 2, 1888. 



226 WINTHROP SARGENT OILMAN [136] 

Children: 

Serena Oilman Marshall, born March 24, 1882. 
Benjamin Ives, born in New York, Feb. 19, 1852; M. A. Johns Hopkins, 1902; married Sept. 

14, 1892, Cornelia Moore Dunbar, daughter of James M. and Cornelia A. (Moore) 

Dunbar, of New York City; is living in Boston, Mass. 

Children: 

Edith, born July 10, 1893. 

Alice, born Sept. 23, 1896. 
Emily Hoffman, born in New York, March 10, 1854; married, Sept. i, 1874, Charles Phelps 

Noyes, son of Daniel Rogers and Phoebe Griffin (Lord) Noyes (7). See record 

of their children under Number 7. 
Serena Hale, born in New York, March 10, 1856; married Nov. 19, 1884, Captain Richard 

Graham Davenport, U. S. N., son of Captain Henry K. and Jennie Brent (Graham) 

Davenport; living in Washington, D. C. 
Mary Elizabeth, born Nov. 14, 1857, died Dec. 24, 1857. 
Edith Lippincott, bom Dec. 12, 1858, died Dec. 4, 1859. 

[137] JAMES TREWORGYE [....-1630] , j^ 



AND HIS WIFE .{ ^ 

KATHERINE SHAPLEIGH [1608-1676] ^ 



»« 



■>■ 



OF ENGLAND AND KITTERY, MAINE 



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/,^ 

JAMES TREWORGYE' was the son of John and grandsonV^Y Robert Tre- 
woRGYE of Kingsweare, England, on the Dart River opposite Dartmouth, 
where he was born, date unknown. He was a merchant in Cornwall, and 
married in England, March 16, 1616, Katherine Shapleigh, daughter of 
Alexander Shapleigh (137-A), who was born about i6o8. ^-•-'•r>'V; a'^: 

They had three children born in England before they came over, John,' 
Joaneand Samuel. James Treworgye sailed for New England about 163 5, on one 
of his father-in-law's ships, as supercargo. He purchased lands in Piscataqua in 
the same year, and was in Kittery, Me., as early as 1636, where he probably lived 
until his death. He was engaged in business as Mr. Shapleigh's representative, 
buying lands for him, and disposing of goods sent over in his vessels. On his own 
account he carried on a fishing and trading business. 

The business affairs of Alexander Shapleigh and the two Treworgyes are 
inextricably mixed in the records. The wills of the elder men have not been found, 

'The name Treworgye is variously spelled in the Maine records as Treworgye, Trueworgy, Treworthie 
and Trueworthy. 

'John Treworgye has been confused with his father James, as he came over almost as early and was also 
an agent for his grandfather Alexander Shapleigh. That and the fact that only James Treworgye's three 
daughters inherited from their uncle Nicholas Shapleigh, has led some to the conclusion that in all the affidavits 
about John Treworgye's business relations with his grandfather, there was a mistake in the name. The explanation 
may be that the sons of James Treworgye inherited their father's property, and that the daughters expected 
to receive an equivalent from their grandfather. The affidavits are perfectly clear in mentioning John as a 
grandson of Alexander and his existence is proved by other deeds and records. His marriage is also on 
record. 



JAMFS TRFWORGVI-: [1^7] 227 

and probably they died intestate. Their partnership relations, added to the con- 
fusion of titles to Maine lands in that early day, prevent our having a clear under- 
standing of the disposition of their property. There are two deeds on the records 
(York Co., Me., Deeds) that show the transfer of estates mentioned under 

(137-A)- 

In 1641 James Treworgye, "now resident of N. I-..," deeded for £i,5<k) to 

"Nicholas Shapleigh of Kingswfarc in the County of Di-avon (l-ng) Marchant all 

my Lands Houses goods chatelis Fish i isiiing coasl, Hates etc. ... in New England in Anuiica." 

This deed is dated "April 2 Anno 16 James," and appended is a memorandum 
made April 22, 1641. 

In 1642 " Mr. Alexander Shapleigh, Merchant, agent for Sir Ferdinando 
Gorges," conveyed to his son-in-law, Mr. James I'reworgye, all his estate in 
Kittery, Me., the deed being dated May 20, 1642. 

James Treworgye died in Newfoundland before 1650, having probably 
gone there for trade. The record says he was "but 35 years old." This is, of 
course, an error, as his son John was thirty-two at this date. His widow Katherine 
married (2) after 1634, as his second wife, Fdward Hilton, of Dover and llxeter, 
N. H., who had a plantation in 1631 at Dover Neck, about ten miles above Kittery 
on the Piscataqua. Katherine Hilton died May 29, 1676. She made a nun- 
cupative will attested at Hampton Court, Me., May 30, 1676, in which she be- 
queathed to James, son of John Treworgye, a silver beaker, which was to be kept 
by her daughter, Elizabeth Oilman, until he was of age. She also mentioned 
Edward Hilton, Jr., her daughters Joanna Mcredeth, Elizabeth GiLMAN,and Lucie 
Wills, her grandchildren Samuel and Mary Oilman, Joanna Meredeth, Betty, 
Katherine, Sarah and Lydia Oilman, Mr. Samuel Dudley, her pastor, Abigail, wife 
of Edward Oilman, and her sons-in-law. Captain John Oilman and Mr. Wills. 

Childri;n of James and Kathp.rine (Shapleigh) Treworgye 

Joiin, baptized at Kingsweare, Eng., Dec. 30, 1618; married Jan. 15, 1646, at Newbury, 
Mass., Penelope Spenser, daughter of Mr. Thomas and Penelope (Fiiiall) Spenser, of 
Westminster, Eng.; came over as agent to John Winter before 1639, and later was 
associated with his father at Kittery, Me.; had a son John, born in Newbury, in 1649; 
was commissioner for Newfoundland, April 8, 165 1. 

Joane, married John Ameredelh, of Kittery; was living in 1690, when her husband's will 
was made. 

Samuel, born in 1628; married Dorcas Walton; was a mariner of Portsmouth, Me., in 1674; in 
a deed of Nov. 6, of that year, he speaks of land at Sturgeon Creek " wh tract of land 
my Mother Mis Katherine Hiltf)n bought of Mr. Rowles the Indian while shee was 
my father Mr. James Trcworgys widow."' 

Lucy, born probably at Kittery about 1632; married (1) Humphrey Chadbourne, of Kittery, 
and had seven children. His will was dated May 25. 1667; married (2) in i66q, 
Thomas Wills; married (3) in 1688, Hon. Llias Stileman, of I'ortsniouth; died in 1708. 

'Maine Hut. and Cen. Register, III, 130. 



228 JAMES TREWORGYE [137] 

(131) Elizabeth, born probably in Kittery in 1639; married June 20, 1657, Hon. John Oilman, 
son of Edward and Mary (Clark) Oilman (130); died Sept. 8, 1719. 
Samuel, born in New England. This second son Samuel is mentioned in records as hav- 
ing been "born in New England," no dates given. 

[137-A] ALEXANDER SHAPLEIGH [1585-16S0] 

OF ENGLAND AND KITTERY, MAINE 

ALEXANDER SHAPLEIGH, as agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges, was con- 
cerned in the settlement at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, Maine, 
a settlement that diflfered radically from those with which our ances- 
tors were identified in Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island, or Connec- 
ticut. This colony was made up of artisans, laborers, and farmers, who were sent 
out from England by Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason, two wealthy 
Englishmen, whose schemes of settlement were strictly business ventures. Gorges 
was a soldier and Mason a sailor, and it is perhaps true as stated by some author- 
ities that the other New England Colonies have had "no nobler founders, wise, able, 
patriotic, self-sacrificing," than these men. They were both strict adherents of the 
English Church, and so they and all associated with them were regarded with 
disfavor by Winthrop and the other Massachusetts Bay Colonists. The greater 
number of these settlers came from Devonshire, William Pepperell, the first, being 
among them, as well as the Shapleighs, Treworgyes, and John Ameredeth. 

The name Shapleigh is an unusual but ancient one of Devon and Cornwall, and 
while we have not been able to trace the ancestry of Alexander Shapleigh, the 
first of that name in New England and the ancestor of all the Shapleighs in this 
country, it has been ascertained that he lived at Kingsweare on the Dart, and was a 
man of means, a merchant and ship-owner, his ships clearing from Dartmouth. 

In the early records of Maine he is called the agent of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 
and he built, about 1635, the first house at Kittery Point, Maine, so-called from the 
Point of the same name at Kingsweare, England. Of this house we have this record : 

" 1650. Forasmuch as the house at the Rivers mouth wher Mr. Shapleig's Father first built 
& Mr. William Hilton now Dwelleth: In regard it was the first ther bylt and Mr. Shapleig intendeth 
to build and enlarge it and for further consideration it is thought fit it should from time to time be 
for a house of entertainment or ordinary, etc." 

In 1635 James Treworgye, his son-in-law, came over in one of his ships as 
supercargo, and apparently Alexander Shapleigh then returned to England, 
leaving his afi'airs in the hands of Treworgye. Through the latter he purchased 
large tracts of land extending from the Piscataqua half-way to the York River, and 
in 1638, also five hundred acres at Kittery Point. 

According to an affidavit of Thomas Jones, an old servant, Alexander 
Shapleigh must have come back before 1639, as Jones affirms that " he was living 
with his family near Sturgeon Creek (in Kittery proper), in 1639." To this period 



ALIiXANDlvK SI lAl'lJ. I(,l I (ijy-A] 229 

of his life belongs the occurrence to which his dauf^hter 1\aiiii;rinu (iKr.woRGYB) 
Hilton alludes in a petition she made to theCourt in i()74. At this time Nicholas 
Shapleigh, her brother, was imprisoned and fined two hundred pounds for shel- 
tering two men accused of piracy. His own statement gives it as follows: 

" I did inconsidcralcly and out of foolish pily receive and conccalc William (Torcst and two 
(iiluis lu'lng in a sudden hurry my conipassion overconiing my reason." 

Kaiiierine Hilton's petition reveals to us something of the man Ai.riXANDLR 
SiiAPLEiGii, as Nicholas' statement does of himself. In pleading for her brother 
she reminds the Court that 

"38 years since, in a time of great scarsity in this land, our father layd out a good estate for the 
supply of this Country, & the sctleing some part of it, & in a season of there want supplycd them 
see reasonabley with provisions that it was thankfully accepted and acknowledged by the Author- 
ity then in being." 

in the spring of 1642 Alexander Shapleigh conveyed the whole of hisestate 
in Maine to James Treworgye, and subsequently the latter made it all over to 
his brother-in-law, Nicholas Shapleigh, for /^i, 500. 

Alexander Shapleigh died before July 5, 1650, but whether in this country 
or in England is not known. At that date his estate was administered at Agamenti- 
cus, Me. His daughter, Katherine Treworgye, whose husband died about the 
same time, could then get no share of her father's estate, as the amount James 
Treworgye had received (£1,500, above mentioned) was considered as her portion. 
Her brother Nicholas had practically adopted their nephew John, and at Nicholas' 
death in 1682, he left his large property, one-third to his widow and two-thirds to 
John. Katherine had died in the meantime, and her children renewed the claim. 
P'inally, in 1684, administration was granted to Mr. John Shapleigh, Mrs. Joane 
Mercdcth, Mrs. Lucia Wills and Mrs. Elizabeth Oilman (131), daughters of Mr. 
James Treworgye, and to the widow of Nicholas, Alice Shapleigh. 

Children of Alexander and Shapleigh 

Alexander, born about 1606; did not emigrate to this country; died in 1642, leaving one son 
John, who was adopted by his uncle Nicholas. John was sergeant in Kittery in 1659, 
ensign in 1665, and held many important civil offices; was killed by the Indians, 
April 2Q, 1706, when his son Nicholas was carried away by them to Canada, and 
treated with great cruelty. 1 .- -'<^ ^ "'^ 
(137) Katherine, born about 1608; married (i) March 16, 1616, in Hngland, James Treworgye, 
who died before 1650; married (2) after 1654, Edward Hilton, one of the fathers of 
New Hampshire; died at Exeter, N. H., May 29, 1676. 

Nicholas, born about 1610; married Alice Masanl, daughter of "Widow Mesant"; came to 
Kittery before his father, and its early prosperity was due as much to him as to any 
other. He was one of Gov. Vine's council in 1644, which violently opposed sub- 
mission to Massachusetts. In spite of this fact, he was later appointed by the Massa- 
chusetts commissioners, collector, county treasurer, and commissioner to hold County 
Court; was commissioned commandant of the First Regiment Yorkshire, Me., by the 



230 ALEXANDER SHAPLEIGH [137-A] 

General Court of Massachusetts, in i656,,and in 1678 was one of the commissioners who 
made a treaty of peace with the Sagamores. He belonged to the Church of England, 
and was not favorably disposed to the Puritans. From his kindly treatment of three 
Quakeresses who had received much cruelty from New Hampshire towns, he was at 
one time deposed from office and disfranchised. His last important civil office was 
that of representative to the General Court at Boston in 1682, but shortly after his 
election, he was struck on the head at the launching of a small vessel, and killed, 
April 29, 1682. He apparently died intestate, and left no children. For the settle- 
ment of his affairs see above. 



[139] NATHANIEL CLARKE [1644-1690] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH SOMERBY [1646-1716] 

OF NEWBURY, MASS. 

NATHANIEL CLARKE was a merchant in Newbury, and the earliest 
record we find of him is when he married November 23, 1663, Eliza- 
beth SoMERBY, daughter of Henry and Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby 
(140), in the Coffin house at Newbury, then occupied by Elizabeth's 
step-father, Tristram Coffin, Jr. (147). Elizabeth was born November i, 1646. 
He was a member of the church over which Rev. Thomas Parker and Rev. 
James Noyes (2) were settled, and was one of Mr. Parker's ardent friends and sup- 
porters in the controversy of 1665 to 1669, when Mr. Edward Woodman asserted 
that Mr. Parker wished to "set up a Prelacy & have more power than the Pope, for 
the Pope had his council of Cardinals." 

In 1667 and 1668, Nathaniel Clarke was constable and in 1682 and 1688 
selectman. In 1679 he "proposed for a parcel of the flats on the south side of the 
point of Rocks" for a wharf. This was granted in 1680, reserving to the 

"Towne's Inhabitants free liberty to land goods upon it provided they do not let them ly to Dam- 
nify the Owner." 

He was appointed naval officer for the ports of Newbury and Salisbury by the 
General Court, May 7, 1684, and promoted from sergeant to ensign of Captain 
Daniel Pierce's Company of Rowley, in 1685. Robert Mason of the Governor's 
council wrote to Governor Edmund Andros, on August 13, 1689, asking that "his 
friend Nathanl Clark" be appointed justice of the peace, also among other military 
appointments, that he be made captain of the Second Company. He is called 
ensign in the Newbury records, and "Hon*"''" when mentioned by his contem- 
poraries. 

He died in Newbury, August 25, 1690, at his home, which was on the Merrimac 
River, towards what is now called West Newbury. His will, made four days before 
his death, was dated August 21, and probated September 30, 1690. In it he gave 



nati!anii:l clakki-: [139] 231 

to liis son Nathaniel (then absent on the expedition to Canada) "il he lives to come 
home," certain laiuls. i o his son 1 homas, he gave lands 

" pr()\iilcii ilial his failur Ndyts [his f.ilhcr-in-law Thomas Noycs, son of Rev. Ja.mis Novis (2)] 
shall give and confirm live acres of salt marsh, making his daughter's portion worth one hundred 
pounds." 

To his son Henry he left the homestead, his tnother to live with him, and to his 
sons Daniel and Josiah, lands, and he further {^ave 

"my briganilinc and all ye n-st and residue of m\- personal estate [to his wife and son John for] 
ye bringing up of my four youngest children." 

He also mentioned his daughters Sarah, Elizabeth and Judith. The overseers of 
his will were his " honoured father-in-law, Trustr" Cofm " and " lovitig friends 1 lenry 
Somerby [son of Abiel and grandson of Anthony Somerbyj and \\ illiam Noyes" 
(another son of Rev. Jami£s Noyes 2). His estate inventoried £714. 9s. 

His widow, ELiZABiiTii (SoMtRBY) Clarke, tiiarricd (2) August 8, t698, as his 
third wife. Rev. John Hale (156). The family relationships begun with this mar- 
riage became somewhat complicated later, as will appear in a note on Rev. John 
Hale. Her second husband died May t5, 1700. She probably spent her last years 
at the home of one of her sons-in-law, Judge Nicholas Oilman (132), as she 
died at Exeter, March 15, 1716. 

Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke 

Nathaniel, born Dec. 5, 1664; died June 6, 1665. 

Nathaniel, born .March 13, 1666; married Dec. 15, 1685, Flizabcth Toppan, daughter of Dr. 
Peter and Jane (Batt) Toppan; was mortally wounded on the ship "Six l-"riends" in 
Sir William Phipps' expedition to Canada and died there in October, 1690. Rev. 
John Hale (156), chaplain of the expedition, made his will, and brought it home to 
his father-in-law. Dr. Toppan. His widow Klizabeth married (2) James Wise, of 
Newbury. 

Thomas, born Feb. g, 1668; married in 1689 or i6go, Sarah Noyes, daughter of Colonel 
Thomas and Martha (Pierce) Noyes, of Newbury, and granddaughter of Rev. James 
Noyes (2); is called sergeant in the records; died April 25, 1722. 

John, born June 24, 1670; H. C. i6()o; married June ig, 1694, Elizabeth Woodbridge, daughter 
of Rev. Benjamin and Mary Woodbridge, of Windsor, Ct., Rev. John Cotton preaching 
the marriage sermon; was ordained in i6g8, pastor of the church at Newbury, as 
assistant to Rev. John Richardson ; later went to Exeter, N. H., on the invitation 
of Hon. John Oilman (131), his sister's father-in-law, and Hon. Peter Coffin 
(162), and became the pastor of the First Church there, Rev. John Hale, his mother's 
second husband, to whom she was just married, preaching the installation sermon; 
died at Exeter, July 25, 1705, aged thirty-five. His widow Elizabeth married (2) Rev. 
John Odlin, of Exeter, son of Elisha and Abigail (Bright) Odiin, and grandson of 
John and Margaret Oni. in (60), who became the next pastor of the Exeter Church. 

Henry, born July 5, 1673; married (i) Nov. 7, 1695, Elizabeth Grcenlcaf, daughter of Cap- 
tain Stephen and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Greenleaf, and great-granddaughter of Captain 



232 NATHANIEL CLARKE [139] 

Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf (140-A); married (2) Jan. 24, 1724, Mary 
Pierce; removed to Greenland, N. H., about 1727, and died there June q, 1749. 

Daniel, born Dec. 16, 1675; died before 1709, s. p. 
(132) Sarah, born Jan. 7, 1677/8; married June 10, 1697, Judge Nicholas Gilman, son of 
John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Gilman (131); died Aug. 25, 1741. 

Josiah, born May 7, 1682; married Jan. 24, 1706, Sarah Chamberlin, daughter of John 
Chamberlin, of Hull, Mass.; was a "Taylor" in Boston, and died there April 29, 1717. 
His widow married (2) May 26, 1720, at Hingham, Mass., Joseph Woodwell, of 
Bridgewater. 
(157) Elizabeth, born May 15, 1684; married (1) about 1700, Dr. Robert Hale, of Beverly, son 
(161) of Rev. John and Rebecca (Byley) Hale (156), who died Jan. 12, 1719; married (2) 

Dec. 29, 1720, Colonel John Gilman, son of John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) 
Gilman (131), the brother of her sister Sarah's husband. He died between 1738 
and 1742, and she went back to the home of her son Robert, who had married Eliz- 
abeth Gilman, the daughter of her second husband by his first wife, and died at 
Beverly, Jan. 24, 1762. 

Judith, born Jan. 3, 1686/7; married Thomas Moody, son of Caleb and Sarah (Pierce) Moody, 
of Newbury. 

Mary, born March 25, 1689; and died before Aug. 21, 1690. 

THE SOMERBY FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

THE family of Somerby were settled in the village of Somerby, Lincoln- 
shire, England, since before the Conquest. The first of the name of 
which we have any record is Adam de Somerby, who is mentioned in 
the Domesday Book as a landholder in Lincolnshire. We do not trace 
beyond the latter half of the sixteenth century, when Henry Somerby was living 
in the village of Little Bytham, Lincolnshire. 

I 

Henry Somerby, of Little Bytham, a village of South Heath, eight miles 

from Stamford, Lincolnshire, married Margaret , and died in 1609. His 

children were: 

Richard, see below. 

, a daughter. 

, a daughter. 

2 

Richard inherited his father's estate, and died March 1, 1639. His children 
were: 

Anthony, baptized at Little Bytham, Aug. 16, 1610; was a graduate of Clare Hall, Cam- 
bridge, England, and emigrated to New England in 1639, sailing with his brother 
Henry in the ship "Jonathan"; became the town clerk, and the first school master 
in Newbury, Mass.; died July 31, 1686. 
(140) Henry, baptized at Little Bytham, Eng., March 17, 1612; married Iudith Green- 
leaf, daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Dole)Greenleaf (140-A); died Oct. 2, 1652. 



lll-.NKV SO.MIinn' [1 |..l 233 



[140I HHNRY SOMHRBY |ihi2-i6s2l 

AND HIS Willi 

JUDllll uKLENLtAF [1625-1705] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWBURY, MASS. 

HI NRV SOMERB'i', son of Richard and Somerby, was bap- 
tized at Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, March 17, 1612. He 
sailed from England, with his brother Anthony, in the ship "Jonathan" 
in 1639, landed at Boston and proceeded immediately to Newbury. There 
he established himself as a merchant tailor, having been in the same business in 
Bristol, England. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642, and soon after 
married Judith Greenleaf, daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf 
{140-A), who was born September 2, 1625. 

in 1650 he was licensed "to keep an ordinary instead of Mr. Greenleaf," 
his father-in-law. He died October 2, 1652, at Newbury, aged forty years. 

His widow Judith married (2) March 2, 1653, 1 ristram Coffin, Jr. (147), 
son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin (147-A), who had been an apprentice 
to her first husband. As there were no Somerby descendants, the house and estate 
passed into the hands of the Coffin family. 

Children of Henry and Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby 

Sarah, horn I eb. 10, 1645; married Dec. 8, 1663, John Hale, son of Thomas and Rchccca 
*" (Lowie) Hale, of Newbury; died June iq, 1672. 

(139) Elizabeth, born Nov. 1, 1646; married (1) NViv. 25, 1663, Nathaniel Clarke, who died 
(156) Aug. 25, 1690; married (2) Aug. 8, 1698, as liis third wife, Rev. John Hale of Beverly; 

died at Exeter March 15, 1716. 
John, born Dec. 24, 1648; died Dec. 14, 1650. 

Daniel, born Nov. 18, 1650; was mortally wounded in the Great Swamp Fight at Mt. Hope, 
R. I., Dec. ig, 1673, reached home, and died there unmarried. His death e.xtin- 
guished themalelineof descent from Henry Somerby. 

(140-Al EDMUND GREENLEAF [1^74-1671] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH DOLE [..,.-1663] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWBURY, MASS. 

THE original name of the Greenleaf family is supposed to be Eeuillevert, 
and they were probably French or Flemish refugees who came to England 
in the sixteenth century. The name is found only in the parish of 
Ipswich, Suffolkshire, and that county, from its position, received most 
of the French emigrants of that time. 



234 EDMUND GREENLEAF [140-A] 

Edmund Greenleaf was the son of John and Margaret Greenleaf, and 
was baptizedat St. Mary 's-la-Tour, Ipswich, Eng., on January 2, 1573/4. He was by 
trade a silk-dyer and married, in Ipswich, Sarah Dole, who was probably a sister 
of the first Richard Dole, later of Newbury, Mass., and also of foreign extraction.' 

The record of baptism of his nine children is to be found also at St. Mary's- 
la-Tour, so that he must have remained in Ipswich until he emigrated to Massa- 
chusetts. 

He came to Newbury immediately after reaching New England, and his 
name is found in the first division of home lots, with that of Rev. James Noyes 
(2). His house was near the "Old Towne bridge." In 1638 he, with John Pike 
and two others, was appointed to direct the defence of the church against Indians 
during worship. The able-bodied inhabitants of the town were divided into four 
companies under the four men, and were required to 

" Bring their armes compleat one Sabbath day in a month and the lecture day following, in 
order successively one after another ... to stand sentinell at the doores all the time of the pub- 
lick meeting every one after another either by himself in person or by a sufficient substitute to be 
allowed by the overseer of the ward." 

In 1639 he was admitted freeman and was made ensign. On May 22 of the 
same year "Edmond Greenlyf of Newberry was p'mitted to keep a house of in- 
tertainment." He was made lieutenant of the Massachusetts provincial forces in 
1642, and was said to be "An ancient and experienced Lieutenant and head of the 
Militia" under Captain William Gerrish in 1644. In 1647 he applied for his dis- 
charge from military service, probably on account of his age, as he was then seventy- 
three. This was granted by the Court November 1 1, 1647.^ 

He removed to Boston about 1650 with his wife Sarah, and she died there 
January 18, 1663. He married (2) in his old age, for her third husband, Sarah 
(Jurdaine Wilson) Hill, daughter of Ignatius Jurdaine,' of Exeter, England, and 

widow (i) of Wilson and (2) of William Hill of Fairfield, Conn. She had 

several children by her second husband, and after her third marriage they seem 
to have been a cause of dissension in the family. 

Edmund Greenleaf died March 24, 1671, aged ninety-eight. His will 
dated December 25, 1668, was proved February 12, 1671. 

in it he says: "Next my will is being according to God's will and revealed in his word, that 
wee must pay what wee owe and live of the rest, unto whose rule the sons of men ought to frame 
their wills and actions, therefore," etc. 

' Richard Dole, son of William and grandson of Richard Dole, of Bristol, Eng., was the first of the name 
in America, although he came to Newhury in 1630, after the arrival of Edmund Greenleaf and his wife, 
whom we conjecture to have been Richard's sister. He was baptized, Dec. 31, 1622, at Ringworthy near Bristol, 
Eng.; married (1) May 3, 1647, Hannah Rolfe, who died Nov. 16, 1678. Their son Richard, horn Sept. 6, 1650, 
married Sarah Greenleaf, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (CofTm) Greenleaf, one of Edmund's sons. Richard 

Dole married (2) March 4, 1670, Hannah ( ) Brocklebank, widow of Captain Samuel Brocklebank of 

Rowley, Mass.; married (3) Patience Walker, of Haverhill, Mass. For other intermarriages see the children of 
Tristram Coffin, Jr. (147). 

'Mass. Bay Col. Rec, II, 215. 

" For Jourdaine and Hill wills see Waters' Ccnealopcal Gleanings, 1073-5. 



EDMUND CKIINI.I AI" [140-Al 233 

It mentions his son Stephen, his "chui{j;htcr lirownc widow, daughter 
Coffin," his grandchildren, Ehzabelh llillon, I'.noch (ireenlcaf, Sarah Winslow and 
"eldest son's son James Cireenleal." Alter devises to these members (j( his lam- 
ily, he leaves the rest of his estate to his son Stephen and his two daughters, Eliza- 
beth Browne and Judith Coffin, "equally to be divided amongst them and their 
children." The estate inventoried at ;£i 3 1 5s. gd. His son Stephen and son-in-law 
Iristram Coffin, Jr., were the executors. 

The following paper was recorded with the will and probably explains why 
the second wife, who seems to have outlived her husband, was not mentioned. 

"When I niarricii my wife, I kept her ("iraiui (IhiM, as I best remember, 3 ycarc to Scooling 
Dyct & apparell, and William Hill, her son had a bond of six pound a yeare whereof I Rccciued no 
more than a barrcll of porke of ;£3.o.o. of that £6. 0.0. a yere he was to pay mee & I sent to her son 
Ignatius Hill, to the Barbadocs, in Mackrell, Sider & bred & pease, as much as come to twenty 
pound I neuer rccenued one penny of itt; his Aunt' gaue to the three Brothers £50. apeice — I 
know not whether they receaued it or noe but I haue not receaued any p' of it. 

Witness my hand 

Edmund Grcenleaf 

Beside — when I married my wife, she brought mee A siluer bowle a siluer porringer a silucr 
spon — she Lent orgaue them to her son James Hill without my consent." 

Children of Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf 

Enoch, baptized Dec. i, 1613, at St. Mary's-la-Tour, Ipswich, Eng.; was buried at St. Mar- 
garet's in the same place, Sept. 2, 1617. 

Samuel, was buried at St. Margaret's, March 5, 1627. 

Enoch, born about 1617 or 1618; married Mary , and was living in 1683; lived in 

Maiden and Boston, Mass. 

Sarah, baptized March 26, 1620, at St. .\lary's-la-Tour; married William Hilton, of Newbury, 
Mass., and later of Charlestown; died in 1655. 

Elizabeth, baptized Jan. 16, 1622, at St. Mary's-Ia-Tour; married (1) in 1642, Giles Badger, 
of Newbury, Mass., who died July 10, 1647: married (2) Feb. 16, 1648/9. as his second 
wife, Richard Browne, of Newbury; died after 1688. 

Nathaniel, baptized June 27, 1624, at St. Mary's-la-Tour; buried at St. Margaret's, July 24, 
1634. 
(140) Judith, born Sept. 2, [625, baptized Sept. 29, 1626, at St. Mary's-la-Tour; married in Ncw- 
(147) bury, Mass., Henrv Somerby, who died Oct. 2, 1652; married (2) March 2, 1653, 

Tristram Coffin, son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin (147-A), of New- 
bury; died Dec. 15, 1705. 

Stephen, baptized Aug. 10, 1628, at St. Mary's-Ia-Tour; married (i) Nov. 13, 1651, Eliz- 
abeth Coffin, daughter of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin (147-A), and sister 
of his sister Judith's husband, who died Nov. 19, 1678; married (2) March 31, 1679, 
as her second husband, Esther (Weare) Sw-ett, widow of Benjamin Swctt, of Hamp- 
ton, and daughter of Nathaniel Weare, of Hampton, N. H.; was ensign in 1670, 
lieutenant in 1685, deputy in 1676, and many times later, also a member of the Coun- 

' This Aunt was Mary ( ) Godwyn of Lyme Regis, Eng. Her will is given in Waters' Ccrualoguat 

Cltanings, 70. 



236 EDMUND GREENLEAF [140-A] 

cil of Safety in 1689; was captain in Sir William Phipps' unsuccessful expedition 
for the conquest of Canada in 1690, and was drowned with nine others at Cape 
Breton, in the fall of that year' (Dec 1). 
Daniel, baptized Aug. 14, 1631, at St. Mary's-Ia-Tour; died at Newbury, Dec. 5, 1654.' 

L141] JONATHAN THING [1621-1670J 

AND HIS WIFE 

JOANNA [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND EXETER, N. H. 

JONATHAN THING was at Ipswich, Mass., in 1641, and left there under 
I charge of a serious misdemeanor. In his youth, he evidently was not a 
I man of good character, but as later he held various important offices, in 
J middle life he commanded some respect. He was among the few (six only) 
at Wells, Me., who voluntarily submitted to the government of Massachusetts, 
July 4, 1653. Most of the inhabitants sympathized with their pastor. Rev. John 
Wheelright, who had come to Weils from Exeter to get away from the jurisdiction 
of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

He took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts September 14, 1653, and the 
same year was made constable at Wells, and the next year was appointed to see 
that the adjacent towns each paid their part towards the building of a prison at 
Wells. He was also made commissioner to try small causes for the Isle of Shoals 
in 1655. The same year he was required to give bonds for his good behavior. 
There were four indictments against him: 

"For telling a lie. . . . For being a common disturber of order. . . . For serving a notice 
on the Lord's day. ... For speaking discornfully of the Court, [saying] no question but you 
may cast any cause at the court at York so long as Harry the coachman sits Judge." 

His name appears among the early settlers of Exeter, N. H., and he was 
selectman there in 1658 and for seven years thereafter. 

He married probably at Exeter, Joanna , but the date has not been 

found. In 1667 he gave his age as forty-six years. 

According to the records he died suddenly about 1670. After his death, 
his widow Joanna and her son Jonathan 

"Agree that the children of Jonathan and Joanna; Samuel, Elizabeth and Mary shall have 
a good education and that they will jointly care for them until either Joanna or Jonathan may 
marry." 

' He was an ancestor, through his son Tristram, of John Greenleaf Whittier. The poet was also descended 
from Tristram Coffin, Jr. (147). A writer in the Boston Transcrtpl signing himself "S. V. C." gives the place of 
Stephen Greenleaf's death as the Island of Anticosti. 

' Possibly two more children should be added. John, born about 1632, married, July 26, 1665, Hannah 
Veazie, daughter of William Veazie of Braintree, Mass., and Mary, who married March 5, 1669, John Wells, of 
Newbury. 



JONATHAN Til INC, |i.,i] 237 

In iIk' (ikl Norfolk Deeds we also lind ilu- lollowing: "whereas Jonathan 
Thing died suddenly Joanna his widow and Junallian |r.," may sell his land in 
lixclcr. Ihis was dated June 18, 1674. 

Children of Jonathan and Joanna [ ] Iming 

(142) Jonathan, born about 1654; married (1) July 26, 1677, Mary Oilman, daughter of lion. 

John and Elizabeth (Trhworgye) Gii.man (131), who died in August, 1691; 

married (2) in 1693, Martha (Dcnison) Wiggin, widow of Thomas Wiggin, and 

daughter of John Denison, of Ipswich; died Oct. 31, 1694. 
Flizabelh, born June 5, 1664. of whom nothing more is known. 
John, born Sept. 20, 1665; died Nov. 4, of llie same year. 
Samuel, born June 3, 1667; married July 8, 1696, Abigail Ciilman, daughter of lion. John 

and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman (131) and sister of his limtluT |onaihan's 

wife; was called captain, and lived at Exeter. 
Mary (or Mercy), born March 6, — • — , of whom nothing more is known. 

[142] CAPTAIN JONATHAN THING I1O34-1694J 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY OILMAN [1658-1691] 

OF EXETER, N. II. 

JONATHAN THING, son of Jonathan and Joanna ( ) Thing (141), was 
born about 1654. We find him first mentioned with his father at Exeter, 
N. H., in a list of residents, on March 30, 1670. He was called Jonathan 
Thing, Jr., and was then about sixteen years old. He seems to have served 
as a soldier in King Philip's War, as he received pay for military services on 
October 24, 1676. 

He married (i) July 26, 1677, Mary Oilman, daughter of Hon. John and 
Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman (131), who was born September 10, 1658. 

In April, 1678, he was chosen one of the tithing men of Exeter, who were to 
collect the salary of Rev. Mr. Dudley. A year later, February 18, 1679, the fol- 
lowing order was given: 

"At the request of Jonathan Thing, Edward Oilman [130], Edward Smith, Peter Folsom, 
Nathaniel Ladd, Moses Leavitt, for the erecting of a gallery at the end of the men's gallery for their 
wives it is granted, etc. . . . provided they build the same upon their own charge." 

Jonathan Thing served on the grand jury in 1684 and was constable in 
168=;, and the same year was named as one of the royal councillors in the commis- 
sion of James II to Joseph Dudley, as president of His Majesty's Territory and 
Dominion in New England, etc., with Simon Bradstreet, John Pyncheon, Waite 
Winthrop, Nathaniel Saltonstall and others. In December, 1689, he was town 
clerk and was elected as delegate from Exeter to the Convention at Portsmouth 
which assembled January 24, 1690, to provide a method of protection against the 



238 CAPTAIN JONATHAN THING [142] 

Indians. The massacre at Cochecho in 1689 was probably the immediate cause. 
He was made ensign in 1690, captain in 1692 and served in King William's War as 
captain of the Exeter Company. 

His wife, Mary Oilman, died in August, 1691, aged thirty-three, leaving 
seven children, the eldest of whom was thirteen. He married (2) in 1693, Martha 
(Denison) Wiggin, widow of Captain Thomas Wiggin, a very early settler of Exeter, 
and a daughter of John Denison of Ipswich. 

One year later Captain Jonathan Thing died, October 31, 1694, "aged 
forty" as stated on his tombstone. He was riding in the woods in company with 
his brother Captain Samuel Thing, and Peter Folsom, when he was killed by the 
accidental discharge of his gun. The inquest, which was held next day by Coroner 
Redfield, found that 

"Capt. Jon^ Thing was on the 30th of this inst. (Oct.) shot to death by his own gun 
accidentally going off and that no other reason was the cause of his death." 

He was buried with his first wife Mary in the oldest existing graveyard in Exeter. 
The following memorandum of the expenses for his funeral was found among 
the papers of his son Bartholomew (143). 

"Funeral Chargs. ;^ s d 

13 pair wash leathergloves a 5/6 3 '■ 3 

13 ditto 33/ I 19 o 

II dito a 2/6 1 7 6 

2 pair dito 34/ 80 

4 pair dito a 4/6 18 o 

840 

10 galonsof Wine 3. 5. o 3 5 o 

Sugar spice and othernesseries 1 5 o 

I bareil syder 10/ 10 o 

3 galonsrum 18/ 180 

crape for whood vails and weeds 769 

to diging the grave 10 o 

the coffin 8/ 80 
7yardof black 42/, & 10 yards of black duerance 
40/, and 2 yards of lude string 22/, and 3 pair of 
Gloves 4/, for the a suit of cloths with the 

makeing and other nessary in all 600 



28 6 



Jonathan Thing evidently died intestate, for a very complete inventory 
was taken by "Mr. Nicholas Gillman [his brother-in law 132] Peter Coffin [prob- 
ably 162] and Moses Levite," and the property was divided among the heirs by 
"William Partridge Esq' Lt. Gouv"'." There was live stock worth £17. 15s. 
"wearing apparel of Capt. Things former wife deceased £7.0.0.", real estate £213, 



CAPTAIN JONATHAN THING [142] 239 

and "lumber and ,'4 of a sawmill /,"74," altogether £4^1. 3s. i id. Of this the widow 
received during her life/,130. 9s., the eldest son Jonathan £j^. 4s., and the other 
five children £37. 12s. apiece, being, as the settlement says "as the law in such 
cases directs." 

(JUI-DRIN Ol Ol'TAlN JONATHAN AND MaRY ((iIIMAn) ThING 

Juii.iiliaii, born Sept. 21, 1678; niarrk'd liis second cousin, Abigail Ciilnian, daughter of 
Edward and Abigail (Maverick) Ciilman and great-granddaughter of Ldward and 
Mary (Clark) Oilman (130); died at Kxeter about 1735. 

John, born June 6 (or 16), 1680; married (1) Mehitable Stevens; married (2) Love ( ) 

Wentworth, widow of Thomas Wentworth. 
(143) Bartholomlw, born Feb. 25, 1681/2; married (1) Dec. 7, 1705, Abigail Coffin, daughter of 
Tristram and Deborah (Colcord) Coffin and granddaughter of Hon. Peter and 
Abigail (Starbuck) Coffin (162); married (2) April 2, 1712, as her second husband, 
Sarah (Little) Kent, widow of John Kent and daughter of Captain Joseph and 
.Mary (Coffin) Little (146); died April 28, 1738. 

Joseph, born in March, 1684; married Mary Loulsham or Folsom. 

Elizabeth, born about 1686; married (1) Edward Stevens; married (2) Daniel Young. 

Benjamin, born Nov. 12, 1688; married (1) in January, 1712, Pernel, or Parnell, Coffin, 
daughter of Tristram and Deborah (Colcord) Coffin and sister of his brother Bar- 
tholomew's first wife; married (2) Oct. 21, 1725, Deborah (Hilton) Thing, widow of 
his cousin Captain Samuel Thing and daughter of Colonel Winthrop Hilton, who was 
noted in the early Indian wars. He was grandson of the Edward Hilton who mar- 
ried (2) Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgye (137). 

Josiah, born about 1690, and died in infancy. 

Children of Captain Jonathan and Martha (Denison Wiggin) Thing 

Daniel, born May 12, 1694; married .March 3, 1718, Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Henry 
and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Clarke of Newbury, granddaughter of Nathaniel and 
Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke (130) and great-granddaughter of Captain Edmund 
and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf (140-A). 



[i4^,J BARTHOLOMEW THING 11082-17381 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH (LITTLE) KENT [1683-1754] 

OF EXETER, N. H. 

BARTHOLOMEW THING, son of Captain Jonathan and Mary (Gilman) 
Thing (142), was born at Exeter, N. H., February 25, 1681/2. He was but 
twenty-three years of age when he married (i) December 7, 170";, Abigail 
Coflln, daughter of Tristram and Deborah (Colcord) Coffin and grand- 
daughter of Hon. Peter and Abigail (Starbuck) Coffin (162). 

She died May 29, 171 1, leaving no children, and he married (2) April 2, 1712, 



240 BARTHOLOMEW THING [143] 

Sarah (Little) Kent, widow of John Kent and daughter of Captain Joseph and 
Mary (Coffin) Little (146), who was born in 1683. 

As "Lieut. Bartholomew Thing" he appears, October 8, 1729, on the com- 
mittee appointed to build the new meeting-house in Exeter. He paid £2\, on 
November 7, 1731, for pew No. 15, and later bought pew No. 5 in the lower gallery 
for ;^io. 5s. This would indicate that he was one of the wealthy and important 
members of the church. 

He served, like his father, for many years as selectman, holding that office 
in 1721, 26-29, 33, 36, 37. He was town clerk from 1729 to 1737, justice of the 
peace in 1734 and representative in 1727, 28 and 173 1 to 35. In 1738 Elisha Odlin 
was chosen town-clerk in his place, but Bartholomew Thing declined to give up 
the books. Sometimes such an action had the general approval, but in this case 
the majority of the inhabitants objected, a town meeting was called, and it was 
voted that the "books should be removed out of Things hands & put into Odlins." 
The cause of the trouble may have been the then engrossing question of the equit- 
able division of the town lands. Bartholomew Thing's name is on the committee 
of 1724 to act on this subject, but the people were dissatisfied with the report, and 
he was not re-elected. 

Bartholomew Thing died soon after at Exeter on April 28, 1738, leaving 
a very large estate, amounting to ^^6,999. los. 4d. His widow Sarah and his uncle 
Judge Nicholas Oilman (132) were the administrators. 

Sarah (Little Kent) Thing married (3) Colonel John Downing, of Exeter 
and died early in 1754. 

Probably among our ancestors only Judge Simon Lynde (78) and Francis 
Willoughby (82) were as wealthy men as Bartholomew Thing. The inventory 
of seven pages shows the large amount of supplies that a rich man was obliged to 
keep in his house. His property was almost all in goods, lands and live stock. A 
selection from the items will be interesting to show, not only the articles owned, but 
the extraordinary values put upon some of them. 

The inventory gives his "home lot house barn and other buildings ;£8oo. 
. . . meadows, pastures wast swamp, etc, £3,060, cows, oxen, yearlings, sheap, 
etc., i^300. . . . negro man & woman £\^o. . . Jersey boy ;£20. About a lode 
of hay ;^5, 2 barills of pork ;£24, two pews in ye meating house ;/£40, Cash in 
the house £103, plate £c)2, 105 lb puter at 5s. per lb £26. 50s., 36 lbs Do. 3/6 pr 
lb £7. 7s. A clock & watch £40, Table linen ;^i5. 8s, 1 pr fine sheats £1^. los. 
[probably Holland], 2 pr coton Do £j, 2 pr fine sheats £8, 27 Sheats £2^, Waring 
aprell £102, i pr. Camblet, Calimanco, 42^ blk crape in remnants £j. 7s., 
flannen, Druget, 54^- Russia linen, 61 yd Linen, i ps of Mens hat band ^8, 
10 silk handkerchifs £^, part of ps Cyprus, Tape Ribins Goloon bobins a' thred 
;^i3. los., 1 1 silk muslin H'kerchifs a' 7s, Coton 20s [spools?] thimbels & needles, 
Buckels, 31 knives 6 rasors, 28 Duble Gross Botons, i gros jact [jacket] Do, [alto- 
gether £17. I IS. in buttons] 15 prs. Gloves & some od ones, 56I yds of Chintz and 
Calico ;g42. 7 yds brodcloth £8. 8s., i^ Ream Paper ^(^3, ^ doz cards £2. los., 2 



I5AI<1I1(J1J).\1I.\\ IIIINC |i^5| 241 

beaver hats 0). los., 4 bcvcrct Do /;S, 10 caps £2. los., furniture f^22-^, Books f^i^^, 
3 liibles 36/, 16 psalters & 6 psalm book £2. 18s., Shaies /J50, Siaic £'^, Sadie & 
bridle and portmanteu Whippe & spurs /j6. 6s., 1 36 lb Sheap wfx)l £23. 12s., 2 ho^'d 
Salt as computed £4," besides numberless small household utensils, and many 
more items. 

Children of Bartholomew and Abigail (Coffin) Thing 

Tristram, born Oct. 26, 1707; died June 22, 1709. 
Josiah, born Aug. 18, 1710; died March 5, 1710. 

Children of Bartiiol(i,mi;w and Sarah (Littlh Klnt) Thing 

(133) Mary, born Jan, 11 (or 3), 1713; married Oct. 22, 1730, Rev. Nicholas Oilman, son of 
Judge Nicholas and Sarah (Clarkl) Oilman (132) of Exeter; died Feb. 22, I78<). 

1 1 4S I GEORGE LITTLE | . . . . - 1 694] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ALICE POOR [....-1680] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWBURY, MASS. 

GEORGE LITTLE, the first of the Newbury family of that name, is supposed 
to have been a tailor from Unicorn Street near London Bridge, London, 
England. His parentage has not been learned and he does not seem 
to have worked at his trade after he came to this country. 

Mr. John Woodbridge, nephew of Rev. Thomas Parker, and his immediate 
successor as pastor of the church at Newbury, advanced him his passage money, 
and after his arrival about 1640, he worked out his debt by making fences, etc., 
for Mr. Woodbridge, who also aided him in acquiring his first land, entered as "four 
acres of upland laid out to George Little on behalf of Mr. John Woodbridge." In 
1650 he bought the freehold right of John Osgood, Sr., perhaps a brother of Chris- 
topher Osgood (253-B). In 1651 he bought of Nicholas Noyes, brother of Rev. 
James Noyes (2), fourteen acres of land. 

He married (1) about 1651, Alice Poor (also spelt Power), who, with her 
younger brothers, Samuel and Daniel Poor, came from Wiltshire, Eng., in May, 1638, 
in the " Bevis" with Mr. Samuel Dummer. Mr. Dummer was a connection of Judge 
Sewall's, and Alice Poor may have been also a cousin, as we find that his grand- 
father's sister, Anne Sewall, married "Anthonie Power." In Judge Sewall's Diary 
he mentions calling on "Goodman and Goodwife Little" in one of his visits to New- 
bury and says that "she lived in sore pain for many years before her death." 

George Little owned land in Quinabaug County, Conn., and also, it is 
believed, at Stonington, Conn. In 1660 he received a patent for eighty acres in 
Woodbridge, N. J., which he afterward deeded to his son Joseph (146) and his 
grandson John. In 1688 he petitioned Sir Edmund Andros, then governor of New 



242 GEORGE LITTLE [145] 

England, for confirmation of his title to four hundred acres of land "on the north 
sideof Swan Pond westward from the Saco River" which he had bought some years 
before from Rev. Seaborn Cotton. The petition states that he had expended 
;£40 upon it without any returns as yet, and that he owned meadow lands adjacent. 
In fact he acquired land so rapidly that in the Town Meeting of 1670 it was voted 
"That the selectmen shall take care that George Little fence in no more land than 
is his due." 

He and his son Moses were taxed in 1688 on two houses, twelve acres of 
ploughed land, thirty-four acres of meadow, eight acres of pasture, two horses, 
twenty-three head of cattle, forty sheep and six hogs. 

He served frequently on juries at Ipswich and Salem and as administrator 
of several estates. He held no public office, but appears, like the majority of our 
first settlers, to have turned his attention mainly to farming, and his farms contain 
some of the best land in Newbury and are still held by his descendants. 

Tradition says that he was not an educated man, but was exceptionally 
strong in both body and mind. It is said that he "could carry a plough on his 
shoulder from his home [in the town] to his farm at Turkey Hill over three miles 
away." He "was well versed in scripture, being able to give the book and chapter 
of any text that might be quoted." He was the first Baptist in Newbury.' 

The house that he built in 1679, which was his home until his death, was 
taken down in 1851. in December, 1680, his wife Alice died, aged sixty-two, and 

he married (2) July 19, 1681, Eleanor ( ) Barnard, widow of Thomas Barnard 

of Amesbury, Mass. 

The exact date of his death is not known, but it was between March 15, 1693, 
and November 27, 1694. As no legal administration of his estate is found, it is prob- 
able that he divided his property before his death. He was buried in the grave- 
yard adjoining the First Church. All traces of the grave have long since 
disappeared as a new church was built very near it. 

His second wife Eleanor survived him but a short time, dying November 27, 
1694. 

Children of George and Alice (Poor) Little 
Sarah, born May 8, 1652; died Nov. 19, of the same year. 
(146) Joseph, born Sept. 22, 1653; married Oct. 31, 1677, Mary Coffin, daughter of Tristram 
Jr., and Judith (Greenleaf Somerby) Coffin (147); died Sept. 6, 1740. 
John, born July 28, 1655; died July 20, 1672. 

Moses, born March 11, 1657; married Lydia Coffin, daughter of Tristram, Jr., and Judith 
(Greenleaf Somerby) Coffin (147), and sister of his brother Joseph's wife; lived 
at Newbury on the homestead, was town collector, and served in King Philip's War; 
died of small-pox March 8, 1691, leaving an estate of ;£i,055. His son Moses bought 
the Turkey Hill farm from his uncle Joseph (146), and later went with his brother 
John to Monmouth County, N. J., where their descendants remained. 
Sarah, born Nov. 24, 1661 ; married March 3, 1682, Joseph llsley, son of William and Barbara 
Ilsley, of Newbury; died after 1718. 
'See Christopher Osgood (253-B) for a letter to him from Thomas Osborne. 



JOSI-.IMI III IIP. f I/,] 243 

\\4h\ JOSHPH LITTLH \i(r-.-]-\j4o\ 

AND HIS Willi 

MARY COFFIN [1657-1725] 

OF NEWBURY, MASS. 

JOSEPH LITI Li;, son of George and Ai ich (Poor) 1. 11 ii.i- (145), was born in 
Newbury, September 22, 1653. He married October 3 1 , 1677, Mary Coffin, 
daughter of Tristram and Judith (Grf.f-.ni.eaf Somfrby) (Coffin (147), 
who was born November 12, 1657. It is supposed that they lived upon the 
farm on Turkey Hill owned by his father, from the time of their marriage until 
he moved to Newburyport in 1730. 

Joseph Little- was a farmer, but was more interosiui in town affairs than 
his father. He was tithing man in 1685, and selectman for many years between 
1692 and 1705. I le and his wife were members of the cluircli of which Rev. Thomas 
Parker and Rev. James Noyes (2) were pastor and teacher. In 1700 a new meet- 
ing-house was built, and Joseph Little was given a prominent pew, according to 
their custom of seating the congregation by their importance in the town. 

He acquired by inheritance and purchase a large estate and became one of 
the largest landholders in Newbury. He was lieutenant in 1705 and was later 
spoken of in the records as "Capt. Joseph Little." 

His wife Mary died November 20, 1725, and about 1730 he sold his farm at 
Turkey Hill to his nephew, Moses Little, and moved to that part of Newbury which 
is now called Newburyport, where several of his sons were in business. 

Joseph Little died at Newburyport September 6, 1740. He distributed his 
land among his sons before his death, and in his will, which was dated January 27, 
1737, and proved October i, 1740, he divided his household goods between his 
daughters, Judith Moody and Sarah Thing. Of the remainder of his estate, 
which inventoried j^i 73. 8s., he gave one-third to his daughter-in-law, Mary Little, 
and one-third to each of his grandsons, Nathan and Ebenezer. 

Children of Joseph and Mary (C^oifin) Little 

Judith, born July iq, 1678; married March 25, 1696, Cutting Moody, son of Samuel and 
Mary (Cutting) Moody: died April 30, 1761. 

Joseph, born Feb. 23, 1680; died Aug. 14, 1693. 

George, born Jan. 12, 1682; married (1) Feb. 22, 171 1, Fdna Hale, daughter of Captain 

Thomas and Sarah (Northend) Hale; married (2) Oct. ig. 17)6, Mehitabcl ( ) 

Clement, a widow of Haverhill, .Mass.; lived for a time at Newbury, was lieutenant 
in the militia there; lived also at Boscawen, Haverhill and I'laistow, N. H.; died 
July 2, 1760. 
(143) Sarah, born Oct. 23, 1683; married (i) Jan. 14. 1702, John Kent, son of John and Mary 
(Hobbs) Kent; married (2) April 2, 1712, Bartholomew Thing, son of Captain 
Jonathan and Mary (Cilman) Thing (142), who died April 28, 1738; married (3) 
Colonel John Downing, and died in 1754. 



244 JOSEPH LITTLE [146] 

Enoch, born Dec. g (or 16), 1685; married May 19, 1707, Elizabeth Worth, daughter of 
John and Elizabeth (Webster) Worth; is spoken of in the records as "Ensign Enoch 
Little," who, with Captain James Smith, was a first settler at Craneneck Hill, West 
Newbury. He died April 28, 1766. 

Tristram, born April 7, 1688; married April 10, 171 1, Anna Emery, daughter of Stephen 
and Ruth (Jacques) Emery; was in business at Newburyport, and owned a mill 
and some land at Biddeford, Me.; died in April, 1762. 

Moses, born May 5, 1690; married June 5, 1715, Mary Hale, daughter of Captain Thomas and 
Sarah (Northend) Hale, and so sister of his brother George's wife Edna; was a shop- 
keeper at Newburyport, and died there Aug. 1 5, 1725. 

Daniel, born Jan. 13, 1692; married (i) in 1712, Abiah Clement, daughter of John and Eliz- 
abeth (Ayer) Clement of Haverhill, Mass.; married (2) Feb. 11, 1768, Hannah (Mor- 
rill) Currier, widow of Jacob Currier, of Hampstead, N. H.; was a tanner; was 
named in the charter of Hampstead and was magistrate there; died in November, 1777. 

Benjamin, born Oct. 13, 1696; was a man of literary tastes, and one of the largest sub- 
scribers to Prince's Chronology. Among other property he owned a mill and land at 
Saco Falls, York Co., N. H. He died at Newbury in February, 1737, and left his es- 
tate, valued at ;£|,I44. 3s. 6d.,to his father and to Rev. Mr. Lowell's church, at New- 
bury. 

THE COFFIN FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

WE can trace the ancestry of Tristram Coffyn for three generations in 
England, but the attempts to connect him with the different Coffyns 
who have held places of importance there since the Conquest when they 
are supposed to have come to England from Falaise, Normandy, have 
been unsuccessful. The name was originally spelled Coffyn and it appears also 
as Colvin, Covin and Cophin. The descent is as follows: 

I 
John Coffyn of Brixton, a small place near Plymouth, Devon, died in 1575, 
and was probably the father of 

Tristram, Lionel, Philip and Nicholas. 

2 

Nicholas Coffyn, born about 15 50, of Brixton, Devon, married Joan . 

He was buried October 8, 161 3. Joan was buried February 5, 1614/5. in the will 
of his brother Tristram, called of Butler's parish of Brixton, which was made No- 
vember 16, i6oi,and proved in 1602 at Totness, an ancient town 5^ miles from 
Brixton, legacies are left to the following relatives. To Joan, Anne and John, 
children of Nicholas Coffyn, to Richard and Joan, children of Lionel Coffyn, to 
Philip Coffyn and to Tristram, his son. 

The will of Nicholas Coffyn, dated September 12, 1613, proved Novem- 
ber 3, 161 3, mentions his wife Joan, his sons Peter, Nicholas, Tristram and John, 

and his daughter Anne. The children of Nicholas and Joan ( ) Coffyn 

were as follows: 



Tin- COFFIN FAMILY IN ENGLAND 245 

Peter, sec below. 

J( 1,111, Anno, jdlin. who died 11 11 married in i6j8. N'icliol.is, I rislrani. 

3 

Peter Coffyn, born about 1580, probably at Brixton, evidently succeeded 
to his father's estate. He married ahniit 1604, Jcian Kf.mbkr (orThemher) daugh- 
ter of Robert and Anna Klmbhr, and hy lier had two sons and four daughters. 
His brother John of Brixton died in 1628, unmarried, and in his will appointed his 
nephew Tristram Coffyn his executor and gave legacies to each of his brother 
Peter's daughters, all at that time under twelve years of age. Peier Coffyn 
was Churchwarden in Brixton. 

He died in the beginning of 1628. His will, dated December i , 1627, proved 
March 13, 1628, provided that his wife Joan should have possession of his land during 
her life and that it should then go to his son and heir Tristram, "who is to be pro- 
vided for according to his degree and calling." Hisson John was to have certain other 
property when he was twenty, and he mentions his daughters Joan, Deborah, 
Eunice and Mary, and refers to his "tenement in Butler's parish called Silferhay." 

His widow Joan came to New England in 1642 with her son Tristram and 
two of her daughters, who married here. She died in Boston, Mass., May 30, 
i66i,aged seventy-seven. The Rev. Mr. Wilson, who preached her funeral sermon, 
spoke of her as a woman of extraordinary character. Their children were: 

(i47a) Tristram, baptized March 11, 1609/10; married in England about 1629, Dionis Stevens, 

daughter of Robert and Dionis ( ) Stevens; died in Nantucket Oct. 2, 1681. 

Joan, born before Dec. 29, 1612; probably married before 1642, and remained in England. 

Peter, baptized Feb. 20, 1613/4; probably died young. 

Deborah, born about 1616; died in England. 

Eunice, baptized March 22, 1617/8; married William Butler, one of the earliest settlers of 

Hartford, Conn.; died sometime previous to 1648. 
Mary, born about 1620; married Alexander Adams, of Boston and Dorchester, Mass.; died 

before 1678. 
John, born about 1622; died in England from a wound received at Plymouth Fort during 

the Civil War. This occurred before 1642. 

[147-A] TRISTRAM COFFYN [1610-1681] 

AND HIS WIFE 

DIONIS STEVENS [1610-1682] 

OF ENGLAND, NEWBURY, MASS., AND NANTUCKET 

TRISTRAM COFFYN was the eldest son of Peter and Joan (Kember) 
Coffyn of Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devon, England, and was bap- 
tized there March 11, 1609/10. In 1628, when he was about eighteen 
years old, he was the executor of his uncle John's estate. 
He married about 1629, Dionis Stevens, daughter of Robert and Dionis 
Stevens, of Brixton. She was baptized March 4, 1609/10. He was churchwarden 



246 TRISTRAM COFFYN [147-A] 

in the Brixton Church in 1639. The expression in his father's will that he should 
be "provided for according to his degree and calHng," has created much conjec- 
ture, but his profession or occupation has not been discovered. 

At the beginning of the Civil War, in 1642, Tristram Coffyn, at the age of 
thirty-seven, left his property and friends in England and embarked for the new 
world. He was accompanied by his wife and five small children, his mother, then 
fifty-eight years of age, and two unmarried sisters. Whether or no he was a royal- 
ist, as some have thought from his quitting England just at that time, cannot be 
ascertained. We incline to the belief that his sympathies leaned to the other side, 
as his associations in New England do not seem to have been with the Church of Eng- 
land party. Devon and Cornwall during the War, were altogether in the hands of 
the Cavaliers, although Plymouth Fort held out for four years against them. When 
Tristram's mother died in 1661, Rev. Mr. Wilson preached her funeral sermon, 
which he would certainly not have done had she been a sympathizer with the 
English Church, and the Coffins were valued friends of Judge Sewall and other 
strict Puritans. 

Tristram came first to Salisbury, Mass., but the same year (1642) he with 
others received a deed from Passaquo and Saggahew of their lands at Pentuckett, 
(Haverhill) several miles square. He was called a planter at Haverhill, where 
he lived for several years, and is said to have been the first person who ever used a 
plough there. He sold that property in 1647, and about 1648 removed to New- 
bury. Here he was allowed 

"to keepe an ordinary at Newberry, & to retayle wine paying according to ord''; & also he is granted 
liberty to keepe a ferry on Newberry side, ov'' Merrimack." 

In 1653 his wife Dionis "was presented for selling beer at his ordinary in 
Newbury for three pence a quart." Having proved by the testimony of Samuel 
Mooers that she put six bushels of malt into a hogshead she was discharged. The 
law required four bushels, and the price per quart was not to exceed twopence, so, 
as she kept the proportion good, she was not held liable to a fine. 

About 1654 or 1655, Tristram Coffyn moved back again to Salisbury, 
leaving his son Tristram (147), then a married man, in Newbury. In 1655 his 
signature to certain documents was "Tristram Coffyn Commissioner of Salisbury." 
While there, he, with Thomas Macy and other Salisbury men, planned to purchase 
the Island of Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew (238). Early in the year 1659 he 
took Peter Folger (a grandfather of Benjamin Franklin) as an interpreter, and 
went, accompanied possibly by some of his sons, to Nantucket on a tour of observa- 
tion to find out about the resources of the Island and the disposition of the Indians 
towards the whites. On his return he made his report with a statement of terms 
offered by Governor Mayhew, and the purchase was made July 2, 1659. 

The deed ran to Tristram Coffyn, Senr., Thomas Macy, Richard Swain, 
Thomas Barnard, Peter Coffin (162), Christopher Hussey, Stephen Greenleaf 
[son-in-law of Tristram Coffyn, Sr., and son of Captain Edmund Greenleaf 



I 




5i^ ^^^ 






MONUMENT ERFXTED IN NANTUCKET IN MEMORY OF 
TRISTRAM COFFYN [147-A] 

FIRST C.HIHF MAGISTRATE OF THF ISLAND. 167I 



TRISTRAM COFFYN [147-A] 247 

140-A], John Swain and W illiam Pile. Ciovernor .Mayiii;\v retained f>ne-twenlieth 
interest lor himsell, and the consideratit)n was "/ojo and also two Beaver Halls 
one for myself and one for my wife." 

The first settlers to take actual possession were Thomas Macy and his family, 
Edward Starbuck (162-A), Isaac Coleman and James (^oflin, son of I kisika.m, Sr. 
In 1659 Tristram and hissons Peter.Tristram, Jr., and James bought also of Gov- 
ernor Mayhew, Tuckernuck island tor £6. 

Tristram Coffyn, Sr.,did not move his family to Nantucket uniil lOOi or 
1662. It was then under the jurisdiction of New York, and June 29, 1671, Gover- 
nor Lovelace appointed Tristram Coi^fyn chief magistrate of Nantucket and 
Thomas Mayhlw (238), of Martha's Vineyard; the two, with two assistants from 
each Island, constituting the General Court over both Islands. At its first silting, 
this General Court 

"i-nactcd," sa)s Mr. Allen ColTin, "a law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians. It 
is probably the first prohibitory liquor law on record." 

At this time the commission of Thomas Macy as magistrate had run out, but 
he continued to act. Opposition to him developed, and a conflict of authority 
ensued. To quell this disturbance. Governor Andros again called Tristram 
Coffyn to the office of chief magistrate, September 16, 1677. The oath of office 
has the autograph of Tristram affixed and is itself written by Peter Coffyn 
(162), then assistant. It is as follows: 

"Whereas I, Tristram Coffin, senior, have Received a Com'n baring date the 16 nf September, 
1677, Investinge me with power to be chefe magistrate one the I'L'd of Nantucket and dependances, 
for this ye one yeare ensuinge, or til further order, I, Tristram Coffin, above said, doe engage my 
selfe, under the penalty of perjury, to doe Justisc in all causes that come before me, according to law 
and endeavor to my best understanding and heareunto 1 have subscribed 

Tristram Coffyn chefe magstrat" 

During this term of his magistracy, in September, 1678, occurred the WTeck- 
ing of a French ship on the Island, laden with hides. At that time salvage from 
wrecks was the property of the Crown, and as the islanders appropriated the wreck- 
age with Tristram Coffyn's sanction, Governor Andros ordered a Court of Ad- 
miralty, which was held August 28, 1680, to investigate the matter. No one would 
own to the business but Mr. Coffyn, and, in fact, he seems to have freely given all 
the testimony they received. Consequently he was held responsible for the whole 
amount of the cargo, "fouer hundred seuenty-seuen pounds fourteen shillings," 
less the salvage £95. los., 

"and what was disbursed by the said Tristram CotVin on Accoumpt of some Duch I'rissiners left 
one the Island, and what was paid by him to W illiam Worth for his Wound," £40 is. — 

in all j£i35. iis.; leaving about three hundred pounds for Tristram Coffyn to 
pay to the Crown. He had given almost all of his property to his children some- 



248 TRISTRAM COFFYN [147-A] 

time before and being unable to pay it he petitioned Governor Andros for an abate- 
ment, in the following words: 

"Nantuckett 30th of August, 1680. 

" Right Honerabell Sir: 

My humball Service presented unto your Excellencye humblie shewing my hartie Sorow yt 
I should in any way glue your Exelency just occasion of Offence, as I now plainly see, in actinge 
contrary to the Law, as I am conuinced I did, throw Ignorance in regard of not beinge acquainted 
with the maretime Lawes, and yet I humblie intreat your Exelency to consider yt in on Respect 
my weeackness I hope may bee a littell born with: for I did tender diuerse Persons the on halfe 
to saue the other halfe, and I could not get any to doe it; and for the Hides I could not get any 
to goe but for to tacke all for their Labor, because it was judged by many yt the weare not worth 
the sauing; so I was nesesetated to doe as I did or else the had bin quite lost. Tharefore I humblye 
intreat your Excelency not to think yt I did it for any bye Respects orselfe Ends; for I doe assure 
your Excelency yt theare was not any on Person yt did indent with me for any on Shillinge 
Proffit, only 1 did tell foure of them yt if I should bee by any cal'd to accot, the should bee 
accountabell to me. But now the will not owne it and I cannot proue it, so I by law am caust 
to beare all, only my hop is yt your Exelency will bee pleased out of your Leniency and Fauor to 
me to except of int. Money, and Bill is sent for the answeringe of the Judgment of the Court; 
for had not my Sonn, James Coffyn borrowed Money and ingaged for the rest of my Bill, I could 
not have done it, but 1 must have gone to I^rison. Now I humblye intreat your Excelency 
to heare my louinge Nighbor Capt. John Gardiner, in my behalfe and wth your Exelency shall 
bee pleased to order Concerning the Case, I shall thankfulye except, knowing your Excelency 
to be a compashonate, mercyeful Man. And I hop I shall for Time to com. ... to be more 
wiser and doe kept your Excelency 's humbell Saruant whylst I liue to my Power. 

Tristram Coffyn" 

The governor compromised with him for one hundred and fifty pounds, 
of which his son seems to have paid half. 

Although at one time Tristram Coffyn had owned a very large amount of 
land, as we have noticed, he gave away most of it to his children in 1677 and 1678, 
the consideration always being his "regard and natural affection." in 1677 he 
conveyed to his son Stephen a house and lands, his son on his part agreeing to "be 
helpful to me and his mother in our old age and sickness, what he can." He 
deeded to his daughter Mary and her husband Nathaniel Starbuck about half of 
his estate "in regard of my fatherly affection." in 1678 he gave to his son John 
a new dwelling house and to each grandchild ten acres of land for planting on the 
Island of Tuckernuck. 

He died at Nantucket October 2, or 3, 1681, aged seventy-two. His wife Dio- 
Nis survived him but a short time, but the exact date of her death is not known. 
He left no will, and administration was granted November 29, 1681, to his sons 
James, John and Stephen, they giving bonds for one hundred pounds. An inven- 
tory was presented August 8, 1682, and the Court ordered the use of the estate to 
his wife Dionis for her life. 

Children of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffyn 

(162) Peter, baptized July 18, 1630, at Brixton, England; married in New England, Abigail 



TRISTRAM COFFYN [147-A] 249 

Starbuck, daughter of Fdward and Kathurine (Reynolds) Starbuck (162-A); 
died at llxeter, N. H., March 21, 1715. 
(147) Tristram, born about 1632, at Brixton, England; married March 2, 1653, Judith (Green- 
leaf) SoMERBV, widow of Henrv Somerdv (140) and daughter of Edmund and 
Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf (140-A); died at Newbury, I'eb. 4. 1704. 

Elizabeth, born about 1634 at Brixton, l-ngland; married Nov. 13, 1651, at Newbury, 
Captain Stephen Greenleaf, son of Edmund and Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf (140-A), 
and brother of her brother Tristram's wife; died Nov. 19, 1678, at Newbury. 

John, born at Brixton, England; and died at Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 30, 1642. 

James, baptized Sept. 11, 1639, at Brixton, l!ngland; married Dec. 3 (Nov. 1), 1663, Mary 
Severance, daughter of Jolin and Abigail Severance of Salisbury, .Mass.; came to 
Nantucket with the first settlers, afterwards moved to Dover, N. H., where he lived 
from 1668 to 1671; returned soon after to Nantucket, where he held several offices, 
judge of the probate court and chief justice of the court of common pleas; died July 
28, 1720. From him descended the branch of the family that were loyalists in the 
American Revolution. 

Deborah, born Nov. 16, 1642, at Haverhill; died Dec. 8, the same year. 

Mary, born Feb. 20, 1645, at Haverhill; married in 1662 Nathaniel Starbuck, son of Edward 
and Katherine (Reynolds) Starbuck (162-A), and brother of her sister-in-law 
Ahic.ail. She was a remarkable woman, and in the language of a preacher of the day, 
"The Islanders esteemed her as a judge among them, for little of moment was done 
without her." She attended town meetings and took part in the debates, usually 
beginning, "my husband thinks "so-and-so, or "my husband and I, having considered 
the matter, think" so-and-so; in 1701 became a Quaker, and was distinguished as a 
teacher; died Nov. 13, 1717. 

John, born Oct. 30, 1647, in Haverhill; married Deborah Austin, daughter of Joseph and 
Sarah Austin; was elected to some minor offices in Nantucket; after his father's death 
removed to Edgartown, was lieutenant of Militia there: died Sept. 5, 171 1. 

Stephen, born May 10, 1652, at Newbury; married about 1668 or 1669 Mary Bunker, daugh- 
ter of George and Jane (Godfrey) Bunker; succeeded to the management of the farm, 
and took care of his father and mother in their old age; died May 18, 1734. 

[147] TRISTRAM COFFIN, JR. ri6-.2-i704l 

AND HIS WIl li 

JUDITH (GREENLEAF) SOMERBY [1625-170^] 

OF ENGLAND AND NEWBURY, MASS, 

TRISTRAM COFFIN, JR., the second son of Tristra.m and niosis (Stev- 
ens) Coffin (147-A), was born in Bri.xlon, Devonshire, England, about 
1632, and was about ten years old when he came to New England with 
his parents. 
When his father kept the inn at Newbury, he was apprenticed to Henry 
Somerby (140), to learn the tailor's trade. On the death of Mr. Somerby he had 
acquired sufficient knowledge of the business to carry it on, and he married, March 



250 TRISTRAM COFFIN, JR. [147] 

2, 1653, the widow, Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby, daughter of Edmund and 
Sarah (Dole) Greenleaf (140-A). Judith was at least seven years older than 
her husband, as she was born September 2, 1625, and had three children by her 
first marriage. 

They lived in what is now known as the old Coffin house in Newbury, by 
some authorities supposed to have been built by Tristram himself in 1654, while 
others place it earlier, thinking that Henry Somerby built it in 1649. It is one 
of the best specimens of the early New England houses now existing. When, in the 
process of papering the house not many years ago, the old paper was taken off, beau- 
tiful landscape, foliage and figure frescoes were found underneath, such as were used 
by wealthy people of that early day. The house was also Tristram Coffin, Sr.'s, 
home for a short time before going to Nantucket. 

Tristram Coffin, Jr., was made a freeman April 29, 1668.' in a deposition 
given in 1671, his age is said to be thirty-nine, which is our authority for the date 
of his birth as given above. The records show that he was actively interested in 
public affairs and filled many positions of trust and honor in Newbury. He was 
in 1683 lieutenant in the second company of Newbury Militia, Captain Thomas 
Noyes, and was deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1695, 
1700, 1702. He was a friend of Judge Sewall's and was one of the pall-bearers 
at the funeral of Judge Sewall's father in 1700. 

Tristram Coffin, Jr., was a deacon in the First Church of Newbury (Rev. 
James Noyes (2), teacher), for twenty years, and was a firm supporter of Rev. 
Thomas Parker, his pastor, during the church troubles to which allusion has been 
made under Nathaniel Clarke (139). 

He died at Newbury February 4, 1704, aged seventy-two. His will, dated May 
12, 1703, proved February 23, 1704, and evidently written by himself, desires his 

"son Nathanuel to take spesshall care of my wife his mother to prouid for har in all Respectes 
duoring har life all things nessary for har comfortabell being both In sicknes and in heleth." 

To his sons Nathaniel, James, Stephen and "Petar" he gives certain lands, 
to his grandson Tristram "Sambron" £^, 

"to be paid him by his father out of the money I lent him to by meddow with, and the Re- 
mainder I geue to my daftar Judeth." 

He also leaves portions to his daughters Deborah Knight, "Marey Littel," "Lidea 
Pike," and to his granddaughter "Marey Littel." 

He was buried in the old graveyard in Newbury, with his wife who died 
December 15, 1705. Judge Sewall mentions Judith's death in his diary as follows: 

"Cousin Noyes brings the News of Mrs. Coffin's death the 15th ins' to be buried the 19th, 
went away very suddenly & easily, A very good woman of Newbury." 

The inscriptions on their tombstones read as follows: 

'The application to the General Court to be made freeman contains the following; "1 judge the foresaid 
Tristram Coffin to be orthodox and he also is a member of our church. 

{Signed) Thomas Parker." 

Mass. Archives, CVl, 487. 



TRISTRAM COFFIN, JR. [147] 2^1 

"To the memory of Tristram Coffin, Esq., who having served the first church of New- 
bury in the ofTice of a Deacon 20 years died F"cb. 4, 1703/4 aged 72 years. 

On earth he pur-chas-ed a good degree, 

Great boldness in the faith and hberty. 

And now possesses immortality." 
"To the memory of Mrs. Judith late uirtuous wife of Deac. Tristram CofTin Esqr. who having 
lived to see 177 of her children and children's children to the 3d generation died Dec. 15, 1705 aged 80. 

Graue, sober, faithfiill fruitful vine was she, 

A rare example of true piety. 

Widow'd awhile she wayted wisht-for rest 

With her dear husband in her Savior's breast." 

Children of Tristkam, Jr., and JiniiH (("jREENLEAF Somerbv) Coffin 
Judith, born Dec. 4, 1653; married Nov. iq, 1674, John Sanborn, of Hampton, N. H. 
Deborah, horn Nov. 10, 1655; married Oct. 31, 1677, Joseph Knight, son (jf John and Bathshua 

(Ingersoll) Knight, of Newbury. 
(146) Mary, born Nov. 12, 1657; married Oct. 31, 1677, Captain Josli'h Little, son of George 

and Alice (Poor) Little (145); died Nov. 20, 1725. 
James, born April 22, 1659; married Nov. 16, 1685, Florence Hooke, daughter of Horace 

Hooke, of Newbury; died March 4, 1736. 
John, born Sept. 8, 1660; died May 13, 1677. 
Lydia, born April 22, 1662; married (i) Moses Little, brother of her sister Mary's husband, 

who died March 8, 1691; married (2) March 18, 1695, John Pike, son of John and 

Mary Pike. 
Enoch, born Jan. 21, 1663; died Nov. 12, 1675. 
Stephen, born Aug. 18, 1664; married Oct. 8, 1685, Sarah .Atkinson, daughter of John and 

Sarah (Mirick) Atkinson, of Newbury; died Aug. 31, 1725. 
Peter, born July 27, 1667; married Apphia Dole, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Rolfe) 

Dole, of Newbury;' moved to Gloucester, .Mass., but died at Newbury, Jan. iq, 1746/7. 
Nathaniel, born March 22, 1669; married March 29, 1693, Sarah (Brocklebank) Dole, widow 

of Henry Dole and daughter of Captain Samuel and Hannah ( ) Brocklebank, 

of Rowley;' was town clerk, deacon of the church, representative in 171Q, 1720, 1721, 

councillor in 1730, and special justice of the Essex court of common pleas in 1734; 

died Feb. 20, 1748/9. 

[1491 THOMAS IVES 11648-1695] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH METCALF [1654-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND SALEM, MASS. 

THOMAS IVES was an inhabitant of Salem in I66.S, and in that year in a 
deposition gave his age as twenty years, which fixes the date of his birth 
as 1648. It is not known in what ship he emigrated from England, nor 
his parentage in the old country. There is a family of Eve or Ivc in the 
parish of St. Pancras, London, which is of great antiquity, and as the name is an 

' See note on No. 1 40-A. 



252 THOMAS IVES [149] 

unusual one, Thomas Ives may have belonged to it, but no connection has been 
discovered. 

He married (i) in Salem, Mass., April i, 1672, Martha Withe. After the 
birth of three children, she died and he married (2) about 1679, Elizabeth Met- 

CALF, daughter of Thomas and Abigail ( ) Metcalf, of Ipswich, Mass. (152). 

Elizabeth was born in Ipswich about 1654. 

Thomas Ives was baptized and received into the membership of the First 
Church on November 7, 1682. According to the statement of his business made in 
the settlement of his estate, he was a "Slaughterer," but in his inventory nothing 
to indicate that he carried on such a business is found. 

He died at Salem in 1695, aged only forty-seven, and administration of his 
estate was granted to his widow Elizabeth, August 5, 1695. He was insolvent, 
and the property he left paid only about eight per cent, of his debts. 

Six months after his death, his widow Elizabeth married (2) January 16, 
1696, John White, of Salem. In her account of administration, December 6, 1697, 
one item was "for keeping two young children, two years to this time, £12." These 
were Elizabeth and Benjamin Ives (150). In 1698/9 she sold to Simon Willard 
the house in which she had lived with her first husband, and which is now called 
the Narbonne house, and moved into one nearly opposite, a gift from her father, 
Thomas Metcalf (152), which remained in the possession of her descendants in 
the Philpot family until after 1800. 

The date of Elizabeth (Metcalf Ives) White's death is not known. • 

Children of Thomas and Martha (Withe) Ives 

Elizabeth, born Feb. 8 (or 12), 1672/3; died July 21, the same year. 

Thomas, born March 31, 1674, baptized in March, 1683; married Elizabeth Matthews; set- 
tled in Marblehead, Mass. 

Deborah, born Dec. 8, 1675; baptized in March, 1683, with her brother Thomas and her 
step-brothers Joseph and John, in the First Church of Salem. 

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Metcalf) Ives 

Joseph, baptized in March, 1683. 

John, baptized in March, 1683. 

Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 4, 1687; married Dec. 11, 1718, as his second wife. Captain John 

Philpot, of Salem, Mass. 
(150) Benjamin, born about 1692, baptized Aug, 2, 1702, after his father's death; married Jan. 2, 

1717/8, Ann Derby, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth (Haskett) Derby (154); 

died in 1752. 



CAPTAIN lU-NJAMIN IVKS [150] 253 

[130] CAPTAIN BHNJAMIN IVHS |i(h)2-i7S2| 

AND HIS Win^. 

ANN DERBY [i(k;5-i732J 

OF SALEM, MASS. 

BENJAMIN IVES, son of Thomas and Ij.i/aueth (Mi:icali ) Ivr.s (\.\i)), 
was born about 1692, and was baptized in the First Church of Salem, Aug. 
9, 1702, si.\ years after the death of his father. He was a master mariner, 
and also called himself in his will a tanner. His shipping interests seem 
to have been extensive, and his career was increasingly prosperous until he held a 
prominent position among the principal merchants of Salem. He acquired a large 
estate on what is known as "V'ery's Plain" and " Butt's Brook," Danvers. In 1715 
he bought of the Beadle Estate a house and lot on the corner of Essex and Ives' 
Lane, now Pleasant Street. 

He married January 2, 1717/8, Ann Derby, daughter of Roger and Eliza- 
beth (Haskett) Derby (154), who was born December 10, 1695. They lived 
in the house mentioned above, which has been the home of his descendants to the 
present day, and " the centre of an unusual degree of family life and feeling." 

Captain Benjamin Ives was one of the founders and a prominent and effi- 
cient member of the Second or East church for many years. Their meeting house, 
which was built on Essex Street the year of his marriage, was but a few doors from 
his house. 

He died at Salem in 1752. His will, dated June 19, 1752, was proved July 16, 
of the same year. He left a large property, which amounted to £2,311. los. 2\d. 
His wife Ann survived him but a short time, and died in their home where all their 
children had been born. 

Children of Captain Benjamin and Ann (Derby) Ives 

Ann, born March 20, 1719; died after 1752. 
(151) Benjamin, born Nov. 2, 1720; married Oct. 12, 1743, Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Colonel 
Robert and Elizabeth (Cn man) Ham- (158); died Dec. 26, 1757. 

Samuel, born Dec. 22(1722 ?); married July 4, 1745, Alary Berry; died about December, 
1750. 

Elizabeth, born July 5, 172-; married (1) as his second wife, Richard Lee, of Salem;' mar- 
ried (2) after 1772, Josiah Oilman, of Exeter, N. H. 

Mary, born about 1728; marricti |uly 12, 1750, John Crowninshield. son of Clifford and 
Martha (Hillard) ("rowninshield, of Salem; died June 4.1704. Her descendants in- 
herited the Ives homestead at Salem. 

Abigail, mentioned in her father's will in 1752. She may have married John Foster. 

John, born about 1732; married March 13, 1755, Sarah Ward. 

Martha, married Nov. 23, 1760, Daniel Cheever, of the same family as Peter Checver, men- 
tioned below. 
'See No. 134, Note 5. 



254 CAPTAIN BENJAMIN IVES [150] 

Margaret, married Peter Cheever, son of Peter and Margaret (Caiton) Cheever of Salem; 
died before 1762, as iier hiusband married (2) Dec. 23, 1762, Martiia Osgood. 

[151J CAPTAIN BENJAMIN IVES, JR. [1720-1757] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH HALE [1725-1767] 

OF BEVERLY, MASS. 

BENJAMIN IVES, son of Captain Benjamin and Ann (Derby) Ives (150), 
was born November 2, 1720, at Salem, Mass. He, with his younger 
brother Samuel, was educated at the grammar school of John Nutting in 
Salem, where their boyhood was spent. 
He married October 12, 1743, in Beverly, Elizabeth Hale, eldest and only 
surviving daughter of Colonel Robert and Elizabeth (Oilman) Hale (158), who 
was born July 18, 1725. This marriage brings into the Oilman family the Oilman 
blood for the third, and the Shapleigh, Treworgye, Greenleaf, Somerby, 
Clarke, and Coffin blood for the second time. 

Benjamin Ives engaged in business in Beverly and lived with his father- 
in-law. Colonel Robert Hale. In February, 1744/5, the latter was commissioned 
colonel of the 5th Mass. Regiment for the expedition against Louisburg, and Ben- 
jamin Ives was commissioned captain, February 12, 1744/5, of the Tenth Company 
raised in Beverly. He served throughout the campaign, returning after the cap- 
ture of Louisburg. His title of captain was doubtless derived from this service, al- 
though, like his father, he was a master mariner. 

It appears that he went later with his family to Halifa.x, N. S., where his 
youngest child, Benjamin, was born April 24, 1750. The following extracts seem 
to show that he was resident there from 1749 until the time of his death. 

"At this time (175 1) Captain Benjamin Ives, whose name we find in the list of Pepperell's 
officers at the siege of Louisburg in 1745, and again in the list of settlers of Halifax in 1749, appears to 
have held an office called 'Captain of the Port,' as there is on date 22 Oct. 1751, a receipt for de- 
livering to him 6 men's provisions for one month. In 1754 Charles Hay Esq was Captain of the 
Port."> 

"July 7 1750 Joseph Pierpont, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Merchant, principal & Benjamin Ives 
Esq. of the same place, surety, who were bound unto James Foster of Salem Mass., Mariner, in 
the sum of £2^0 lawful money of Halifax, to be paid unto the said James Foster his heirs, etc."^ 

Captain Benjamin Ives, Jr., received, April 2, 1757, a commission as lieu- 
tenant of the "Prince of Wales," an armed vessel of a class called Snow, belong- 
ing to the province, but before the day of sailing he was taken suddenly ill and died 
December 26, 1757. The vessel was afterwards taken by the enemy.' 

^History oj Nova Scotia, II, 204. 
^ Halijax Notarial Records, II, 75. 
' Felt's Annals oj Salem. 



CAPTAIN HI:NJAMIN IVF-S, jr. [isi] 355 

His wife I'li-'AHi 111 Mirviwd liini ami remained in Beverly with her father, 
Colonel RoBiK! ll.M.i:, who iimlertook the education of her children. Their 
names are written with a diamond on a pane of glass in the south wind(jw of the 
dining-room in the 1I.\le house in Beverly: "R II Ives A 26 Rebecca Oilman 
A 25 July 1771'. " 

EtiZABkrn (ll.M.f-:) Ives died October 18, 1767,31 Beverly. 

Children of Captain Benjamin and Llizaekth (IIalk) Ives 

Robert llalc. b(irn at Beverly. July 18, 1744; married March 20, 1766, Sarah Bray, daughter 
of Benjamin and Sarah (Driver) Bray, of Salem, Mass.; died at sea Oct. 19, 1779. 
His descendants, Robert Hale Bancroft and his sister Miss Ellen Bancroft, of Boston, 
occupy the Half, house at Beverly, which is in perfect preservation. 
(134) Rebecca, born in Beverly, June 12, baptized June 15, 1746; married Wednesday, Sept. 21. 
1763,' as his second wife, Joseph Oilman, son of Rev. Nicholas and Mary (Thing) 
Oilman (133), of Durham, N. H.; died in I'liiladclphia .May 20, 1823, at the home of 
her son Benjamin Ives Oilman (135). 

Benjamin, born in Halifa.x, N. S., April 24, 1750; died Icb. 27, 1763. 

[n2-A] CAPTAIN JOSEPH METCALF [1605-1665] 

AND HIS WIt-E 

ELIZABETH [...,-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND IPSWICH, MASS. 

TOSEPH METCALF was born in England in 1605, and came here before 1634 

I with his wife Elizabeth and young son Thomas. From what part 

I of England he sailed or what was the date of his arrival has not been 
J ascertained. 

The first record we find of him is as one of the original proprietors of Ipswich, 
Mass., when the town granted, January 5, 1634, to Matthias Currin (Curwen), 
Philip Fowler (253-0), Christopher Osgood (253-B), William Moody, Thomas 
Dorman and Joseph Metcalf, "to each of them four acres of meadow and marsh 
grounds, etc." 

He was made freeman March 4, 1634/5, and the same year was elected 
deputy to the General (^ourt. He also served as deputy in 1644, 1645, 1654, 1655, 
and 1661. He was a mariner and thus acquired his title of captain. John Dane 
(171) came from Boston to Ipswich in one of Captain Metcalf's vessels, as he 
says in his Remarkable Proiiidenccs. 

"So I came to ipswich and agred with goodman medcafes vescl to bring me from boston 
whare I had brout my Ooods." 

Captain Joseph Metcalf and his son Thomas were among the yearly subscri- 
bers to the salary of Major Daniel Denison, military leader of Ipswich and major 
' Col. Robert Hale's Family Notts. 



256 CAPTAIN JOSEPH METCALF [152-A] 

general of the Massachusetts forces from 1652 to 1680. At a general town meet- 
ing December 19, 1648, the Inhabitants voted to pay "theur Lader" the sum of 
£24 7s. yearly "in way of gratuitye." He was on a committee, May, 1665, ap- 
pointed by the General Court to collect gifts made in England by friends of the 
Colony. 

On February 16, 1658, he was on a committee of the town for a rather unin- 
telligible purpose, as follows: to 

"give their apprehensions and commonages, and wlio not, and what else they conceive may con- 
duce to the good of the town, and when they are ready, the Selectmen to call the Town together, to 
hear what they conceive. This Committee Are as followeth, viz: — Our two honored Magistrates, 
our teaching and ruling Elders, Mr. Wade, George Giddings, Philip Fowler [253-c], Joseph Medcalf, 
Thomas Hart." 

We can only hope that their "apprehensions and commonages" were of value to 
the town. 

There is on record a deed of June 5, 1665, to "Edward Nealand Irishman," 
of a sale of seven acres of land by "Joseph Metcalf seaman, of Ipswich" which is 
signed by Joseph and Thomas Metcalf, to which Joseph's wife Elizabeth made 
her mark. 

Joseph Metcalf died at Ipswich, July 21, 1665. In his will, dated June 3, 
1665, proved September 26, of the same year, he gives his age as sixty years, thus 
giving us the date of his birth. He names his wife Elizabeth as executrix, and 
gives her the estate for life, the house and land to go to his grandson Joseph after 
her death. Joseph is then to pay ;^io to his sister Mary. He mentions also his 
granddaughter Elizabeth. The inventory of his estate amounted to £370. 1 3s. 

His widow Elizabeth married (2) November 8, 1670, as his second wife, Ed- 
ward Beauchamp (afterwards spelled Beacham), of Salem, Mass. 

Children of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth ( ) Metcalf 

(152) Thomas, born in England, about 1630; married (i) Abigail ; married (2) in 1689, 

Lydia (Elizabeth or Liddea) ( ) Davis; died in Ipswich before 1714. 

[152J THOMAS METCALF [1630-1714] 

and his wife 
ABIGAIL [....-1688] 

OF IPSWICH, mass. 

THOMAS METCALF, son of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth ( ) 
Metcalf (152-A), was probably but two or three years old when he came 
from England with his father and mother to Ipswich, Mass. At the age 
of eighteen, in 1648, he subscribed to the fund voted Major Daniel Denison. 
His gift was the same as his father's, 2S. annually. 



lllUMAh .\\1.U.AL1 [132J 257 

lie married (i) about 1653, Abigail , who was the mother of all his 

children. He is mentioned as owning a share in Plum Island near Newbury, in 
1604, but he lived in Ipswich, undoubtedly in the dwelling house which he bought 
October 2, 1666, of CiiRisropiii-K Osgood (253-B). 

In 1673 he united with the Ipswich church, and was made a freeman May 27, 
1674. He voted in town atTairs in 1679, was on a trial jury in 1681, and on a grand 
jury in 1685. He was a farmer and does not appear to have taken the interest in 
town afTairs that his father did. 

His wife Abigail died December 6, 1688. He signed a deed alone, on Feb- 
ruary 18, 1688/9, '" which he gave his son Joseph one half f)f his farm in Ipswich. 

He married (2) about 1689, Lydia (Elizabeth or Liddea) ( ) Davis, a 

widow with one son, Jacob Davis. With the consent of his wife Lydia and his son 
Joseph, June 6, 1692, he sold some of his lands for ^^50. He also sold lands to his 
step-son Jacob Davis in 1699. On March 18, 1701, he gave to his daughter Fvliza- 
BETH (Ives) White "a widow for loving aflfection. . . a certain shop called a 
butcher's shop with the land belonging to it," and in 1703 he divided all his re- 
maining property among his children. 

lie died in Ipswich before 1714. His widow Lydia died May 5, 1727, aged 
eighty-eight. 

Children of Thomas and Auk.ail ( ) Mktcalf 

(140) Hlizabuth, born about 1654; married (1) about 1679, as his second wife, Thomas Ives, 
of Salem; married (2) Jan. 16, 1696, John White, of Salem; survived him and died 
after 1701. 

Abigail, born about 1656; married Oct. 3, 1713. when lifty-scven years of age, as his third 
wife. Lieutenant William Butler, of Ipswich. 

Mary, born June 23, 1658. 

Joseph, born Jan. 27, 1660/1; married Rebecca ; lived at Ipswich, and died in Aug- 
ust, 1714. 

Thomas born Dec. 4, 1667; and was living in 1683. 

[1S4] ROGER DERBY [1643-1698] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH (HASKETT) DYNN [....-1740] 

OF ENGLAND, IPSWICH AND SALEM, MASS. 

ROGER DERBY'S home in England was at Topsham, Devonshire, near 
Exeter and he may have been a grandson of a Roger Derby who was living 
in Stonell, England, in 1588, and who had three sons, Roger, Richard, 
and Thomas. 
He married (1) at Topsham, England, August 23, 1668, Lucretia Hilman (or 
Kilman or Kilham), who was born in Topsfield in 1643. They had one child, 
Charles, when they emigrated to New England in 1671. 



258 ROGER DERBY [154] 

They arrived in Boston July 18, 1671, and soon after removed to Ipswich, 
where in January, 1673, Roger bought of Philip Fowler (253-c), for £100, his 
dwelHng house and land. This deed runs to "Roger Darby sope boyler," and is 
witnessed by Andrew Peters (250). His business seems to have been that of 
keeping a chandler's shop, with general merchandise. 

Both he and his wife were strict non-conformists, and affiliated with the 
Quakers. On March 30, 1675, they were fined for absence from meeting on the 
Sabbath, and November 6, 1677, they were fined forty shillings for the same 
offence and "stand committed to prison till payd." This persecution was in all 
likelihood the cause of their removal to Salem in 1681. Here they bought land 
of John Darland, seaman, on February 8, 1679, for ;^27 in silver. Soon after 
he built the house known for years as the Old Derby Homestead in Salem, which 
stood not far from the western corner of Monroe and Essex Streets, and probably 
lived in it the rest of his life. 

His wife Lucretia died May 25, 1689, leaving eight living children, and in 1691 
he married (2) Elizabeth (Haskett) Dynn, widow of William Dynn and daughter 
of Stephen and Elizabeth (Langdon) Haskett (155). Elizabeth Haskett 
was born in England. 

Roger Derby died at Salem, September 26, 1698, aged fifty-five. His will, 
dated July 26, 1698, proved October 24, 1698, named his wife Elizabeth executrix 
and left her the dwelling house "for natural life if she does not marry again," to 
revert to the sons and "to be kept in the name of the Darbys," and also one third 
of the entire estate. He mentioned his daughters Experience, Lucretia, Elizabeth, 
Margaret, Ann, and Martha, his sons Samuel, John and Richard. He mentioned a 
debt to be paid to his wife's children by her former husband (i.e., John and Wil- 
liam Dynn). In the inventory is a house, a wharf and warehouse, a stock of goods, 
some money and a silver tankard. 

His widow Elizabeth died at Salem in March, 1740. 

Children of Roger and Lucretia (Hilman) Derby 

Charles, born at Topsham, England, July 27, 1669; died on the unsuccessful expedition for 

the conquest of Canada, Oct. 8, i6go. 
Experience, born in Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 18, 1671; married June 22, 1698, Captain Joseph 

Flint, mariner, son of Ensign Edward and Elizabeth (Hart) Flint, of Salem; died in 

January, 1715. 
Samuel, born in Ipswich, Nov. 24, 1673; married at Southold, L. I., about 1699, Hannah 

Young; died at sea. His widow Hannah married (2) Jan. 7, 1728, Daniel Clark, 

yeoman, from Topsfield. 
Roger, born in Ipswich, Jan. i, 1675; died before 1698, unmarried. 
John, born in Ipswich, Feb. 25, 1677. The administration of his estate was granted June 7. 

1708. 
Richard, born in Ipswich, Oct. 8, 1679; married Feb. 25, 1702/3, Martha Haskett, daughter 

of Stephen and Elizabeth (Langdon) Haskett (155), his step-mother's sister. 

He died Feb. 25, 1715. Their grandson, Elias Haskett Derby, first established the 



ROGER Dl-.RIiV [134] 259 

Fast India Trade in New l-ngland. Anoilu-r grandson. Captain John Derby, carried 
in lhe"(juero" tile news of tile battle of Lexington to Lngland, and arrived before 
the English messenger sent by General Gage. He also, in 1783, brought back to 
this country the first news of the treaty of Paris. 

Lucretia, born in Salem, Aug. 17, 1681 ; was published to Joseph Bolles of Ipswich on March 
29, 1707. 

Ebenezer, born in Salem, Sept. 9, 1683, and died Jan. 20, 1687/8. 

Children of Roger and Elizabeth (Haskett Dvnn) Derby 

Elizabeth, born March 10, 1692; married .\pril 17, 171H, I hniiias Palfrey, son of Walter and 

Mary (Manning) Palfrey; died in 1721, as her will was proved Dec. 29 of that year. 
Margaret, born Aug. 14, 1693; married leb. 8, 1710, William Usborn, Jr., of Danvers, son 

of William and Hannah (Burton) Osborn; died July 11, 1765. 
(150) .Ann, born Dec. 10, 1695; married Jan. 2, 1717/8, Benjamin Ives, son of Thomas and 

Elizabeth (Metcalf) Ives (149), of Salem; died about 1752. 
Martha, born Sept. 30, 1697; married Oct. 22, 1719, Joshua Hicks, merchant of Salem; died 

in September, 1757. 



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T 



STEPHEN HASKETT [....-.... J 

AND MIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH LANGDON [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND SALEM, MASS. 

HE only information we have of the parentage, youth and marriage of 
Stephen Haskett is contained in a deposition made by his widow, 
Elizabeth (Langdon) Haskett, May 30, 1698, which we transcribe 
from the Notarial Records of Salem, Mass. 



"Mrs. Elizabeth Haskitt, Widow, formerly the wife of Stephen Haskitt of Salem, person- 
ally appeared ye subscriber & made Oath that she hath six children living one sonne whose name 
is Elias Haskitt aged about twenty-eight yeares & five Daughters, Elizabeth, .Mary, Sarah, Hannah, 
c^ Martha, all which she had by her husband ye aforesaid .Mr. Stephen Haskitt cS: were his children 
by him begotten by her body in lawfull wedlock being married to him by Doctor Clavell in Exiter 
in ye Kingdom of England & whose sd Husband served his time with one Mr. Thomas Oburne a 

chandler & sope boyler in sd place & was ye reputed Sonne of Haskitt of Henstredge in 

Summersetshirc in sd Kingdome of England & have often heard my sd husband say that he had 
but one brother whose name was Elias Hasket & that he lived in said towne of Henstridge. 

Elizabeth Haskitt." 

Stephen and Elizabeth Haskett seem to have come to America soon after 
their marriage and to have settled in Salem, Mass., where in 1664 he desired "ad- 
mittance to ye Towne," and was accepted, in 1675 he was in ("aptain George Cur- 
win's Troop of Horse, and in Octoberof that year, having been impressed with seven 
other men for service, Haskett refused to obey and charged his captain with acting 
from prejudice. The General Court required him to apologize to Captain Cur\vin, and 



26o STEPHEN HASKETT [155] 

to pay a fine of £50. In December of the same year ten of the troopers, Haskett 
again among them, were impressed for the expedition against the Narragansetts. 
They left Dedham, December 9, with the other forces, and were engaged in the 
Great Swamp Fight. 

The date of his death has not been ascertained, but it was before 1698, the 
date of the deposition mentioned above. This deposition was probably in refer- 
ence to a will of Elias Haskett in England, whose estate the Elias of this country 
had some claim upon. The will is to be found in Waters' Genealogical Glean- 
ings, 1438. 

Children of Stephen and Elizabeth (Lancdon) Haskett 

(154) Elizabeth, married (i) June 6, 1684, William Dynn, son of John Dynn; married (2) about 
1690, Roger Derby, of Ipswich; died at Salem about March, 1740. 

Stephen, born IVlarch, 1668/9; died two weeks later. 

Elias, born April 25, 1670; was living in Boston in 1702; was later governor of New Provi- 
dence in the Bahamas. 

Mary, born March 13, 1671/2. 

Sarah, born Feb. 5, 1672/3. 

Hannah, born Aug. 2, 1675; married May 1 1, 1704, Richard Symmes; died June 24, 1744. 

Martha, married Feb. 25, 1703, Richard Derby, son of her brother-in-law, Roger Derby 
(154) by his first wife, Lucretia Hilman; died May 2, 1746. 

[156-A] ROBERT HALE [. . . .-\b<=)()] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JOAN CUTLER [1603-1681] 

OF ENGLAND AND CHARLESTOWN, MASS. 

ROBERT HALE is said to have come from Kent, England, in the fleet of 
ships that brought over Winthrop, Governor Coddington (19) and 
others, in 1630. He was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Mass., in the 
same year. 
He married before 1632, and possibly before leaving England, Joan or 
Joanna Cutler, who was born in 1603, and both were among the earliest members 
of the First Church of Boston. Robert's name was No. 18 on the church list. 
They were later among "those set off from the First Church of Boston to form 
the First Church of Charlestown" on October 14, 1632, and he was No. 17 and she 
No. 18, on that list. He was also one of the two first chosen deacons of the new 
church. 

He appears to have had a variety of occupations, as he is mentioned as a 
carpenter and a blacksmith, and also was appointed by the General Court to be sur- 
veyor of the new plantations of Charlestown. 

He was made freeman May 14, 1634, and was selectman in Charlestown for 
eleven years. In 1637 he was one of the appraisers of the estate of Henry Harwood, 






ROBIiRi IIALI: [156-A] 261 

of Charlcstown. lie was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery G)m- 
pany in 1644, and ensign in 1659. 

He died July 16, 1659. His will, dated June 26, 1647, proved October 4, 1659, 
left his estate to his wife and children, John, Samuel, Mary and Joanna. The 
inventory amounted to £407. His widow Joan married (2) in 1662, ilichard 
Jacob, of Ipswich, and died at Charlcstown, November 28, 1681, aged seventy-eight 
years. 

Children of Robert and Joan (Cutler) Hale 

(156) John, horn June 3, baptized June 5, 1636; II. C, 1657; married (1) Dec. 15, 1664, Re- 
becca Bvi.EV, dauf^htcr of Henry and Rebecca (Swayne) Byley (156-B), of New 
Saruni, Kngland, who died April 13, 1683; married (2) March 31. 1684, Sarah Noycs, 
■ daughter of Rev. James and Sarah (Brown) Noyes (2) of Newbury, who died 
May 20, 1695; married (3) Aug. 8, 1698, Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke, widow 
of Nathaniel Clarke (139), and daughter of Henry and Judith (Greenleaf) 
Somerby (140); was the minister of the church at Beverly and died there May 
15, 1700. 

Mary, born May 17, baptized .May 19, 1639; married Edward Wilson. 

Zechary (or Zecharias), born April 3, 1641; died June 5, 1643. 

Samuel, born April 9, 1644; married March 19, 1668/9, Lydia Maynard; died in 1677. His 
widow married (2) in March, 1681, William Marshall; married (3) in March, 1691, 
Samuel Ballat. 

Joanna, married Nov. 9, 1664, John l.arkin. 

[156] REV. JOHN HALE |ib30-i7oo| 

AND HIS WIFE 

REBECCA BYLEY [1638-1683] 

OF BEVERLY, MASS. 

TOHN HALE, son of Robert and Joan (Cutler) Hale (156-A), was born in 
I Charlestown, Mass., June 3, and baptized June 5, 1636. He probably re- 
I ceived his early education at that place. He graduated from Harvard in 
J 16^7. The record of his college accounts show the following credits from the 
steward's books: "a ferking of soop 20s.," "tobacko" entered three times, and on 
"8th loth 54 Geven by the corporation for waitinge and his monitor work £2. 1 is." 
After this he is credited for the same work, fifteen shillings a quarter, until his grad- 
uation. This is the first record on the college books of credit for such service, al- 
though two years later, in 1656, the two "Noyces," James (3) and his brother 
Moses, rendered similar service. 

John Half, married (i) December 15, 1664, in Ipswich, Mass., Rebecca 
Byley, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Swayne) Byley (156-B), of New Sarum. 
England, and Salisbury, Mass. She was born in 1638. The record at Ipswich 
reads: 



262 REV. JOHN HALE [156] 

"Mr. John Hale son of Robert Hale late deacon of ye church at Charlestown & Rebecca 
Byley late of Salisbury in Eng., were married Dec. 15 1664 before me Samuel Symonds." 

This was Deputy Governor Symonds, whom Rebecca Hale's mother Rebecca 
(Swayne) Byley had married the year before, for her fourth husband. 

About 1664, Rev. John Hale began to preach at Salem on the Bass River 
side, now called Beverly. After three years, on August 28, 1667, he was called as 
pastor and the church was set off as a separate parish by the Salem church. He 
was installed September 20, 1667. His salary was agreed upon two years before his 
ordination, and the contract bears the date of "3rd Mo. 15th 1665." The church 
engaged as follows: "we doe promise and engage to pay unto him ^70 p. a. and his 
fierwood raised amongst us by a rate" and also a house and two acres of home lot 
and pasturing.' At the time of King Philip's War, in 1676, he gave through the 
selectmen one-twelfth of this small salary for public uses, such as fortifications, 
ammunition, etc. 

In 1683, he preached the sermon on the occasion of the election of officers of 
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, from Judges HI, i, 2. 

His wife Rebecca died on April 13, 1683, aged forty-five, leaving only two 
living children, in less than a year he married (2) March 31, 1684, Sarah Noyes, 
youngest daughter of Rev. James and Sarah (Brown) Noyes (2), of Newbury. 
The same year he preached the Election Sermon from Haggai II, 4, by appointment 
of the General Court of Massachusetts, and on May 17 we find the following record: 

"This Court taking notice of the great paynes & labour of the Reverend Mr. John Hale 
in his sermon vpon the last election day . . . desire coppy that it may be printed &c at the pub- 
lick charge." 

No copy, however, is now known to be in existence. 

Rev. Mr. Hale was appointed one of the chaplains in Sir William Phipps' 
expedition for the conquest of Canada in 1690. His congregation protested, but 
he accepted the appointment, and gave as his reason, that there were so many of 
the young men in his own church in the Beverly Company under Captain Rayment, 
that he thought it his duty to watch over and care for them. He served as 
Chaplain from June 4 to November 20, 1690, and also acted as interpreter. While 
in Canada he drew up the will of Nathaniel Clarke, son of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
beth (Somerby) Clarke (139), who was wounded on the ship "Six Friends." Mr. 
Hale brought the will home to the young man's father-in-law. Dr. Peter Top- 
pan, of Newbury.' 

During his absence, his son Robert (157) preached in Beverly and per- 
formed other ministerial duties. Thirty-four years after the death of Rev. John 
Hale, December 31, 1734, on petition of his grandson Colonel Robert Hale (158), 
the legislature granted to the heirs three hundred acres of land in the township of 
Methuen, for this service as chaplain. In 1694, Rev. Mr. Hale built the house 

' The First Book of Beverly Records. 
'See Nos. 140-A, 130 and 154. 



REV. JOHN IIALK [15GJ 263 

at Beverly which is still occupied by one of his descendants, Robert Hale Ban- 
croft, Esq., of Boston.' 

His naiiK' i-. prominently connected with ilie Salem witchcraft cases in 1692, 
and the followiiit; quoialions from wi-li-knowii authorities best present the story. 
Upliam writes ol iiis responsibility in tlie Salem trials: 

■ It any Mirmise is justifiable or worth while as to the author of the advice to Goodwin to 
proSL'Cutf C'jiovor, the old Irish woman who was executed for bewitching Gtxidwin's children, I 
should be inclined to suggest that it was John Halo. . . . When Goodwife Nurse was brought 
before the magistrates March 24, 1692, to be examined in the meeting house the Reverend Mr. 
1 1 ale began with prayer." 

He was present, as he says in his pamphlet written later, the Modest Enquiry 
Into the Mature of IVitchcraft,' at "several Examinations and Tryals & knew sundry 
of those that Sutfered." Four of his own parishioners were accused and condemned, 
but, although he entirely approved the findings of the court, he was, as Bentley 
remarks, in a manuscript note to a copy of the Modest Enquiry," "the first to sus- 
pect the proceedings against Witchcraft." 

Probably he first appreciated the real condition of affairs only when, in 
October, his own wife Sarah, then enceinte, was accused of being a witch. To 
quote again from Upham: 

"Her genuine and distinguished virtues had won for her a reputation, and secured in the 
hearts of the people, a confidence, which superstition itself could not sully nor shake. Mr. Hale 
had been active in all the previous proceedings, but he knew the innocence and piety of his wife, and 
he stood forth between her and the storm he had helped to raise. . . . The whole community be- 
came convinced that the accusers in crying out upon Mrs. Hale had perjured themselves, and from 
that moment their power was destroyed: the awful delusion was dispelled and a close put to one of 
the most tremendous tragedies in the history of real life. The wildest storm, perhaps, that ever 
raged in the moral world, became a calm: the tide that had threatened to overwhelm every thing 
in its fury, sank hack to its peaceful bed. There are few, if any, other instances in history of a 
revolution of opinion so sudden, so rapid and so complete." 

Until this complaint against his wife, says Rantoul, 

"Mr. Hale lielil to the opinion that when through the instrumentality of any one, the devil 
afflicted others, it was conclusive evidence that the person thus made use of to gratify his malignity, 
was in league with him, and so no longer to be permitted to live among a Christian people. But after 
the accusation of his wife, instead of suspecting the truth and sincerity of her accusers, he adopted 
the opposite opinion, which would reconcile the fidelity of her accuser with the entire innocence 
of his wife, and throw the whole blame on the devil. He, however, contended that the devil might 
and did make use of the true Ghrisiian in afflicting others, who would accuse the instrument which 

' Dr. William Bentley, pastor of the East Church, of Salem, writes in his Diary "April i}, 1700. I spent 
this day agreeahly at M" Dane's in Beverly. In the morning with several Ladies I visited Woodberrv's Mead iNc 
the noted Willow (irove belonging to Hale's Kslate. The Grove is below the house near the Shore. It is nearly 
surrounded by a pond of fresh water, which is separated from the Sea, only by the Beach thrown up by the Sea, 
through which Beach when the earth is full of water a rivulet runs to the Siia. The Grove is upon the skirts of a 
conical hill which the pond surrounds except on the part toward the Town." 

^ This little book is a rare bit of Americana, a reprint of it having been quoted in a late catalogue of .Mc- 
Clurg (Chicago) at |i6o.oo. 



264 REV. JOHN HALE [156] 

he made use of against their will, of his own diabolical acts. This opinion prevailed extensively 
and gave a new turn to the prosecutions." 

Rev. John Hale's change of sentiment prompted him to write his Modest 
Enquiry, in which he states: 

" 1 have been from my Youth trained up in the knowledge & belief of most of those principles 
1 here question as unsafe to be used . . . the reverence I bore to the aged, learned and judicious 
persons caused me to drink in these things with a kind of Implicit Faith. . . . [He bewails] the 
errors & mistakes that have been in the year 1692. . . . [resulting in] the apprehending too many 
we may believe were innocent, and e.xecuting of some, I fear, not to have been condemned. ... I 
am abundantly satisfied that those who were most concerned to act and judge in these matters did 
not willingly depart from the rules of righteousness. But such was the darkness of that day, the 
tortures and lamentations of the afflicted, and the power of former precedents, that we walked 
in the clouds and could not see our way." 

Thus admitting his error with candor and firmness, he endeavored to prove, 
with the strongest arguments in his power, the fallacy of those principles which had 
governed his own conduct as well as that of many of the principal men with whom 
he had co-operated in the strange scenes just enacted. A Fast Day was ap- 
pointed by the General Court to be observed on January 14, 1697, on account 
of what had been done amiss "in the late tragedy raised us by Satan & his instru- 
ments through the awful judgment of God," at which Judge Sewall, an intimate 
friend of Mr. Hale, by a Bill of Repentance, made a public confession of his re- 
gret for his verdicts in these cases, in Judge Sewall's diary of November 19, of 
the same year, he makes the following entry: 

"Mr. Hale and I lodg'd together: [at Salem] He discours'd me about writing a History of the 
Witchcraft; I fear lest he go into the other extream." 

An examination of the church records during the whole term of his ministry 
gives evidence of his liberality and freedom from the prevailing narrowness of the 
time in all other regards. 

His wife, Sarah, died May 20, 1695, aged forty-one, leaving four children, it 
is said that her death was hastened by the excitement through which she had 
passed. He married (3) August 8, 1698, Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke, widow 
of Nathaniel Clarke (139) and daughter of Henry and Judith (Greenleaf) 
Somerby (140).' 

Two years later. May 15, 1700, Rev. John Hale died at Beverly, aged sixty- 
four. His widow Elizabeth died at Exeter, N. H., March 15, 1716, possibly at 

' This marriage is referred to in the Essex Historical Collections, V1I,72, under the caption Curious Geneal- 
ogical Coincidences in the Hale Family, as follows: 

"Rev. John Hale married (3) Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke, widow of Nathaniel Clarke. 

Sarah Somerby, only sister of Elizabeth, married another John Hale of Newbury (not of the same family). 

Dr. Robert Hale, son of Rev. John, married Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of his step-mother. 

Col. Robert Hale, his son, married as his second wife, still another Elizabeth Clarke of Boston. The first 
wife of Col. Robert Hale was Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John Oilman, who had married the mother of Col. Hale 
after Dr. Robert Hale's death. Thus we find two sisters each married a John Hale, — a father, son and grandson 
each marrying an Elizabeth Clarke, — and a father and a son each marrying the daughter of his step-parent." 



REV. JOHN IIAI.K [156] 265 

the home of her son-in-law, Judge Nicholas ("mlman (132). The epitaph on her 

t()nlb^ltl)ne is as follows : 

"Mrs. Elizabeth Hale Relict of ye Rcvcrctui Mr. John li.ili- I. ate I'.istor of ye church in 
Beverly and sometime wife to Nathaniel Clark Ksq. Late of Newbury Deed who died March yc 
15th 1716 aged 71 yers." 

Children of Rlv. John and Rlbecca (Byi.lv) Hall 

John, born .\pril 21, baptized April 23, 1665; died of small-pox Dec. 30, 1690. 
Rebecca, born April 28, 1666; died May 7, 1681. 
(157) Robert, born Nov. 3, 1668; H. C. 1686; married about 1700, his step-sister Rlizabeth 
(li.ARKL, daughter of Nathanii i. and Iu.izablith (Somlrby) Clarke (139), of 

Newbury; was a ph\^ician atui tlifd at Beverly, [an. 12, 1718,19. 

Children of Rev. John and Sarah (Ndves) Hale 

James, born Oct. 14, 1685; II. C. 1703; married .Sarah Hathaway; was ordained in 1718 
as pastor of the church at Ashford, (lonn., and died there Nov. 22, 1742. 

Samuel, born Aug. 13. 1687; married May 29, 1714, Apphia Moody, daughter of John and 

Hannah (— ) Moody, of Newbury, Mass. One of their sons, Richard Hale, of 

Coventry, Conn., was the father of Captain Nathan Hale, who was e.xecuted as a spy 
by the I'nglish in the War of the Revolution. 

Joanna, born June 15, 1689. 

John, born Dec. 24 (or .\ug. 24), 1692. 

[1S7J DR. ROBERT HALE [1668-1719I 

AND MIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH CLARKE [1684-1762] 

OF BEVERLY, MASS. 

ROBERT HALE, son of Rev. John and Rebecca (BvleyI Hale fi^GI, 
was born at Beverly, November 3, i6(kS. On his mother's tieath in 1(383, 
he came into possession of property in England which she had inherited 
from her grandfather Bennett Swayne. He fmally sold it for £](xi, 
after long negotiations and delays, to his greatuncle Bennett Swayne, merchant 
of London, England, who had managed the property for him for many years. 
This sum is said to have paid approximately the London bills for drugs and medi- 
cines, when he became a physician. 

He graduated from Harvard in 1686, at the age of eighteen, and prepared 
for the ministry. His step-uncle John Hall, a wealthy goldsmith of London, left 
in his will in 1691 : 

"to my cousin Robert Hale, my sister Rebecca Hale's son deceased, my five volumes of Poole's 
Synopsis Criticorum, Ainsworth's Annotations and Mellificium Theologicum," 

probably intended as a foundation of a theological library. 



266 DR. ROBERT HALE [157] 

In 1690, when he was but twenty-two, he supplied his father's pulpit, when 
Rev. John Hale was absent as chaplain to the Expedition to Canada. Soon 
after, however, his health forced him to give up "that best of employments," 
as he calls the ministry, and he engaged in the practice of medicine, in which he 
was very successful. For some years he appears to have been in delicate 
health, and in a letter to his father dated "Preston 22d nth 1693" he says: 
"1 find myself heir to my mother's distempers: would to God 1 might of her 
graces." 

He married about 1700, his step-sister, Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clarke (139). She was born May 15, 1684, 
and was therefore fifteen years his junior, and had probably lived in his father's 
home for two years. 

In 1701, Dr. Robert Hale became master of the grammar school and was 
practically the founder of grammar school education in Beverly. He served the 
town as master in 1702 for the pittance of ;^io, in order that the school might be 
established, and a few years later the building of the first school house was at his 
cost. Colonel Robert Hale (158), his son, took also an active interest in the 
Beverly schools. 

Subsequently to this he filled many important offices, was selectman, justice 
of the peace and deputy from Beverly to the General Court of Massachusetts for 
three years. He was the author of some verses on Nathaniel Mather to be found 
at the end of Liber IV of Cotton Mather's Magnalia. 

He died at Beverly, January 12, 1718/9. His gravestone is still in the 
Hale burial-plot in Beverly. In the course of village improvements, the family 
graves in the old graveyard were all removed some years since to the burial plot 
which was fenced ofi" from the village burial-ground by Colonel Robert Hale 
(158). The village road, newly laid out at that time, circles around the small 
enclosure which contains all of the older members of the family. 

Dr. Robert Hale's widow Elizabeth married (2) December 29, 1720, as 
his second wife. Colonel John Gilman of Exeter, N. H. (161), son of Honorable 
John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Gilman (131), and brother of her sister Sarah's 
husband. She had four children by her second husband, whom she outlived, 
dying at Beverly, January 24, 1762. 

Children of Dr. Robert and Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale 

Rebecca, born Nov. 19, 1701; married Feb. 12, 1719, Rev. John Chipman, H. C, 1711, 
pastor of the church at North Beverly. She died July 4, 175 1. 
(158) Robert, born Feb. 12, 1702/3; H. C. 1721 ; married (i) Dec. 12, 1723, his step-sister Eliza- 
beth Gilman, daughter of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Coffin) Oilman (161), 
of Exeter, N. H. She died Aug. ig, 1736; married (2) Dec. 21, 1737, Elizabeth 
Clarke, daughter of Hon. John Clarke, of Boston; died March 20, 1767. 
Henry, born Dec. iq, 1712; H. C. 1731; married Aug. 25, 1735, Anna Ober, daughter of 
Benjamin Ober, of Beverly; died at Exeter, N. H., before 1740. 



COLON 1.-L ROBFRT IIAI F [158] 267 

lisSI COLONHL ROBHRT HALF [1703-17^7] 

AND MIS Wllh 

ELIZABETH OILMAN [1702-1736] 

OF BEVERLY, MASS. 

ROBLRl HALL, son ol Dr. Robert and Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale (157), 
was born February 12, 1702/3, at Beverly, Mass. When between fif- 
teen and sixteen years of age he was employed to keep the Grammar 
School in Beverly that his father had been master of in earlier years. 
He entered Harvard College, and while he was there his father died and his mother 
married (2) Colonel John Oilman (161), and removed to Exeter with her other 
two children. He graduated from Harvard in 1721, at the age of eighteen, and 
taught in the Exeter grammar school, open only three months of the year, during 
1720, 1721 and 1722. He studied medicine under Dr. Manning, of Ipswich, and 
about 1723 engaged in practice as a physician, attending families not onlv in 
Beverly, but in all the neighboring towns. 

He married (1) December 12, 1723, his step-sister ElizabetiiOilman, daughter 
of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Coffin) Oilman of Exeter, N. H. (161), who was 
born February 5, 1701/2. Three years later, in 1726, he united with the First 
Church of Beverly, and was an earnest member for the rest of his life. 

His account-book, begun in 1723, is still in existence. It contains an inven- 
tory of his property, amounting, on June lo, 1729, to £1,1 55. 13s. 3d. 

"free from incumbrance. ... Of tliis he had received from his father's estate £790. los. 5d. and 
from his mother's thirds ;£3oo. In a note to this inventory he writes: 'As my father died 5 years 
before I came of age, it cost me /300 at least out of my estate for my education, so that by marrying 
& industry, with God's blessing, I have gained ^365 in about six years.'"' 

Dr. Hale became a prominent citizen of Beverly at an early age. He 
was a man of great natural capacity for leadership, of dignitv of character and verv 
energetic. Every detail of his private life known to his descendants confirms the 
impression of his refined and aristocratic tastes. His plan for "seating the meeting" 
which was drawn up after the second meeting-house of the First Church was built, 
is entirely based on "degrees" of dignity, and by it Dr. Hale, then called Colonel 
Hale, had the first seat. This seems to have been in a special pew, called "the 
foremost magistrate seat, "and the women of his family, while seated according to 
his degree, were in a different part of the church. 

Colonel Hale was at different times elected to many offices, as surveyor, 
selectman, assessor, town clerk, treasurer, justice of the peace and collector of 
excise for Essex County. He was representative to the Oeneral Court of .Massa- 
chusetts for fifteen years, and was often chosen for committee work. 

• History oj Beverly, E. M. Stone, 39. 



268 COLONEL ROBERT HALE [158] 

His wife, Elizabeth Oilman, died August 19, 1736, aged thirty-five, leaving 
one daughter, and he married (2) December 21, 1737, Elizabeth Clarke, youngest 
daughter of Hon. John Clarke, of Boston, Mass. 

Colonel Hale was at this time prominently connected with the "Land Bank" 
or "manufactory scheme" which afterward proved a failure. It was started in 
1740, because of the financial difficulties of the Province of Massachusetts, and the 
capital of ^150,000 was secured on real estate, the principal asset of the colony at 
that time. The enterprise was one by which "it was hoped to put farther ofl" the 
day when financial affairs should be brought to a specie basis."' Colonel Hale 
was one of the managers and drafted the plan of operations. While it was illegal in 
England, the colonists claimed that the act of parliament had no application to 
colonial affairs. Governor Belcher, however, issued a proclamation declaring that 
every officer of the Colony, civil or military, who was in any way concerned in the 
Bank or in passing its notes should be dismissed. Colonel Hale did not wait for 
the governor to take action, but, on November 10, 1740, wrote him as follows: 

"May it please your Excellency: 

It is not a contempt of the authority of your Excellency and his Majesty's Council, 
but a hearty desire to the interest of my country, that inclines me steadily to pursue the affair 
of the Manufactory scheme, in which I am engaged; and as, by your Excellency's proclamation of 
the 5th instant, that is made incompatible with my holding a commission under the government, 
1 do now most readily and cheerfully resign the trust of a Justice of the Peace, which I received by 
your Excellency's favor, and always endeavored to execute to the honor of His Majesty and the 
good of his subjects, so far as concerned me. 

1 am your Excellency's most obedient and 
Most dutiful humble serv't 

Robert Hale. 
To his Excellency Governor Belcher. 
Boston, Nov. loth, 1740." 

Samuel Adams, Sr., and other justices of high character resigned their offices, 
and all officers, civil and military, interested in the Bank, were dismissed. This 
usurpation of power by Governor Belcher was resented by the people, and resulted 
in a universal remonstrance, which culminated in his removal from office, and the 
appointment in 1741 of Shirley to succeed him. 

In the expedition against Louisburg, which took place in 1745, Robert Hale 
commanded the 5th Mass. Regiment as Colonel. He caused a company to be 
enlisted in Beverly, of which his son-in-law Benjamin Ives (151) was captain, and 
it became the Tenth Company of Colonel Hale's regiment. The troops for this 
expedition were raised in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and com- 
manded by General William Pepperell of Kittery, Me. They were transported to 
Nova Scotia in British ships which took, however, no part in the siege. 

"The hardships of this siege were without parallel in all preceding American operations. 
The army was employed fourteen nights successively in drawing cannon, mortars, &c., for two miles 
' Story oj Boston, Arthur Oilman, 230. 



COLONEL KOBLin MALI, [is«] 26Q 

through a morass to iht-ir camp. The Anu-ricans were yoki-il lom-ihcr, ami pi-rformcd labor be- 
yond the powor of oxon, which labor could he done only in the night or on a fogf;)' day; the place 
being within clear view aiul random shot of the enemy's walls."' 

Colonel Hai.h's regiment was actively engaged and although part of the time 
ill from exposure, he was able to render eOicient service. Lrom this time on he was 
always designated as Colonel Hali;. It is said that while at l.ouishurg, where 
the troops were kept for some months, he had a piece of ground cultivated which 
is still known in that locality as "Colonel Hale's garden." In a letter to Colonel 
Pickman, referring to an account of the taking of Louisburg in an Ijiglish maga- 
zine, where the whole credit was given to the English ships, he wrote: 

" It is well known to every one engaged in the expedition, that the British fleet never fired 
a gun, nor lost a man except by sickness, though they have the credit of taking the place." 

and he points out that the great mistake of the government in former unsuccessful 
military efforts was that they put British oflkers over the provincial troops. 

At this time, the general financial stringency in Massachusetts was relieved 
by the mother country. Large sums of money in coin were sent to the colonies in 
recognition of their part in the capture of Louisburg, and it was used to redeem 
the paper currency, thus accomplishing what Colonel I Iale and others had striven 
for unsuccessfully in the Land Bank scheme. 

In 1747, Colonel Hale was sent by the General Court of Massachusetts as 
commissioner to a meeting held in New York for the consideration of plans for the 
common defence of the colonies. In 1755, Shirley and other Royal governors in- 
augurated a scheme for the conquest of the French, which contemplated four cam- 
paigns,— one at Crown Point, one in Ohio and the Northwest, one at Fort Niagara, 
and one in Nova Scotia, to recapture Louisburg which had been ceded to the French 
by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. For the accomplishment of this the aid of New 
Hampshire was needed, and Colonel 1 Iale was selected to lay the matter before the 
General Court of that Colony. His mission was finally successful, but in the course 
of the negotiations he had many discouragements. In his first letter to the gov- 
ernor he mentions being sent for by the committee of the House and that they had 
informed him that they would agree to send one hundred men. Later in the same 
letter, he wrote: 

"This morning early, Col. Oilman of Exeter (one of the committee), came to my lodgings' 
as I had desired him over night. We began upon it again and went through everything, but it did 
not then appear to make any real impression on him." 

He adds that through arguments which he advanced to Colonel Gilman later, the 
Committee had decided to send five hundred men, which, although one hundred 
less than they had asked for. Colonel Hale finally agreed to. It is interesting to 
us to note that this Colonel Gilman was undoubtedly Peter, step-brother and 
brother-in-law of Colonel Hale, who later commanded a regiment in this war. 

'Adams' History of New England, 123, 124. 



270 COLONEL ROBERT HALE [158] 

On his return from New Hampshire, Shirley expressed by letters a very flat- 
tering appreciation of this service. Colonel Hale entered into the arrangements 
for the expedition with great enthusiasm and evidently expected to have a com- 
mand offered him. Probably his health was not considered good enough for such 
an arduous campaign, for only a medical position was tendered him, which he 
declined. When the shattered army returned, Louisburg had been again acquired, 
and in order to protect it, a large number of soldiers were needed. The unpopular 
method of impressment was resorted to by the British, and riots ensued in Boston. 
Colonel Hale, at that time a deputy to the General Court, served on a committee 
to report on these outrages. 

in 1764 he presented to the Philosophical Department of Harvard, his 
Alma Mater, a solar microscope and a magic lantern. He was sheriff of Essex 
County from 1745 to 1766, and discharged the responsibilities of the office with the 
same fidelity as his other public duties. 

He died, after a lingering illness, March 20, 1767, at Beverly, aged sixty-five. 
His death was a serious loss to the community in which he had been for forty years 
a leading citizen. 

In his will he left to his widow Elizabeth certain goods which she had brought 
to his home, and an annuity of ;^i6. One item referring to the family plot in the 
graveyard reads as follows: 

"Item. I will that a small piece of land in said Beverly, in the Lott called Morgans Lott 
adjoining to the East side of the publick burying Place: which 1 have fenced off for a burying place 
together with the stone wall fence which I have built about it shall be kept inviolable for a burying 
place for myself and my descendants; their husbands and wives respectively forever; for which 
use alone I give it to my said daughter and her heirs for the space of one thousand years, and 
I will that no part of the said stone wall be removed or demolished on any pretence what- 
ever." 

This provision has been faithfully carried out by his descendants in Beverly. 

The inventory of his estate, dated 1767, is on file at the probate office in 
Salem, and amounted to ;^2,452. 12s. Qd. "old tenour." Among the items in the 
long list of personal effects are seven gold rings, an old chaise, one riding chair, 
and two or three slaves. 

His widow, Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale, evidently went back to her own family 
after his death. She survived her husband twenty-eight years and died in Boston, 
in September, 1795. Her will was proved October 13, 1795. 

Children of Colonel Robert and Elizabeth (Oilman) Hale 

(151) Elizabeth, born July 18, 1725; married Oct. 12, 1743, Captain Benjamin Ives, son of 
Benjamin and Ann (Derby) Ives (150); died Oct. i'8, 1767. 
Rebekah, born May 27, 1730; died April 27, 1732. 
Rebekah, born Feb. 5, 1732/3; died Aug. 23, 1736. 



TllL inLl.^ lAMIL^ IN ENGLAND 271 

THR BYLEY FAMILY IN HNGLAND 

WE cannot trace the Byley family back of "Henry Biley the elder, Gen'" 
\vh(i must have been born at least as early as 1550, as in his will, dated 
October 18, 1633, and proved June 23, 1634, he mentions four great- 
grandchildren. He was of St. Edmund's Parish, in New Sarum (Sal- 
isbury), Wiltshire. F.ngland. The rector. Rev. Peter Thacher, who married Alice 
Batt, a granddaughter of Hi-nry Byi.p.y's, was chosen for the position by the 
Puritan party in the parish in i()22 3, a party to which we suppose Henry Biley 
belonged. 

He was a tanner, and was married February 19, 1582, to Alice ( ) 

By 111 I- WAV, widow of Robert Bytheway, of New Sarum, who was also a tanner. 
Henry Byley was buried April 23, 1634, and his widow Alice on June 4, 1635. 

In his will mentioned above he divided his property among a large number 
of heirs. His 

"lands and tenements in Wellowe. . . . Dwelling house, tan house, orchards and gardens in New 
Sarum and on the West side of the river Avon. . . . and . . . stock of money, bark, hides, leather 
Ac- 
he left to his grandsons Christopher Batt and Henry Byley (156-B), and his 
granddaughter Alice Batt (afterwards Mrs. Peter Thacher) to hold and use and 
receive the rents of for the maintenance of his wife and family. It seems extra- 
ordinary when his son and executor Henry Byley was still living, that the estate 
should be devised to three grandchildren, but Henry had probably already received 
his portion. He gave money to the parish church of St. Edmund's and to the poor 
of the parish, and also to 

"the Mayor and Commonalty of the City three pounds six shillings eight pence to be employed in 
the working house within the said city towards the setting of the poor there at work." 

He gave to his grandson Henry Byley (156-B) ten pounds, and .a number of 
pieces of furniture, 

"and one of my silver beakers, and my biggest brass pot, save one which is to the Lymbeeke, and 
my biggest brass kettle, and my second tyled house or standing in the Row by the Gjrn-market, 
next to the pillowry," 

and other articles pertaining to the business. He gave bequests to all of his son 
Henry's children, Henry, John, and Mary, children of the first marriage, and 
Edward, Elizabeth, and William, of the second. Also to his grandchildren, Chris- 
topher, Thomas, Mary, Alice, Elizabeth, Margery, and Dorothy Batt, "children of 
Thomas Batt Gen' deceased." The bequest to Christopher was 

"twenty pounds in money and my uppermost tyled house or standing in the Market-place near 
to M' Thomas Elliott's house there, ... to my granddaughter Alice Batt ... one hundred 



272 THE BYLEY FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

pounds in money and my bowl of silver and gilt having a Poesy about it and my biggest brass pot 
and lymbecke thereto used, etc." 

He also bequeathed forty shillings each to his great-grandchildren Christopher, 
Anne, and Jane Batt, children of Christopher, and to his great-granddaughter 
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Batt. His son Henry was sole executor, and 
Thomas Hill, Michael Mackerel!, and grandson Christopher Batt were overseers. 
Their children were: 

Henry, see below. 

Jone, married Sept. 2Q, 1600, Thomas Batt, son of Christopher Batt; had six children, 
Christopher, Thomas, Mary, Alice, Elizabeth, Margery, and Dorothy. She was 
buried Dec. 24, 1623. Her husband also died before the date of her father's will 

(■633)- 

2 

HENRY BYLEY, son of Henry and Alice (Bytheway) Byley, married 
(1) January 23, 1610, Elizabeth Reade, by whom he had four children. She was 

buried November 6, 1620, and he married (2) , by whom he had 

three children. He was executor of his father's will in 1634, and was buried at 
St. Edmund's Church, April 19, 1638. His children by his first wife were: 

(156-B) Henry, see below. 

Mary, baptized May 8, 161 5; married after April, 1643, Rev. Samuel Dudley, of Exeter, 

N. H., son of Governor Thomas Dudley; came to New England with her brothers 

in 1638. 
John, baptized Nov. 19, 1617; came to New England in the "Bevis" in 1638 with Henry 

and Mary, but died before October of the same year. 
Thomas, baptized Sept. 7, buried Sept. 9, 1620. 

His children by his second wife were: 
Edward, Elizabeth and William. 

[156-B] HENRY BYLEY [1612-1640] 

AND HIS WIFE 

REBECCA SWAYNE [. . . .-1695] 

OF ENGLAND AND SALISBURY, MASS. 

HENRY BYLEY, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Reade) Byley, was born 
in New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England, about 161 2. Like his 
father and grandfather he was a tanner and lived in New Sarum. He 
married at the Parish church of St. Edmund's, January 21, 1632, Re- 
becca Swayne, daughter of Bennett and Bridget Swayne, of New Sarum. 

After his father's death, which occurred in April, 1638, he left his wife with 
their two young children in New Sarum, and with his cousin Christopher Batt, 



HENR^ \i\U.\ [\^h-n] 27? 

his hrotlicr John Bylcv, and his unmarried sister jMary, he sailed from Southamp- 
ton in May, 1638, in the ship " Bevis." I lie register reads: 

Henry Byley of Saru Tanner aged 26 
Mary Byley " " 22 

John Byley " " 20 

On their arrival thev went at once to Newbury, Mass., where the Noyes, 
Parker, Kent and other W illshire lamilies had already settled. Winthrop says of 
tiie cniit^ration at this lime to Newbury: 

"this summer there came over twenty siiips ;nui al K:isi tlircc thous.ind persons so as they were 
forced to look out new plantations." 

Henry Byley wrote to his wife Ri".rf;cca from Newbury, on October 11, 1638, 
and tells of the death of his only brother John, but adds that his sister Mary and 
their servant Thomas Reeves were well. lie asks her to come over with Mr. Doue 
(Dove)' and other friends who were preparing to sail, or with Mr. Peter Noyes,"who 
is now about to take ship," i.e., to go to Eingiand to bring his family back. He 
also expresses the hope that she "had been safely delivered of her child & thus 
made a joyful mother of children." From this we conclude that their eldest child 
William died in babyhood. 

Soon after he joined with members of Governor Dudley's family and others in 
establishing a "plantation at Merrimack," the land for which was granted by the 
General Court September 6, 1638. The plantation was first named "Colechester" 
on September 4, 1639, but was afterwards changed to "Salsbury" October 7, 1640. 
Four of the twelve original grantees were related to Governor Dudley, viz.: Simon 
Bradstreet, Rev. Samuel Dudley, Captain Daniel Denison and Rev. John Wood- 
bridge, while three were of the Byley connection : H enry Byley, Christopher Batt, 
his cousin, and Fdmund Batter, a more distant relative. Five onlv of the twelve 
received lands and settled in Salisburv. "Mr. Henry Biley," Christopher Batt, 
Rev. Samuel Dudley, who later married Mary Byley, and two others. 

It is probable that his wife Rebecca and her two children came over in 1639, 
but the date has not been ascertained. Henry Byley died at Salisburv about 
1640. His widow married (2) April 3, 1641, Mr. John Hall, of Salisbury, who died 
before 1647. They had one son, John Hall, who became a wealthv goldsmith in 
London. She married (3) July 22, 1650, as his second wife, Rev. William Wor- 
cester, the first minister of the Salisbury church, who died October 28, 1662. She 
married (4), in 1663, Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds. She gave i^ioo to be 
distributed among those who had lost by the great fire of Boston, and those who 
suffered in the Indian war of 1682. Rebecca died in Ipswich July 21, 1695, 
where her gravestone is still to be found. 

'This was undoubtedly Mr. Francis Dove, a man htkl in hifih esteem in Salishury, Kngland. who was 
twice Mayor there, and a connection of IIrnry Bylf.y throuph his marriapc. Oct. it), 1641,10 Alice (Bait) Thacher, 
widow of Rev. Peter Thacher, rector of St. Ldmund's, Salishury, and daughter of Thomas and Jone (Byley) Batt. 
See Waters' Gentalogical Gleanings, (rj6. 



274 HENRY BY LEY [156-B] 

Children of Henry and Rebecca (Swayne) Byley 

William, baptized in England, Aug. 20, 1633, probably died young. 
(156) Rebecca, baptized in England, Dec. 8, 1636; married Dec. 15, 1664, Rev. John Hale, of 
Beverly, Mass.; died April 13, 1683. 
Henry, baptized Aug. 26, 1638; was at Barbadoes in 1664, in London in 1666, Barbadoes 
again in 1667, and in Ipswich, Mass., in 1668. 



THE SWAYNE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

BENNETT SWAYNE, who lived in Winchester Street, NewSarum, England, 
and whose will gives us all the information we possess about the Swayne 
family, died in 1630, leaving a family of children, some of whom were 
then under age, while two had families. He must have been born late in 

the sixteenth century, perhaps 1575 to 1580. He married Bridget , 

who outlived him, and is mentioned as still living in the will of her sister Grace 

( ) Heath proved in London, February 16, 1654. 

" Bennett Swayne gen'" was a man of considerable property and left large 
bequests for that time. He gave to the poor of four parishes, and to five servants 
as well as to one who was superannuated. He left to his four children, who were 
under age, Jane, Jone, Richard and Rebecca, each one hundred and fifty pounds 
and a silver bowl. To his daughter-in-law Anne "my double gilded salt having a 
top and bottom," and to her husband John, his eldest son (who evidently had had 
his portion), his signet ring. He described the home in Winchester Street as a 
"messuage" furnished with "glass, wainscot and benches in and about the same," 
rented from the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Sarum. This was 
left for the use of his wife Bridget as long as she remained a widow, and then it was 
to revert to his sons John, Bennett and Richard. Bridget and Bennett were 
residuary legatees and executors. To five friends whom he named as overseers 
he gave "in token of my love twenty shillings apiece to make each of them a 
ring." 

His children were: 

John, married Anne , and had children at the date of the will. 

Christian, married William Pewde, and had children at the date of the will. 
Margaret, married Thomas Batt, probably son of Thomas and Jone ( Byley) Batt. 
Bennett, later guardian of the London property of his great-nephew Robert Hale (157). 
Jane. 
Jone. 
(156-B) Rebecca, married (i) Jan. 21, 1632, Henry Byley, who died about 1640; married (2) 

April 3, 1641, Mr. John Hall, of Salisbury, Mass., who died before 1647; married (3) 

July 22, 1650, as his second wife. Rev. William Worcester, who died Oct. 28, 1662; 

married (4) in 1663, Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds; died in Ipswich, Mass., 

July 21, 1695. 



COLONl-.L JOHN CilLMAN (i()i| 27s 

|ihi| COLONl'L JOHN GILMAN 1 1(^7(1-17.12! 

AND HIS Willi 

ELIZABETH COFFIN [1680-1720] 

OF EXETER AND GILMANTON, N. II. 

Jul IN GILMAN, son of lion. John and Im.i/ahlih (Treworgyf.) (hlman 
(131), was born at Exeter, N. H., January 19, 1676. He married fi) June 5, 
1698, Elizabeth Coffin, daughter of Hon. Peii;i< and Ahigaii. (Starbuck) 
Coffin (162), who was born January 27, 1680. She had seven children and 
died in Exeter, July 4, 1720, aged forty. 

In 1703/4 the government of New Hampshire sent out scouting expeditions 
against the Indians in Queen Anne's War, and Captain John Gilman and Captain 
Winthrop Hilton were the commanding officers of the two Exeter companies. 
John Gilman reported in a week that he had enlisted twenty men and expected 
twelve more, exclusive of officers. I hey went out on snowshoes in quest of the 
savages, but did not meet them. The council declared it honorable service, and 
ordered gratuities to each of the officers. He had similar service again in 1710, 
when he went with a company of ninety-one men to pursue the Indians who had 
killed Colonel Hilton. From this time until 1712, there is record that his company 
was employed on similar duty at various dates. 

Colonel John Gilman owned several saw-mills, and later a grist-mill as well. 
The latter was situated on the west side of the island, and in order to make the ap- 
proach to his mill as convenient as to those of his rivals, he asked permission to 
build a bridge over that part of the river. On the first Monday of April, 1709, 
the town voted to give 

"all the right the town have in the stream and island to Captain John Gilman, where the said Ciil- 
man's corn-mill now stands, with privilege for a bridge to go on the island; and the above said John 
Gilman doth oblige himself to grind liie inhabitants' corn when wanted, for two quarts in every 
bushel." 

This bridge has ever since been known as the "string bridge," and it was for a cen- 
tury only timbers laid across the channel, with a hand rail. 

On the death in 1708, of Colonel John's father, Hon. John Gilman (131), 
he inherited the hoinestead in Exeter, at that time called the "Garrison House," 
now known as the (^Jifford hoyse. He lived in it for many years, probably until he 
moved to Gilmanton, after which he gave it to his son Peter, in 1732. The follow- 
ing interesting description of the house is taken from I In- History of Exeter by C. II. 
Bell. 

"The oldest house in the town is undoubtedly that on the northerly corner of Water and 
Clifford Streets, now (1888) owned by Manly W. Darling. It was built by Councillor John Gilman. 
He was living in it in 1676, and there is ground for the belief that it dates back to 1658. It was 
constructed of square logs, the upper story projected a foot or more beyond the lower, and the 



276 COLONEL JOHN OILMAN [161] 

windows were scarcely more than loop-holes. It was thus completely adapted for the defence of 
its inmates against the attacks of the savages, and is known as a 'garrison house.' 

The original structure was small and constitutes the main body of the present house. 
No doubt additions must have been soon made to it, for the first occupant had sixteen children, all 
but four of whom lived to maturity. The wing which protrudes towards the street was a much 
later appendage. In this wooden castle lived Councillor Oilman till his death in 1708. His son. 
Colonel Oilman, succeeded him in the ownership of the house. He was then about thirty-two 
years of age, with a wife and three or four children. He was active and energetic, and acquired 
property and influence. In 1719 and 1720 he was licensed by the Provincial Assembly to keep 
a place of public entertainment in "his log house by the bridge." Colonel Oilman was the father 
of eleven children, and died in 1740. His eldest son was Peter, born in 1703, and married seven 
days after reaching the age of twenty-one. His father, realizing that no house is large enough 
for two generations, then proceeded to build himself another dwelling near by, to which he pres- 
ently removed; and in 1732 executed to Peter a deed of gift of the old mansion. 

It was during Peter Oilman's occupation of the house that the front wing was added to it. 
It was probably built in 1772 or 1773, while he was a councillor."' 

Colonel Oilman was still living in the old house, when he married (2) at 
Beverly, December 29, 1720, Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale, widow of Dr. Robert 
Hale (157), of Beverly, and daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) 
Clarke (139), of Newbury. She was born May 15, 1684, and had three children 
by Dr. Hale, two of whom, Robert (158) and Henry Hale, accompanied their 
mother to her new home. 

Very early in the history of the old "Garrison House" began the series of mar- 
riages in which our family is specially interested. In 1677, the year Colonel John 
Oilman was born, Mary Oilman, his eldest sister, was married to Captain Jona- 
than Thing (142), undoubtedly under the old roof. In that large family the 
house must have seen more than the ordinary number of weddings, but the next in 
our own line, comes forty-six years later, when Elizabeth Oilman, Colonel John 
Oilman's eldest surviving daughter, married in 1723 her step-brother, Colonel 
Robert Hale (158), whom we have just mentioned. The next year her brother 
Peter Oilman became the owner of the house, after his first marriage with his 
cousin, Mary (Thing) Oilman, granddaughter of his Aunt Mary mentioned above. 
Many years later, in September, 1761, Peter Oilman married for the third time, 
Jane (Bethune) Prince, widow of Captain Moses Prince (182), and took into 
his home his wife's daughters Jane and Deborah Prince, in October of the same 
year, Jane was married from this house to Rev. Chandler Robbins (167). The 
following still legible inscription was scratched with a diamond on one of the window 
panes in 1788, by Hannah Robbins, the daughter of Rev. Chandler and Jane 
(Prince) Robbins (167), who became, two years later, the wife of Benjamin Ives 
Oilman of Marietta, Ohio (135), who was a great-grandson of Elizabeth Oilman 
and Colonel Robert Hale (158), mentioned above. 

"Hon*"'" Peter Oilman Esq' and Mrs. Jane Prince were married Sept. 1761 
Chandler Robbins and Jane Prince were married October 1761 
• History of Exeter, C. H. Bell, 416. 



COLONF-L JOHN CILMAN [i()i] 277 

Thciiiias Cary and Deborah I'rince were married Sept. 1783 
Hannah Robbins Apl ()ih 1788" 

r.olnnel John ("iIIMAN continued to live in F.xctcr until about 1727, when lie 
removed to Gilmanton, where he was a large lamlowner. I his town was granted 
for services rendered in defence of the country. Fhe name of his brother Judge 
Nicholas (132) appears first on this grant, and his own second, as "Major John 
Oilman. " 

He was chairman of the first board of selectmen of Gilmanton, and moderator 
of the first meeting of the proprietors in 1728. 

The exact date of his death is not known, but it was probably early in 1742. 
His will, dated June 19, 1738, was probated April 28, 1742. The inventory was a 
large one, and gives household goods, real estate, etc., and amounted to £g,^-j2. is. 
The only executor who acted in that capacity, his widow refusing, was his son I Ion. 
Peter Oilman, and the bequests are as usual, except for those leaving his "Silver hilt 
Sword to his son John, and £100. to his granddaughter Elizabeth Hale (151), 
and a silver tankard to Peter." 

His widow Elizabeth died at Beverly, January 24, 1762, probably at the 
homeof her son, Colonel Robert Hale (158). 

Children of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Coffin) Oilman 

Joanna, born Sept. 10, 1700; probably died young. 
(158) Elizabeth, born Feb. 5, 1701/2; married Dec. 12, 1723, Colonel Robert Hale, son of Dr. 
Robert and Elizabeth (Clarke) Hale (157), of Beverly, Mass.; died Aug. 19, 1736. 

Peter, born Feb. 6, 1703/4; married (i) Dec. 8, 1724, Mary (Thing) Oilman, widow of his 
first cousin John Oilman, son of Judge Nicholas and Sarah (Clarke) Oilman (132), 
and daughter of his first cousin John Thing, son of Captain Jonathan and Mary 
(Oilman) Thing (142); married (2) Dorothy (Sherburne, Rymes. Rogers) Taylor, 
three times a widow, who died Jan. 25, 1761; married (3) September, 1761. 
Jane (Bethune) Prince, widow of Captain Moses Prince (182), and daughter of 
George and Mary (Waters) Bethune (189). Peter Oilman was Colonel of a regi- 
ment in the French War of 1755, a mandamus councillor in New Hampshire, and 
speaker of the Provincial Assembly. Under Colonel Robert Hale (158). will be 
found mention of him in connection with the preparations for the French War. In 
the Revolution he adhered to the British cause. He died Dec. 1, 1788. His widow 
survived him and died in Newburyport, Mass., March 9, 1795. 

Abigail, born Aug. 19, 1707; married William Moore, of Strathan, N. H. 

Robert, born June 2, 1710; married Priscilla Bartlett; was a physician and volunteered as a 
surgeon in the expedition against Louisburg in 1745. In a letter from his brother 
Peter to his step-brother Colonel Robert Hale, of May 3, 1745, Peter wrote: " I beg 
D' Brother that you will have an Eye over D"^ Robert & Councill and Direct him in 
that that may be Best for him If he stands in need at any time for any Thing that 
may be for his Comfortable Subsistance." Dr. Robert Oilman was wounded at 
Louisburg in the leg by a piece of shell, and on account of this service the Assembly 
voted him an allowance. His wife died in 1743- 



278 COLONEL JOHN OILMAN [161] 

John,' born Oct. 25, 1712; married in 1738, Jane Deane, daughter of Dr. Thomas and 
Deborah (Clarice) Deane, and great-granddaughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth 
(Somerby) Clarke (139). Was major in the French and Indian War. 

Joanna, born October 27, 1716. 

Children of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Clarke Hale) Oilman 

Nicholas, born Jan. 20, 1721; married his cousin Mary Oilman, daughter of Colonel Daniel 
Oilman and granddaughter of Judge Nicholas and Sarah (Clarke) Oilman (132); 
died April 4, 1746. 

Sarah, born July 23, 1724. 

Samuel, born April 20. 1725; married (1) in 1743, his cousin Tabitha Oilman, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Sarah (Emery) Oilman and granddaughter of Judge Nicholas and 
Sarah (Clarke) Oilman (132); married (2) May 4, 1761, Lydia (Robinson) Oid- 
dings; died in 1778. 

Nathaniel, born June 18, 1726; married (i) ■ Russell; married (2) Howe. 

[162] HON. PETER COFFIN [1630-1715] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ABIGAIL STARBUCK [....-... .] 

OF ENGLAND, DOVER AND EXETER, N. H. 

PETER COFFIN was the eldest son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) 
Coffin (147-A). He was born in Brixton, Devonshire, England, and was 
baptized July 18, 1630. He was but about twelve years of age when he 
sailed for New England with his parents in 1642. They came first to Salis- 
bury, thence to Haverhill and probably went in 1648 to Newbury. Soon after this 
Peter appears to have started off to make a home for himself, as we find him in 
Dover, N. H., before 1650, and on the tax list there in 1657. He was then a mer- 
chant and was interested with Major Richard Waldron in "a trucking house for 
dealing with the Indians." 

He married about 1656, Abigail Starbuck, daughter of Edward and 
Catherine (Reynolds) Starbuck (162-A), of Dover, N. H., afterwards of Nan- 
tucket. 

When the company was formed in Salisbury to purchase the island of Nan- 
tucket from Governor Thomas Mayhew (238), of which his father Tristram 
Coffin, Sr. (147-A), Thomas Macy, and others were the leading members, Peter 
Coffin appears to have had an interest in the enterprise. He is named as one of 
the original purchasers and tradition says the wealthiest of them all, owning a 
large mill property there. 

He lived for a short time in Nantucket about 1661, but soon returned to 
Dover where he was made freeman in 1666. He was elected to various town offices 

' Major John Oilman is great-grandfatlier of Dr. Daniel Coit Oilman, who is also the great-great-grand- 
son of Samuel Oilman, his younger step-brother. 



HON. PF,TF:R coffin [162] 279 

and accumulaled a large property. He also received at this time some <>{ the minor 
judicial appointments. In 1O72 he was a heutenant and served in King I'hihp's 
war in 1675. He was deputy from Dover to the Massachusetts General Court in 
1672, 167^, again in i67(), and in 1680 held the same office in the first New Hamp- 
shire AssembU'. 

in 1675 or earl\' in i()7C), he went again to Nantucket and was there at the 
time of a most exciting election, when he was the candidate of the younger element 
for associate magistrate. The method of election was by ballots of corn and 
beans, and Peter Coffin's ballot was corn. There must have been considerable 
electioneering and an exciting time about the old Parliament house, as one of his 
enthusiastic partizans calleii out "Corn Peter Collin! if he don't serve we will get 
his tine." The objection to him was that he held a commission in Massachusetts 
and so could not legally ser\e as magistrate in Nantucket, but he was elected in 
spite of this, a triumph of the young men over the older. 

His stay in Nantucket must have been brief, as he was in Dover before 1679, 
and in 1680. On March 13, 1683/4, h'^ house was made a garrison house as we see 
by the records— "the houses of Peter Coffin, Esq., and Richard Otis be by-garrisons 
for Cocheco [Dover] for securing the inhabitants that dwell thereabout." In 1689 
this house and that of his son Tristram were both destroyed by the Indians in an 
attack on the town in which Major W'aldron was killed, on June 27. The story goes 
that squaws came one night and asked to sleep by the fire in Peter's house and 
that in the night they let in the Indians who burned it. They then brought the 
family to the front of the son Tristram's house and threatened to kill them there 
unless he surrendered, which he did. It is said that Peter was forced to open a 
bag of silver money and throw it out to them by handfuls and that while they 
scrambled for it the family escaped. 

In consequence of this disaster he shortly after removed to Exeter in 1690. 
He was appointed councillor in 1692, a position he held for ten years, until he was 
senior member of the governor's council. In 1697 he was chief justice of the 
superior court and assistant justice from 1699 to i7i4or practically until his death. 

He died in Exeter, March 21, 1715, aged eighty-four. The date of his wife's 
death is not known. 

Children of Hon. Peter and Abioaii. (Starbuck) Coffin 

Abigail, born Oct. 20, 1657; married Dec. 16, 1673, Major Daniel Davison or Davidson, of 
Ipswich, afterwards of Newbury. 

Peter, born Aug. 20, 1660; married Aug. 15, 1682, his double cousin i;ii/.abeth Starbuck, 
daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin) Starbuck, and granddaughter of Tristram 
and DioNis (Stevens) Coffin (147-A), and also of [:dward and Catherine (Rev- 
Noi.ns) Starbuck (162-A). A tradition says that Peter moved to Nantucket as he 
did not wish to stay in Dover to be killed by the Indians. He died there in 1699. 

jethro, born Sept. 16, 1663; married Mary Gardner, daughter of John Gardner and lived in 
Nantucket. The lumber for his house, now the oldest in Nantucket, was the product 
of one of his father's mills, .ind was still standing in 1903. He died in 1726. 



28o HON. PETER COFFIN [162] 

Tristram, born Jan. 18, 1665; married Deborah Colcord, daughter of Edward Colcord, of 

Hampton. It was his house that was destroyed by the Indians with his father's, 

on June 27, 1689. He inherited his father's Dover property. 
Robert, born in 1667; married Joanna (Oilman) Dyer, widow of Henry Dyer, and daughter 

of Hon. John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman (131); lived at Exeter, and 

died there May ig, 1710, leaving no children. 
Edward, born Feb. 20, 1669; married Anna Oardner, daughter of John Gardner and sister 

of his brother Jethro's wife. 
Judith, born Feb. 4, 1672; probably died young as no further record of her is found. 
Parnell, died in infancy. 
(161) Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1680; married June 5, 1698, Colonel John Oilman, son of Hon. 

John and Elizabeth (Treworgye) Oilman (131), and brother of her brother 

Robert's wife; lived in Exeter, N. H., and died there July 4, 1720. 
Eliphalet, was one of the original grantees of Oilmanton, in 1727, and died unmarried Aug. 

16, 1736. 



[162-A] EDWARD STARBUCK [1605-1691] 

AND HIS WIFE 

CATHERINE REYNOLDS [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND, DOVER, N. H., AND NANTUCKET 

EDWARD STARBUCK is said to have come to this country from Derby- 
shire, England, but the date of his arrival is not known. He married 
in England, Catherine (some authorities say Eunice) Reynolds, who 
was, it is said, from Wales. Probably some of his children were born be- 
fore emigrating to New England. 

The first mention of him is in Dover, N. H., on August 30, 1643, when he was 
granted forty acres of land on each side of " Fresh River at Cutchechoe" (Dover). 
He had other grants at different times, one of a marsh in Great Bay in 1643, one 
in 1650 of the mill privileges at "Cutchechoe second falls" with Thomas Wiggins 
and of timber " to accommodate." Tradition says that he was a man of substance 
both as to his possessions and as to his person. 

In 1643 and 1646 he was deputy from Dover to the General Court of Mas- 
sachusetts. He was an elder in the Dover church, but was prosecuted in 1648 
for his Baptist tendencies, or as the court put it, was charged "with p'fession of 
Anabaptistry." The persecution became so determined that he was forced to seek 
a new home in a more congenial atmosphere. 

He went on an exploring expedition in 1659, meeting Thomas Macy, who was 
in similar trouble in Newbury, and who interested him in the project to purchase 
the island of Nantucket. Macy already owned a tenth interest, and sold Edward 
Starbuck half of it. They set sail, with James Coffin, son of Tristram (147-A) 
and Isaac Coleman, two boys, in an open boat in the autumn of 1659 and in due 



EDWARD STARBUCK [iO^-a] 281 

time arrived at the island, wlu-ro tlie\' fouml tlio natives disposed to be friendly. 
They were the tirst actual settlers among the purchasers. 

The following spring (1660) Edward Starbuck went back to Dover for his 
famih-. liis daughters Sarah and Ahic.aii. were marrieil and remained in Dover, 
but liis wife Camii-kini-; and three ciiildren Nathaniel, Dorcas, and Jethro, went 
with him and Dover lost a good and useful citizen by this persecution. 

The rest of his life was spent in Nantucket, where he was at one time chief 
magistrate of the island. He became a (Juaker, and was for many years a member 
of that Society and prominent in its councils. He died February 4, 1691, aged 
eighty-six. 

ChiIDRRN of lioWARD AND CATHERINE (ReVNOLDs) StARBUCK 

Nathaniel, born in 1636: married in 1662 Mary Coffin, daughter of Tristram and DiONis 
(Stevens) Coffin (147-A).' He died at Nantucket, April 2, or Aug. 6, 1719. 

Dorcas, married William Gayer; died in 1696. 

Sarah, married (1) William Storey (or Storre), probably son of Augustine Storre of the 
Exeter Combination;' married (2) Joseph Austin; married (3) March 2, 1665, as his 
second wife, her brother-in-law, Humphrey V'arney. 
(162) Abigail, married about 1656, Hon. Peter Coffin, son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) 
Coffin (147-A) and a sister of his brother Nathaniel's wife. 

Jethro, was killed at Nantucket, May 27, 1663, by being run over. 

Esther, married Humphrey N'arney. After her death he married (2) her sister Sarah. 

•See No. 147-A, for further mention of her. 
'See No. 17 



ROBBINS ANCESTRY 

OF 

WINTHROP SARGENT GILMAN 

[136] 



[163] RICHARD ROBBINS [1610-....] 

AND HIS WIFE 

REBECCA [....-....] 

OF SCOTLAND AND CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 

THE first record found of Richard Robbins is in Charlestown, Mass., in 1639, 
where he evidently settled when he arrived in New England. It is said 
that he came from Scotland, but it has not been definitely ascertained. 
The name is sometimes entered as Roberts, and also as Robinson, but 
usually as Robbins. 

Richard and his wife Rebecca were admitted to the church at Charlestown, 
Mass., the 24th 3d mo. 1640. Soon after, and before 1643, they removed to Cam- 
bridge, where they seem to have lived for a time on the south side of the river. 
in 1662 he gave his age as fifty-two, which would fix the date of his birth at 1610. 
His wife Rebecca, the mother of all his children, died before 1673, and he 
married (2) March 26, 1673, Elizabeth ( ) Crackbone, widow of Gilbert Crack- 
bone. Soon after he moved to the town itself, perhaps living on the Crackbone place. 
He was tithing man of Cambridge in 1680, and the same year served as juror 
in the trials for witchcraft. He executed deeds on March 14, 1679, to his son 
Samuel, of thirty-six acres of land, to Nathaniel, thirty-four acres, and later June 
7, 1 68 1, to his daughter Rebecca and her husband John Woodward, thirty acres, 
all apparently on the south side of the river. 

Richard Robbins probably died at Cambridge after April, 1683, but the 
date of his death has not been found. 

Children of Richard and Rebecca ( ) Robbins 

John, baptized at Charlestown, May 31, 1640; the record calls him Robinson; was killed in 
1680, by a terrific storm. 

Samuel, born in Cambridge, May 22, 1643; married Ebenezer , so it appears twice in 

the record; served in King Philip's War in Captain Thomas Prentice's Company; died 
in 1708. 
(164) Nathaniel, born in Cambridge in 1649; married Aug. 4, 166^, Mary Brazier. The mar- 
riage is recorded at Lexington, Mass. He died in December, 17 19. 

Rebecca, born in Cambridge; married before 1674, John Woodward, and was living in 1681. 



NATHANIi:i. RoBinNS [164) 28J 

[164] NATHANIHL ROBBINS [1640-1710! 

AND HIS Wll I; 

MARY BRAZIER [....-....] 

OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 

NATHANIEL ROBBINS, son of Richard and Rebecca ( ) Robbins 
( 165), was born at Cambridge in 1649. He married August 4, 1669, Mary 
Bkazilr. This name is given in Paige's C.ambridge as Braside, but is 
wrillcn Bra/ier in the Middlesex County manuscript copy of the returns 
to the clerk ot the court, and also in the late printed issue of Lexington births, etc. 
The clerk of thecourt reports the marriage as having taken place in Cambridge, but 
the latest issue of the Lexington Records gives it as in Lexington. 

Mary Brazier may have been a daughter of Edward Brazier, of Charlestown, 
who died May 3, 1689, "aged about 87 years" and who, it is thought, was a 
descendant of the John Brachier who married Alice Mayhew, the aunt of Governor 
Thomas Mayhew (238). 

Nathaniel Robbins received by deed from his father March 14, 1679, 
thirty-four acres on the south side of the river (Cambridge) and evidently settled 
there, as he was one of the hog-reeves, the same year. He was made freeman 
in 1O90. He died in December, 1719, and his wife Mary survived him, but the 
date of her death is unknown. 

Children of Nathaniel and Mary (Brazier) Robbins 
Rebecca, born Jan. 6, 1671/2; married Joseph Cheney. 
Mary, born May 31, 1673; died at Lexington, Mass., Nov. 30, 1676. 
Deborah, born June 6, 1674; married (i) Thomas Squire; married (2) William Brown. 
(165) Nathaniel, born Feb. 28, 1677/8; married (1) Hannah ("handi i.r, daughter of Wil- 
liam and .Mary (Dane) Chandler (170), who died Sept. 15, 1718; married (2) Mary 

( ) Prentice, widow of Thomas Prentice; died at Cambridge, Jan. 16, 1741 ''2. 

John, born Nov. 21, 1680. 

Thomas, born Nov. 6, 1683; died at Lexington, Mass., Jan. 31, 1700/1. 

Samuel, born May 30, 1686. 

Joseph, born Nov. 8, 1689. 

[i(^=,J NATHANIEL ROBBINS. JR. [1578-1742I 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH CHANDLER [1673-1718] 

OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 

NAIIIANILL ROBBINS, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Brazier) Robbins 
(i64),was born at Cambridge, Mass., February 28, 1677/8. He married (1) 
about i69i;', Hannah Chandler, daughter of William and .Mary (Dane) 
Chandler (170) of Andover, Mass. Hannah was born February 3, 1673, 
and was the mother of all his nine children. 



284 NATHANIEL ROBBINS, JR. [165] 

Nathaniel Robbins moved to Charlestown about 1700, as the birth and 
baptism of several of his children are recorded there. His wife died September 15, 

1718, and he married (2) Mary ( ) Prentice, widow of Thomas Prentice, who 

was born about 1677. At some time later he returned to Cambridge. 

He died at Cambridge, January 16, 174 1/2, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, 

according to the inscription on his tombstone. His will, made March 19, 1736/7, 

was proved March 29, 1742. His wife Mary survived him and married (2) November 

24, 1742, Samuel Lyon, of Roxbury. She died March 2, 1760, aged eighty-three. 

Children of Nathaniel and Hannah (Chandler) Robbins 

Thomas, born in Cambridge about 1696, and died young. 

Nathaniel, baptized in Cambridge June 19, 1698; married Martha ; died "suddenly 

of small-pox" in July, 1721. His only child died Nov. 10, and his wife Martha Nov. 
22, of the same year, of the same disease. 
Mary, born in Charlestown, July 22, baptized July 27, 1701 ; married in 1724, Joseph Russell. 
Thomas, born in Charlestown, Aug. 11, 1703; married (i) May 2, 1723, Ruth Johnson; 
married (2) Oct. 24, 1737, Xenia Jackson; lived at Lexington, Mass., and died there 
June 30, 1791. 
Hannah, born in Charlestown, June 30, 1705; married Zebediah Johnson. 
Rebecca, baptized in Cambridge, Sept. 7, 1707; married in 1727, Luxford Patten. 
(166) Philemon, born in Charlestown, Sept. ig, baptized Sept. 25, 1709; H. C. 1729; married (1) 
Dec. 24, 1735, Hannah Foote, daughter of Dr. Isaac and Rebecca (Dickerman) 

FooTE (174), who died June 16, 1776; married (2) Oct. 21, 1778, Jane (— ) 

Mills, of Kent, Conn.; died at Branford, Conn., Aug. 13, 1781. 
Deborah, born in Charlestown, March 24, baptized March 30, 171 1/2; married Joseph Rob- 
bins. They were published in November, 1731/2. 
Sarah, married William Butterfield. 

[166] REV. PHILEMON ROBBINS [1709-1781] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH FOOTE [1712-1776] 

OF BRANFORD, CONN. 

PHILEMON ROBBINS, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Chandler) 
Robbins (165), was born at Charlestown, Mass., September 19, 1709. He 
graduated at Harvard College in 1729 and taught school for some time 
at Andover after his graduation. Later he studied theology under Rev. 
Nathaniel Appleton, of Cambridge and commenced preaching near Boston. 

His first call was to a church at Harvard, Mass., which he declined. Shortly 
after he went with one of his classmates to attend Commencement at Wooden 
College, as Yale was then sometimes called, and while there was invited to go to 
Branford, Conn., as a candidate. He accepted this call, and was ordained as the 
pastor of the Branford Church on February 7, 1732. He remained there all his 
life, and preached for fifty years. 

He married (i) December 24, 1735, Hannah Foote, daughter of Dr. Isaac 



REV. PlllLLAlUN KOIUJINS [i(/)] 285 

and Rkbecca (Dicktrman) I-ootii (174) of Ikanford, Conn. She was born F'cb- 
ruary 28, 1712, and was the mother ol all liis children. 

Rev. Philemon Robbins was a man of remarkahU niiUI aiul henevolent 
spirit and, while in strong sympathy with Rev. George Whitefield and the religious 
revival which spread over New England in 1740, he was opposed to ail the extrava- 
gance of demeanor which accompanied it. As he went to the meeting-house one 
morning a local celebrity named Davenport broke out into loud and boisterous 
singing, and was reproved by Rev. Air. Robbins for having made a breach of 
Christian decorum. 

His fearless and devoted action during this religious excitement, then called 
"newlightism," is worthy of record. The Connecticut Legislature, wishing to 
check the progress of the revival, enacted a law forbidding any minister to preach 
within the limits of any other minister's parish, on penalty of forfeiting his right 
to collect his salary. After this, it happened that a little congregation of Baptists 
in Wallingford, just over the boundary line of Branford, had a religious interest 
with which the pastor did not sympathize. They asked Mr. Robbins to hold ser- 
vices for them, which he conceived it to be his duty to do. I le was at once arraigned 
by the Consociation to which he belonged, and the trial lasted several years, lie 
was deposed from his oflice, but as the mass of his people sustained him, and treated 
him most generously, he continued to preach and perform all his ministerial duties 
to his own people. His first sermon after his sentence was from the text, "Woe is unto 
me if i preach not the gospel." The civil authorities interfered, and he was brought 
before the Legislature, where, pleading his own cause, he gained his point and in- 
creased his popularity. Although he was for a short time shut out from ministerial 
fellowship, he lived on kindly terms with his fellow ministers, who gradually fell 
back into recognition of his proper position among them. His popularitv and in- 
fluence increased steadily during his long and useful pastorate. 

His wife Hannah died .Sunday, June 16, 1776. As she passed awav, her 
husband stayed by her bedside, while their son, Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, 
preached in his father's pulpit. 

He married (2) October 21, 1778, Jane ( ) Mills, of Kent, Conn. ,awoman 

of "most devoted piety." Hedied at Branford very suddenly, August 13, 1781, 
aged seventy-two. He preached as usual on Sunday, but on Monday, while sitting 
in his armchair with his pipe, he passed away, probably without a pang. 

His grandson, Rev. Ihomas Robbins, says of him: 

" In his person he was about middle height but rather inclined to corpulency. ... lie had 
a strong and pleasant voice and his manner was free and engaging and breathed much of the natu- 
ral benevolence of his spirit." 

Two of his sermons were published, one, preached at the ordination of his 
son Chandler in 1760 at PIvmouth, the other, at that of his son Ammi Ruhamah 
at Norfolk, Conn., in 1761. Besides these he also published: 

"A plain Narrative of the proceedings of the Rev. Association & Consociation of New Haven 



286 REV. PHILEMON ROBBINS [166] 

County, against the Rev. Mr. Robbins of Branford since the year 1741, and the doings of his church 
and people; with some r€marl<s by another hand in a letter to a friend. I743-" 

Children of Rev. Philemon and Hannah (Foote) Robbins 

Philemon, born Nov. i, 1736; died Sept. 6, 1757, while a student in Yale. 
(167) Chandler, born Aug. 24, 1738; Y. C. 1756; married Oct. 8, 1761, Jane Prince, daughter 
of Captain (or Dr.) Moses and Jane (Bethune) Prince (182); died at Plymouth, 
Mass., June 30, 1799. 

Ammi Ruhamah, born Sept. 3, 1740 (O.S. Aug. 25); Y. C. 1760; married at Plymouth, May 
16, 1762, Elizabeth LeBaron, daughter of Dr. Lazarus and Lydia (Bradford) Le- 
Baron; was for fifty-two years pastor of the church at Norfolk, Conn., and was chap- 
lain in the Revolution. He had a son. Rev. Thomas Robbins,' and a daughter 
Sarah, who married Joseph Battel!, of Norfolk. He died at Norfolk, Oct. 31, 1813. 

Hannah, born Sept. I, 1742; died Nov. 11, 1747. 

Rebecca, born July 27, 1744; died Feb. 7, 175 1. 

Irene, born Nov. 16, 1746; married George D. Thompson, of Halifax, N. S., who died at 
Plymouth in July, 1797. She died at Plymouth, Jan. 6, 1800. 

Sarah, born Jan. 1 1, 1749; married Rev. Peter Starr, and had a son Philemon (see No. 136). 

Hannah Rebecca, born April 18, 175 1 ; married (1) Rev. John Keep, of Long Meadow, Mass.; 
Y. C. 1769; pastor of the church at Sheffield, Conn., who died Sept. 3, 1784; married 
(2)Hon.Jahleel Woodbridge, of Stockbridge,Mass.;diedat Warren, Conn., Feb. 9, 1799. 

Rebecca Hannah, born April 7, 1753; married March 2, 1775, Dr. William M. Gould, Jr., 
of Manchester, Vt.; Y. C. 1771 ; Surgeon in the Continental Army under Gen. Schuyler; 
died at Branford, Sept. i, 1789. 

[167] REV. CHANDLER ROBBINS [1738-1799] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JANE PRINCE [1740-1800] 

OF PLYMOUTH, MASS. 

CHANDLER ROBBINS, son of Rev. Philemon and Hannah (Foote) 
Robbins (i66),was born at Branford, August 24, 1738. He entered Yale 
College in 1752 and was graduated in 1756, at the age of eighteen. He 
was very proficient in French, which was an unusual acquirement at 
that time. 

' Rev. Thomas Robbins' voluminous diary, full of family allusions, was printed in 1886 by his 
nephew, the late Robbins Battell of Norfolk, Conn. Thomas Robbins was intimate in the family of his cousin 
Hannah Robbins, wife of Benjamin Ives Oilman (135) of Marietta, Ohio, and was called uncle by her children. 
There is a very charming allusion to him in the last pages of Dr. Chandler Robbins Oilman's (see No. [35) little 
book Lile on the Lakes or a Trip to the Pictured Rocks (1836) which needs no excuse for its introduction here. " Post- 
script. After the greater portion of this book had been printed, a friend, who was looking over the sheets, said to me: 
'There are many things here which express only the whims and vagaries of the author, they are of no value; 'tis 
a pity you cannot strike them out and make the thing read more like other books.' 'My friend,' 1 replied, 'I 
will tell you a story — My uncle Thomas, who is a clergyman of the old New England school, had all his coats made 
with very wide tails; they were not like Quaker coats, nor indeed like any other coats but uncle Thomas's; 
he had worn them of the same pattern all his life, and uncle Tom is no longer young. On one occasion, when 
he contemplated a new coat, his sister remonstrated with him on the pattern; she urged, that if made like those 
commonly worn, it would be not only handsomer but more becoming. 'Sister,' said uncle Thomas, 'what 
you say may be very true; the new-fashioned coat may be handsomer, and it may be that 1 should look more 
genteel in it, but should I look as much like uncle Thomas ? No, No, I will wear my coats as 1 have alwavs worn 
them, and look — not handsome, not genteel — but like uncle Thomas.' " 




RI-;V. CIIANIII l-K KOUIUNS [ I 67 ] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JANE (prince) RORBINS 

FROM l)Ar,l'i;RRI;OTVPi;S 

OWNED BY BENJAMIN IVES OILMAN OF BOSTON 



REV. CHANDLl.R ROHBINS [iby] 287 

For a lime after his graciiiation he Hvcd in the family of Rev. Dr. Sproat of 
Guilford, Conn., afterwards pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Ur. 
Sproat recommended him to Rev. Dr. Wheelock for a teacher in the Indian School, 
at Lebanttn, Conn., wliich became Dartmouth ('oliege, and there he served for a 
time. 

While there, he determined upon studying for the ministry, and under the 
direction of Dr. Bellamy of Bethlehem, Conn., he studied theolo^v and in due time 
was licensed to preach. Dr. Sproat then recommended him to the people of Ply- 
mouth, Mass., as their minister, considering him particularly adapted to promote 
among them the harmon\' that diversity of religious opinion had endangered. They 
received him as a candidate and called him October 30, 1759. He accepted the 
call and was installed January ^o, 1760, when his father preached the ordination 
sermon, which was afterwards published. 

In l)a\is' Aiiciciii Lajuhiiaiks, it is stated that in this year he was published 
to "Mrs. Thankful Hubbard," but if so the engagement was broken off. He mar- 
ried, October 8, 1761, J.\ne Pkince, daughter of Captain Moses and [ane (Be- 
thune) Prince (182), who was born September 7, 1740. Before this. Captain 
Prince had died and his widow had married (2) Hon. Peter Oilman of Exeter (see 
161), and was living in the old Garrison House, where the marriage probably took 
place. 

April I, 1782, we finti that 

"The request of the Rev"* Chandler Robbins was read requesting liberty to fence in the bury- 
ing hill that he might pasture the same. After which the Town voted that the Rev** Mr. Robbins 
have liberty to fence in the said hill he to have the benefit of pasturing the same for so long a time 
as llic fown think pnipcr, ho to iiavc liberty to tai<c otT the fence when he pleases." 

They lived until 1788 in the parsonage built for them in Plymouth. I le then 
built and moved into a new house, still standing, on the opposite side of the street. 
Here he resided until his death. He preached the election sermon in 1791, and re- 
ceived the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth in 1792, and the same from the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh in 1793. In reference to the latter, Mrs. Robbins wrote her 
daughter, Mrs. Benjamin IvesGilman (135), then living in Marietta: 

"Hannah, I believe, I will tell you. . . . your Par has a diploma from the University of 
Edinburgh conferring on him the honour of a Doctorate. Par, looking over my shoulder, says, 
poh. what did you say anything about it for. I tell him because Children, must be pleased with 
evry expression of respect paid their parents." 

He was pastor of the Plymouth church for thirty-nine years, and probably 
had the largest congregation of any minister in the Commonwealth of .Massachu- 
setts. There were at least twentv-five hundred people in his extended field in 179s. 
and he succeeded in preserving harmony and ministering to the satisfaction of his 
church until his death. That this successful ministry was not without its sterner 
side is manifested by the church books, where we find that Dr. Robbins read a man 



288 REV. CHANDLER ROBBINS [167] 

called "Apostle " Jesse Churchill out of church, consigning him, as was usual in that 
time, to "the buffetings of Satan." 

From the diary letters written to their absent daughter, we have a very good 
picture of the active life of Rev. Mr. Robbins and his devoted wife. He was in cor- 
respondence for many years with ministers in England, and one letter from Birming- 
ham gives a description of the first foreign missionaries leaving Spithead on Thurs- 
day, September 22, 1796, for Otaheite. Mrs. Robbins expresses their interest in 
the then new missionary movement. 

Mr. Robbins was the object of his wife's anxious care for several years before 
his death, as he suffered from lung trouble complicated with nervous disorders, but 
he was able to preach until near the close of his life. He died June 30, 1799, aged 
sixty, and was buried in the burying-ground on the Hill. Rev. Mr. Sanger preached 
the funeral sermon, and "The whole ceremony exhibited a melancholy & affecting 
scene altogether unprecedented in the P. Colony." His body was followed to the 
grave by a large concourse of his friends and parishioners. 

In Dr. Robbins' last sermon preached April 7, 1799, he "spoke of the Har- 
mony that had subsisted between him and this people near forty years." He 
was not a great preacher, but even in his extempore addresses, spoke with more 
than common ease and grace. His nephew, Rev. Thomas Robbins, wrote of him: 

"There was not the semblance of sternness either in his face or in his nature. In his manners, 
he was a fine model of a Christian gentleman. . . . With great urbanity and respect for the feel- 
ings of others, he united a remarkable degree of simplicity, that made him accessible as well to the 
lower as to the higher classes." 

His wife lingered for a year after her husband's death, and died at Plymouth, 
September 12, 1800. She was buried by him, in the burying-ground on the Hill. 

Children of Rev. Chandler and Jane (Prince) Robbins 

Chandler, born Aug. ig, 1762; H. C. 1782; married Sept. 4, 1793, Harriet Lothrop, daughter 
of Thomas and Lydia (Goodwin) Lothrop, of Plymouth; died in Boston, May 18, 1834. 

Jane Prince, born Feb. 7, 1764; married June 28, 1787, at Plymouth, Dr. Francis LeBaron 
Goodwin, son of Nathaniel and Lydia (LeBaron) Goodwin. Dr. Goodwin was 
surgeon in the Revolution and one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. 
She died at Frankfort, Me., July 29, 1801. 

Hannah, born Sept. 24, 1765; died July 17, 1766. 

George, born March 8, died March 13, 1767. 
(135) Hannah, born Sept. 29, 1768; married Feb. 4, 1790, Benjamin Ives Gilman, son of Joseph 
and Rebecca (Ives) Gilman (134), of Exeter, N. H.; died Aug. 24, 1837, at the 
home of her son-in-law, Martin Hoffman, Esq., in New York. 

Isaac, born June 19, 1770; married in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 3, 1803, Mary Douglas Howell, 
daughter of David and Mary (Douglas) Howell; was a Methodist minister at 
Alexandria, and agent of the Methodist Episcopal Book Concern; lived in a house 
still standing, called Robin's Nest, and died May 27, 1846. 

Philemon, born March 23, 1777; died unmarried, April 10, 1827. 

Samuel Prince, born April 20, 1778; H. C. 1798; married in Marietta, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1810, 



REV. ClIANDLl K KOBBINS [167] 289 

Martha Burlinganu-, clauf;litor of (!liristi)plKT aiul Susanna (Putnam) BurlinKamc.and 
graiidJauylilcr of Gen. Kufus I'utnani, of Kovolutionary fanu'. who ln-longi-il lo the 
Marietta Colony. Mr. Robbins was pastor of the church at Marietta, ()., being or- 
dained Jan. 8, 1806. In Dr. Thomas Robbins' Diar>' he speaks of his long ride of 
five hundred miles taken in order to be present at the ordination of this cousin. 
Rev. Samuel P. Rohbins died in Marietta, Sept. 2. 1823. 
Peter (.'lilman, born Dec. 10, 1781 ; II. C 1801; married at Lynn, Mass., Jan. 18, 1807, Abba 
Dowse; was a phjsician in Lynn, and Roxbury, Mass., and died in 1850. 

\\bq\ WILLIAM CHANI)LL:R |....-i(yii| 

OF ENGLAND AND KO.XBUKY, MASS. 

WILLIAM CHANDLER'S name first occurs in the records of Roxbury, 
Mass. He emigrated to Now F.ngianJ in 1637 with his four small 
children, and settled in Ro.xbury. I'he name of his first wife is not 
known, and she is supposed to have died before he left England. He 
tnarried (2) in New England, Annis Alcock, a sister of "Deakon" George Alcock, 
who had come over in the "Abigail" in July, 1635, at the age of eighteen. 

William Chandler was a small landed proprietor in Roxbury and was taxed 
on twcntv-two acres of land, one goat and one kid in 1640. I le took the freeman's 
oath the same year on May 13. From the diary of Rev. John Eliot we extract the 
following: 

" \V"' Chandler he came to N.E. aboute the yearc 1637 he brought 4 small child" Thomas, 
Hana, [ohn, Willia : his child Sarah was borne here, he lived a very religious & Godly life among us 
& fell into a consumption, to w"^ he had been long inclined, he lay ncare a yeare sick, in all w*" 
time, his faith, patiens & Godlynesse & Contentation so shined, y' Christ was much gloryfied in him, 
he was a man of weake p" but excellent fath & holyness he was a very thankfull man 6c much 
magnified Gods goodnesse, he was pore, but God so opened the hearts of his naybe to him, y' he 
never wanted y' w"" was (at least in his esteeme) very plentifull & comfortable to him: he dyed 
about the in y' yeare i64r & left a sweet memory & savor behind him." 

The recordsof the Eliot Churchof Roxbury say: "\\ illiani ChandleraChristian 
Godly brother, died of consumption month 1 1, day 26 1641 " (i. e., January 26, 
1641/2). 

After William Chandler's death, his widow Annis, under the name of Ann, 
married, July 2, 1643, as his second wife, John Dane (171-A). The Massachusetts 
General Court, October 17, 1649, gave John Dane the house and land that had 
formerly been William Chandler's, for payment on account of his support of the 
wife and children of Chandler. 

John Dane died in 1658, and Annis married (3) at Roxbury, August 9, 1660, 
John Parmenter of Sudbury. Rev. John Eliot, in mentioning this marriage, calls 
her "Mrs. Annice Dane." John Parmenter, who died in 1671, in his will mentions 
her as his wife " Annisce" to whom he gave " the use of my warming pan so long as 



290 WILLIAM CHANDLER [169] 

she remain mywiddow." Annicedied March 15, 1683, and the Church Records men- 
tion it thus: " 1683. m. i. d. 17. died old mother Parminter a blessed saint." 

Children of William and Chandler 

Hannah, born about 1629; married (1) Dec. 12, 1646, George Abbott, who is said to have 
come from Yorkshire, England, in 1637, in the same ship with William Chandler 
and his family. He died Dec. 24, 1681, and in his will he left his whole estate to 
Hannah, "considering the great love & affection I bear her and the tender love & 
respect she hath had to me and her care & diligence in helping to gett and save 
what God hath blessed us withal and her prudence in management of the same." 
Hannah married (2) in 1690, as his third wife, her step-brother. Rev. Francis Dane, 
the second minister of the church at Andover, and died June 2, 171 1. 

Thomas, born about 1630; married Hannah Brewer; was a lieutenant in the Andover Com- 
pany of Foot under the command of Captain Dudley Bradstreet; was a representa- 
tive to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1678 and 1679; in the records he was 
called Captain Thomas Chandler; died in Andover, in 1703. 
(170) William, born about 1633 married (1) Aug. 24, 1658, Mary Dane, daughter of his 
step-brother. Dr. John and Eleanor (Clark) Dane (171), who died May 10, 1679; 
married (2) Oct. 8, 1679, Bridget (Henchman) Richardson; died in Andover, in 1698. 

John, born about 1635; married Feb. 16, 1659, Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of William 
and Anna (Mattle) Douglas, of New London, Conn.; was one of the proprietors of 
New Roxbury (Woodstock), Conn., a deacon in the church there, and one of the first 
selectmen; died in Woodstock, April 15, 1703. His daughter Hannah married 
Moses Draper (see No. 246). 

Children of William and Annis (Alcock) Chandler 

Sarah, born in Roxbury, Mass.; married (1) Nov. 4, 1659, William Cleaves, who was killed 
in the Sudbury Fight on April 21, 1676, at the same time as Thomas Hawley (121); 

married (2) Wilson; married (3) Oct. 1 1, 1688, Ephraim Stevens; married (4) 

Allen. In 1692 she was accused, with several others, of witchcraft, but they 

were all released on the petition of the town people because of their "good report," etc. 



[170I WILLIAM CHANDLER, JR. [1633-1698] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY DANE [1636-1679] 

OF ENGLAND AND ANDOVER, MASS. 

WILLIAM CHANDLER, son of William and Chandler (169), 
was born in England about 1633. He came to New England with 
his father in 1637. After his father's death in 1641 he was cared for 
with his brothers and sisters, by his mother and his step-father, John 
Dane (171-A) until his marriage. 

He married in Andover, Mass., August 24, 1658, Mary Dane, a granddaugh- 



WILLIAM CHANULl-.K. Jl^ (lyo] 291 

ter of his stepfather and daiif^htor of Dr. John ami Ij.kanor (Clark) I)ANn(i7i), 
of Ipswich. She was born alx)ut 1636. They settled in Andover, and he as a hus- 
bandman, and his brother Thomas as a blacksmith, were among the most promi- 
nent of the first settlers of the place. 

William held several minor offices in the town, was "fence-viewer for the 
southerly parts of the town," constable in 1670, grand juryman in 1672, and 
selectman in 1678 and 1679. His wife Mary died in Andover, May 10, 1679, aged 
forty-three, having had eleven children, and five months later he married (2) Oct- 
ober 8, 1679, Bridget (Henchman) Richardson. Bridget was the widow of Lieu- 
tenant James Richardson (or Francis Riciiardson of C.helmsffird), and sister of 
Thomas Henchman, of the same place. In Hodge's King Philip' <, War, he gives 
her father as another Thomas. 

In 1683 he called himself a bricUmaker, in a deed of land to Joseph iJallard 
of Andover, but soon after he became an inn-keeper on the Ipswich road to Bil- 
lerica. His sign was a "Horse Shoe." Gimplaint was made to the (uaurt in 1691 
that he sold strong drink witiiout a license, which proved unfounded, as his license 
was dated February 2, 1686, and had been issued by "Jon" Tyng one of his Majes- 
tys Councils." Twelve prominent citizens sent in a petition to have it revoked, 
claiming that it had been granted on the recommendation of selectmen who were 
"pickt out for that end," and adding: 

"At his first setting up he seemed to have some lendcrnesse upon his conscience not to admit 
of excess nor disorder in his house: but custom in his way of dealing and the earnest desire of 
money hatli proved an evil root to him. ... If he be not restrained from the selling of drink our 
town will be for the greatest part of our young generation so corrupted thereby that wee can ex- 
pect little else but a cours of drunkenness of them and what con fort will that be to parents to see 
such a posterity coming on upon the stage after them." 

The friends of William Chandler, however, got the start of the petitioners, 
secured a sufficient number of selectmen, and the license was issued January 17, 
1692, before the petition reached the court. Mr. Andrew Peters (250) was one 
of his two bondsmen, and later succeeded him as inn-keeper. 

In 1696 he was al.so interested with Andrkw Peters in the "ware for y' 
catching of fish." 

William Chandler died at Andover in 1698, aged sixty-four or five years. 
His will, dated September 15, 1697, proved December 12, 1698, was witnessed by 
John Dane, Abigail Dane and Richard Walker. The executors were his wife 
Bridget, his son William and his "loving friend John Barker." 

His widow died March 6, 1731, and we have the authority of her pastor, F^ev. 
Samuel F^hillips, for her attaining the age of one hundred years. 

CiiiLDRLN OF William and Mary (Dane) Chandler 

Mary, born July 5, 1659; married Sept. 30, 1691, John Sherwin.of Ipswich, Mass.; died there 
Jan. 18, 1745. 



292 WILLIAM CHANDLER, JR. [170] 

William, born Jan. 31, 1661; married Dec. 28, 1682, Sarah Buckminster (or Buckmaster); 

died at Andover, Oct. 27, 1727. 
Sarah, born Jan. 29, 1662; died May 12, 1668. 
Thomas, born in 1663; died young. 
John, born in 1665; died Dec. 28, 1681. 
Philemon, born Aug. 24, 1667; died May 6, 1668. 
Thomas, born March 2, 1668; died Oct. 6, 1670. 
Philemon, born Sept. 4, 1671 ; married (1) Hannah Clary; married (2) May 2, 1739, Patience 

( ) Griggs, of Woodstock, Conn.; was deacon of the church at Pomfret, Conn., 

where he died May 7, 1752, in the eighty-first year of his age. 
(165) Hannah, born Feb. 5, 1673; married about 1695, Nathaniel Robbins, son of Nathaniel 

and Mary (Brazier) Robbins (164), of Cambridge, Mass.; died Sept. i 5, 1718. 
Thomas, born Dec. 5, 1676; married Mary Stevens, daughter of Deacon Joseph Stevens, 

of Andover; died at Andover Nov. 7, 1751. 
Joseph, born in 1679; died young. 

Children of William and Bridget (Henchman Richardson) Chandler 

Phoebe, born Sept. 17, 1680; married, June 14, 1708, Jonathan Tyler. At the age of twelve 

she was one of the principal witnesses against Martha Carrier who was hanged for 

witchcraft, Aug. 19, 1692. 
Joseph, born July 17, 1682; married in Andover, June 10, 1708, Mehitable Russell; died 

April 23, 1734. 
Rhoda, born Sept. 26, 1684; married April 19, 1705, Timothy Holt, son of James and Hannah 

(Allen) Holt, of Andover; died Aug. 14, 1765, aged eighty-one. 

[lyi-Aj JOHN DANE [1587-1658] 

OF ENGLAND, IPSWICH AND ROXBURY, MASS. 

TOHN DANE was probably born in Barkhamstead, Hertsfordshire, but re- 
I moved from there to Bishop Stortford in the same county, about 1620, as 
I appears from the Narrative of his son John (171). He probably continued 
J living there until he and his family emigrated to New England. 

He was a tailor, devoutly religious, and a strict disciplinarian. He mar- 
ried (i) in England, but the name of his wife is not known. She was the mother 
of his three children. Her son says of her that she was " a serious woman " and had 
"bene saruant to the Ladie denney." There was a Lady Margaret Denny, Maid 
of Honor toQueen Elizabeth and wifeof Sir Edward Denny, Knt.,whodied in April, 
1648, aged eighty-eight, and to whose memory a monument is erected at Bishop 
Stortford, who may be this Lady Denny. 

John Dane came to New England after 1635, bringing with him his wife 
and two children, his eldest son John (171) having emigrated a short time before. 
He settled first in Ipswich, Mass., where his son John was then living. In April, 
1639, a house and lot was granted to him in the street called the West End, on the 



JOHN DANK L171-AI 293 

side of Ipswich River. He was made freeman in \f>^\, anil the same year he re- 
moved to Roxbury, where his wife died. 

He married (2) July 2, 1643, Annis (Alcock) Chandler, widow of Wii.i.iam 
Ciiandi,i:r (i6()). On October 17, 1649, the General Court settled upon John 
Dan I- the house and lands 

"in all five accres and a halfe more or lesse, lately belonging to the heirs of William Chandler. . . . 
■^'c said Dayn having paid niurc debts of (".handlers than yc house and land was worth and also 
brot up ye children of Chandler which have been chargeable to him." 

l-ebruary 2, 165 1/2, he made a deed of gift to his "deare & loving wife Annis 
Dane formerly wife of William Chandler" of all llie housing and lands that had been 
her fust husband's. The same year he bought lands in Dorchester, twenty-three 
and one-half acres in all, from 1 honias Heckwith and Joseph Patchin, some of il 
lying near a lot belonging to the Chandler heirs. 

John Dani^ died at Roxbury and, according to the church records, was 
buried September 14, 1638. His will, dated September 7, 1658 and proved October 
16, of the same year, is in his own writing, and is on file in the Probate OfTice of 
Boston. It is as follows: 

"\pon the sevth day of the seveth month in 1658. — To son John Dane ten pounds out of 
my now dwelling house, which will appear in deed, dated 2d febcri in fift one [1651]. — To son 
Francis my woodlot about two and twenlie ackers, mor or ies, as it doth appeer in Town book — To 
dafter Elizabeth How, a black cow now att Andiver in the hand of George Abet to be dcliuered to 
her after my deseas emediately — To son John Dane on feather bede & on feather boster & two 
fether pillows & a yellow rugg & also a pewter platter. — To son Francis on great ketle, also on 
(la.xen sheet & a saser— To dafter Fli/.abeth How a litl kittle, & on pewter candlestick— To son 
Frances, my old black cow now at Roxburie & my bible— To louing wiff Anic whom I mak sooll 
exseckitrix all my movable goods — that is not expressed." 

signed John Dane. 
witnesses Isaac Heath 

John Johnson Isaak Morrell. 

His widow Annis married (3) August 9, 1660 John Parmenter of Sudbury. 
She died March 13, 1683. The church records say " 1683 m. i.d. 17 died old 
mother Parminter a blessed saint." 

Children of John and Dane 

(171) John, born about 1612 or 1613; married (1) in England, Eleanor Clark; married (2) Alice 

; died at Ipswich, Sept. 29, 1684. 

Elizabeth, married James How, or Howe, of Ipswich; died in Ipswich Jan. 21, 1693. 
Francis, born about 1616; married (1) before 1645, Elizabeth Ingalls, daughter of Edmund 
Ingalls, who died June 6, 1676; married (2) Sept. 21, 1677, Mary Thomas, who died 
Feb. 18, i688/q; married (3) in 1690, at seventy-four, his step-sister Hannah (Chan- 
dler) Abbott, widow of George Abbott and daughter of Wiimam and Chandmir 
(169). Rev. Francis Dane, in 1648, succeeded Rev. Mr. Woodbridge at the And- 
over Church, and was its pastor forty-eight years, until his death. He died 
Feb. 17, 1696/7 



294 JOHN DANE, JR. [171] 

[171] JOHN DANE, JR. [1613-1684] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELEANOR CLARK [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND IPSWICH, MASS. 

WE have an unusual record of the early life of John Dane, "the tayler 
of Wood Roe in Hatfield, England, and the chirurgeon of Ipswich, 
Mass." in his Declaration of Remarkabell Proiiedenses in the Corse of 
my Lyfe. This curious little volume, in his own handwriting and 
consisting of 132 leaves 3K by 6 inches, is well preserved and has been handed 
down from one generation to another as an heirloom. It is now in the possession 
of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, of Boston. No dates are 
given in it but we have been able to cull those from other sources. 

John Dane, son of John and Dane, was born in Barkhamstead, Hert- 
fordshire, England, in 1612 or 1613. From the Narrative we learn that in his in- 
fancy, his father John Dane (171 -a) moved from Barkhamstead to Bishop Stort- 
ford. His parents were "serious pepell " who attended Rev. John Norton's preach- 
ing. He says of his early boyhood: 

"When I was but a lettell boy, being edicated under godly parents, my Conshans was ueary 
apt to tell me of euells that I should not doe. . . . Not longe after, 1 being alone on the shopbord 
Repping open a payer of bretches of a Gintilmans who had had a hole in his pocut and sewed up 
againe, thorow which hole he had lost or dropt into his knes of his linings a pese of gould, which, 
when I saw, I thought I myt haue it, for I thout nobody knew of it, nor could know of it. 1 
toke the Gould and hed it, and sat upon the shopbord to worke; but, thinking of it, I thout it is 
none of myne. 1 fetcht it againe, but upone more pondring I went and hed it againe. When I 
had dun so, I could not be quiet in my mynd, but fetcht it againe, and thout thow nobody could 
know of it, yet god, he knew of it. So I gaue it to my fatther, hoe gaue it to the gintelman. I 
cant but take notes of gods goodness in then giving me Restrayning grace to presarue from 
sutch a temptation, though then I slytly passed ouer many sutch prouedenses." 

When about sixteen or eighteen years old, he ran away from home because 
his father "basted" him for going to a "dansing scoll to learne to dans." As 
he had learned tailoring he found no difficulty in securing employment at 
Barkhampstead. Later he went to Hertford, where his temptations and trials 
were severe, and writes: 

"But when I conseder my Retched hart, and what 1 myt with shame and blushing speke 
that waie, I cannot but sa, O, wonderfull, unspekeable, unsarchabl marseys of a god that taketh 
care of us when we take no Care of ourseluese." 

One Sunday, instead of going to church because, as he says, he was not 
properly dressed, he 

"walkt in filds close by a meadow sid. Thare was, whetther fly, wasp, or hornet, I cannot tell. 



JOHN DANH, JR. [171] 295 

but it struck my finger, and waiter and blod cam out of it and paind mc mutch. I went up to 
a hous and shoud it, but thay knew not what a sting I had at my hartc. Now I thout of my 
mothers words, that god would find me out. I hastened home to the Chamber I lay in, at my 
master's house; and when i cam thare I toke my bybell and lokl ouer sum instructions my father 
had Ret, and I wept sorly. The payne and swelling increast \ sweld up to my shoulder. I prayd 
ernistly to god that he wouM pardon my sinn and heall my arme." 

John Dane's besetting sin seems to have been a love of dancing, and the 
companionship into which this led him troubled his conscience. I lis confessions 
read not imiike those of Bunyan at the same period. 

In his " Restles condishon " he thought of going to St. (Christophers, but 

"when the time was cum that we shoud goe, thare came nuse that saint Christifars was taken 
by the spahyard." [October 1629]. He then decided to goe and work Jurney work thorow all 
the Counties in ingland, and so walk as a pilgrim up and doune on the earth," 

but he first went home, where his parents received him "ueary louingly." He then 
became a butler at .Mr. Barenlon's, "a ueary Religious famely as euer I came in," 
and he shortly after married (i) Eleanor Clark and settled in Wood Roe, Hatfield. 
There he was a tailor, " toke a prentis and kept a gurniman." He says 

"Sone after 1 had the palsie taking me, which diii mutch weaking my brayne and spoylc 
my memory. ... I went to a phisishon, and he lould me that it was too latte to doe me annie 
good. I was so as that 1 could scarce goe to bed or from bed without helpe. And my mother 
hauing bene seruant to the Ladie denney, she speaking of it to the Ladie, she fould hur of a mead- 
son that had cuered an ould woman of thre score yeres ould. My mother diligently atcnding to 
the meathod of the besenes, cam to me and aplyed the same to me, and it ceuerd me; though 1 
have the marks of it on my face to this day." 

Finally he bent himself to 

"cum to nu ingland, thinking that I should be more fre here than thare from temptations; but 
I find here a deuell to tempt and a corupt hart to deseue. . . . When I was mutch bent to cum. 
I went to starford to my fatther to tell him. . . . Aly falther and motther showd themselfs un- 
willing. I sat close by a tabell whare thare lay a hihell. I hastily toke up the bybell, and tould 
my fatther if whare I opend the bybell thare i met with anie thing eyther to incuredg or dis- 
couredg that should settell me. I oping of it. ... the first 1 cast my eys on was: Cum out 
from among them, touch no unclene thing, and I will be your god and you shall be my pepell. 
My fatther and motther neuer more aposd me but furdered me in the thing; and hasted after me 
as sone as thay could. My first cuming was to Ro.\burey. I hare I toke a pese of ground to 
plant of a frind." 

lie sailed for New England in the spring of 1635 and settled as he says at 
Roxbury, Mass. About 1638 he moved to Ipswich, Mass., because Rev. Mr. 
Morton was there and he "had a mynd to liue under him." He brought his family 
and goods to Boston and went from there to Ipswich, in one of "goodman med- 
cafes " vessels. This was Captain Joseph Metcau- (152-A). 

In the records his name is sometimes spelled Dane and sometimes Dean, 
and he is spoken of as a chirurgeon and called Doctor. He probably worked at 



296 JOHN DANE, JR. [171] 

his trade of tailor as well. In 1648 he was one of the subscribers towards the com- 
pensation to Major Denison, his name appearing with Captain Joseph Metcalf 
(152-A) and Thomas Metcalf (152). He says 

"In sixty one, my house was burnt, as nere as I can Remember; and it was a most uialant 
fier. At that time 1 could not but take notes of seuarall prouedensis concuring with. I doe not 
know that 1 did murmer at it, but was silent loking up to god to santifie it to me. It pleased 
god to stur up the harts of my louing frinds to help me to the careyng on of another. I had 
bene ill before, and not well fitting to goe abrod, and could not indewer weat on my fete." How- 
ever he says that he was enabled to do the work that was necessary, and "thus god hath all along 
presarud and cept me all my dales." 

He was a selectman from 1664 to 1669 and had one and a half shares, in 1664, 
in the division of Plum Island, that is, he was in the class in Ipswich who paid 
between 6s. 8d. and i6s. tax. 

His first wife died, and he married (2) Alice , who survived him. He died 

at Ipswich, September 29, 1684, aged seventy-one. His will, labeled "Dr. Dane's 
will," dated May 31, proved September 30, 1684, speaks of his wife Alice, his sons 
John and Philemon, his daughters Elizabeth and Sarah and grandchildren Mary 
Chandler and Daniel Hovey. The following sentence in his will 

"my will is that me sone John and Philemon have my books and manuscripts, and that Philemon 
diuide them and John chuse" 

shows that he appreciated the frailties of others as well as his own. His estate in- 
ventoried ;£469. lis. <yd. 

His sons effected a separation of the two names Dean and Dane, Philemon 
using the former, and John retaining the spelling Dane. 

Children of Dr. John and Eleanor (Clark) Dane 

(170) Mary, born about 1636; married Aug. 24, 1658, William Chandler, son of William and 

Chandler (169). By this, Mary married the step-brother of her father. 

She died at Andover, May 10, 1679. 

John, born in 1644; married Dec. 27, 1671, Abigail Warner, daughter of Daniel and Eliza- 
beth (Denne) Warner; lived at Ipswich, and was a juror in the witchcraft cases there; 
died before Jan. 23, 1707/8. 

Philemon, born about 1646; married (1) Oct. 7, 1685, Mary Thompson; married (2) Dec. 25, 
1690, Ruth Convers (or Converse), daughter of James Convers, of Woburn; was a 
physician, and served in the Narragansett war in 1675; died in Ipswich, Oct. 18, 1716. 

Elizabeth, married Reginald Foster, son of Reginald Foster. 

Sarah, married Sept. 23, 1668, Daniel Warner, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Denne) Warner, 
and brother of her brother John's wife. 

Rebecca, married James Hovey, son of Daniel and Abigail (Andrews) Hovey. He was 
killed at Brookfield in the engagement with the Indians Aug. 2, 1675. He left 
one son Daniel, who was brought up by his grandparents, Daniel and Abigail 
Hovey. 



THE FOOTE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 297 

THE FOOTE FAMILY IN 1-:NGLAND 

WHILE nothing positive can be asserted about the Ilnglish ancestry 
of Nathaniel Foote (172) data furnished by Henry F. Waters 
in his Genealogical Gleanings give us a clue to the family history. 
We state below the reasons which lead us to suppose that the [{nglish 
I'ootes are the parents and grandparents of our ancestors, whose descent has never 
before been traced to our knowledge. 

The story of two generations of English Footes is as follows. According to 
wills on pp. 1275-1285 of t\\Q Genealogical Gleanings, Robert Foote, of Shalford, 
Essex, yeoman, and his brother John Foote, "citizen and grocer of London," came 
originally from Royston, Cambridgeshire and Herts. They were sons of Robert 

and Foote, of Royston and married sisters, Joane and Margaret Brooke, 

of London. The will of their mother-in-law, Elizabeth Brooke, of London, 
widow of John Brooke, 1599, would show that John Brooke was of the (Com- 
pany of Leathersellers. Elizabeth Brooke lived in East Cheap and was buried 
in the parish church of St. Leonard there, one of the many churches which were 
burned in the Great Fire, about seventy years later. In thewiilof F!lizabeth Br(K)Ke 
she leaves to her daughter Joane Foote " her wedding ring of gold " and remainder 
of a "messuage in Gracious [Gracechurch] Street commonly called or known by 
the name of the sign of the Star and Stirrup." She leaves to Mary F-""oote, after- 
wards llewes, a daughter of Joane Foote, "one other ale pot of silver gilt with 
two ears, to be delivered unto her father or mother for her use." She desires her 
son Thomas Brooke to 

"pay to my son in law Robert Foote, within two years after my decease, twenty six pounds thir- 
teen shillings four pence at the foresaid messuage or tenement called the sign of thcStar and Stirrup" 

in release of a legacy given him by her husband John Brooke. 

The next will is that of Robert Foote, of Shalford, Essex, January 27, 1608. 
He calls himself "yeoman" and was the son-in-law of Elizabeth Brooke. He 
leaves to his wife Joane (Brooke) Foote the yearly rent, amounting to eight 
pounds, of tenements which he holds "for divers years yet enduring by the grant 
of Sir Robert Chester Knight, and lying and being in the town of Royston," his 
native place. His children, named, are Robert, Joseph, Mary, wife of John Hewes, 
"chandler, of Royston," James, Daniel, Nathaniel, Francis, Josua and Elizabeth. 
Direct legacies are left to Robert, Joseph and James, while Mary Hewes has a resi- 
duary interest in the estate, from which we siiould infer she had had her portion 
on marriage. He then leaves "To son Daniel forty pounds at four and twenty." 
and the same to sons Nathaniel, Francis and Josua. To his daughter Elizabeth 
forty pounds at the day of her marriage or at thirty. 

The eldest son Robert was made sole executor, and John Foote of London, 
his brother, and John Hewes of RoNslon, his son-in-law, were supervisors. 



298 THE FOOTE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

Of the children mentioned in this will, Joshua, who was a citizen and iron- 
monger of London, is known to have emigrated to Roxbury, Mass., and afterwards 
to Providence, R. 1. His will was administered by Joshua Hewes, of Roxbury, 
Mass., who was his nephew and a son of Mary (Foote) Hewes. In a note on page 
1284, Mr. Waters says, "1 would suggest also that Nathaniel Foote of Watertown 
(Mass.) may have been another son of Robert Foote, of Shalford." This seems to 
us to be confirmed by the names of five of Nathaniel's children, which repeat those 
of his brothers and sisters, viz: Elizabeth, Daniel, Mary, Robert, and Frances. 
Another daughter, Sarah, may have been named for her aunt Sara (Brooke) Storye. 
The dates also confirm this theory. The five younger children were not twenty- 
four in 1608, and, as, according to our records, Nathaniel was born about 1593, 
he would have been about fifteen at the time of his father's death. 

The London family of the other son of Robert Foote, of Royston, John 
Foote, "citizen and grocer of London, "became a prominent and important one. 
His son Thomas was created a baronet and was once Lord Mayor of London, in 
which office probably he was knighted. Sir Thomas Foote's daughters married 
into the Onslow, Lewis and Rowles families, all of distinction. 

The pedigree is as follows, if, as we suppose, our Nathaniel was the son 

of Robert Foote of Shalford. 

I 

Robert Foote, of Royston "descended out of Lincolnshire," married , who 

afterwards married Hall, Sergeant Trumpeter of Queen Elizabeth. His 

son was 

2 

Robert Foote, of Shalford, married Joane Brooke, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
( ) Brooke, of London. His will was proved Feb. 15, 1608. His son was 

3 

Nathaniel Foote, see below. 

L172J NATHANIEL FOOTE [1S93-1644J 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH DEMING [i 595-1683] 

OF ENGLAND AND WETHERSFIELD, CONN. 

NATHANIEL FOOTE, probably son of Robert and Joane (Brooke) 
FooTE of Shalford, Essex, was born about 1593. He was married in 
England, about 161 5, to Elizabeth Deming. Elizabeth was born in 
1 595, and was a sister of John Deming, who was, in 1636, one of the first 
settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., a prominent magistrate and one of the patentees 
named in the charter of Connecticut. 

Nathaniel Foote came to New England before 1634, when he was about 
forty years old, and brought with him his wife and six children. Their youngest 



NATHANIEL FOUlL [172] 299 

chilli Rebecca was born in this country. The first record we have nf him is at Water- 
town, Mass., where he was made (reeman September 3, 1634, and was granted "an 
home-stall of sixteen acres" as well as "two acres of marsh." lie did not remain 
there long, but joined the pioneers who made the long anti perilous journey 
through New I'.ngiand to the Connecticut River, where they made a settlement at 
Wetherslkld, Conn. 

Trumbull, in his Memorial History of Hartford County, says of him : 

"With Nallianiil lootc the list of the known adventurers closes. Although he h.id the 
largest share of ad\enture land, his coming to Connecticut was not the earliest, having been, 
according to all indication, about 1635. He was an elderly man and among his posterity have 
been some of Connecticut's most distinguished sons." 

Among other commissary supplies for the "designe against the Pequoitts" 
in 1637, the General Court gave the following order, 

"there shalbe 1 hogg prvided att Wythersfeild for the designe in handc, wch is conceiued to be 
Nathaniel Footes 20 lbs of Butter, half C of Cheese :&c." 

In the original distribution of lands in Wcthersfield in 1640, he was assigned 
a house lot of ten acres on the east side of Broad Street, near the south end of the 
street. He owned over four hundred acres in cultivation, and also gave attention 
to public matters. He was deputy to the General Court in 1641 , and juror in 1643 
and 1644. 

He died at Wethersfield in 1644, and was buried in the old graveyard behind 
the meeting-house, where are now the ashes of nine generations of the Foote family. 
He had made no will and an inventory was made November 20, of the same year, 

"being truly taken and IndifTcrcnily prised by Richard Trattc, Samuel Smith and Nathaniel 
Dickinson." 

The estate, of over £800, consisted of lands worth ;£40o, loans £2^, 

"horssc flashc and a young mare /4!. . . In neat cattcll and in hay . . . goats sows and young 
shoats £\jq . . . Pewter and Brasse and other vseful vessells ;£i2 . . . f)ne Lynnen £^., beside 
furniture etc." 

"The wyddowe is admitted to administer the listatc, and the eldest sonne is to have the 
lands before mentioned as they are valued at /126. ids. wch is to be made vppc /148. & the 
youngest sonne the pticuler landcs above mentioned for him at £6y wch is to be made vppc ^74. 
and the daughters disposed in marriedge are to have the £'^0 a peece wch they have rcccaucd 
made vppe ^74. and the other children arc to have ;^74 a peece. Pruided it is lefte at the dispose 
of their mother to detracte from any of them if shec see just cause £^. of the portion here sett 
downe, and to adde yt to such of the other as best desearue yt." 

His widow Elizabeth married (2), about two years later, Thomas Welles, 
who was governor of Connecticut in 1655 and 1658. He died January 14, 
1659/60, leaving a large estate. Elizabeth died July 28, 1683, aged eighty-eight 
years. 



300 NATHANIEL FOOTE [172] 

Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Deming) Foote 

Elizabeth, born in England in 1616; married in 1638, Josiah Churchill, of Wethersfield; 
died Sept. 8, 1700. 

Nathaniel, born in England in 1620; married in 1646, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Lieu- 
tenant Samuel Smith, of Wethersfield, Conn., and Hadley, Mass. He died in 1655, 
and his widow married (2) William Gull, also of Wethersfield, and Hadley, Mass. 

Mary, born in England in 1623; married (1) in 1642, John Stoddard, of Wethersfield, who 
died in 1674; married (2) in 1674, as his second wife, John Goodrich, Sr., of Wethers- 
field, who died in 1680; married (3) Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Conn. 

(173) Robert, born in England about 1628; married in 1659, Sarah ; died at Branford, 

Conn., in 1681. 

Frances, born in England, in 1629; married (1) in 1648, John Dickenson, of Wethersfield, 
and later of Hadley, Mass., who died in 1676; married (2) in 1677, Francis Barnard, 
of Hartford. 

Sarah, born in England in 1632; married in 1652, Jeremiah Judson, of Stratford, Conn., 
son of William Judson, who was one of the first settlers of Concord, Mass., and later 
of New Haven, Conn. She died in 1673. 

Rebecca, born in Watertown, Mass., in 1634; married (i) in 1657, Lieutenant Philip Smith, 
of Hadley, Mass., a brother of her brother Nathaniel's wife Elizabeth; married (2) 
in 1688, as his fourth wife. Major Aaron Cook, first of Winsor, Conn., later of North- 
ampton, Mass.; died at Hadley, Mass., April 6, 1701. 

[173] ROBERT FOOTE [1629-1681] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH [....-....] 

OF BRANFORD, CONN. 

ROBERT FOOTE, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Deming) Foote 
(172), was born in England about 1628 and came to New England before 
1634 with his father and mother, when he was four or five years of age. 
He was made a freeman at Wethersfield, Conn., May 21, 1657, his father 
having been one of the original settlers there. He married in New Haven in 1659 

Sarah , and appears to have settled there for a time, as the births of five of 

his children are recorded there. 

He probably removed to Branford about 1668 as his other children were 
recorded there in 1670 and 1672. He was freeman at Branford in 1668, but later 
appears to have gone to Wallingford, according to the following record: 

"20th Oct. 1674, voted that Good" Foote shall have liberty to buy the lott, y' is Joseph 
Fives provided he procure sufficient testimony of his good conversation in ye plase where he 
now pretendeth to remove." January, 1675: "The testimony of Good" foote being severente and 
axepted, he was admitted a planter upon the lott that was Joseph eives." 

Robert Foote was appointed by the General Court, May 10, 1677, lieutenant 



ROBERT FOOTFi (173] 301 

of the Train Rand of Rranforti, so lliat he must have gone back there. As, however, 
the towns of \\ alHngford and Branlord were adj(jining, changes in the boundaries 
may have brought his home back intn the precincts of Branf(jrd. 

lie died at Branford in lOSi, aged fifty-two. His widow Sarah married (2) 
in lOSO, Aaron Blackley (or Blachleyj of Branford and Guilford. 

Children of Lieutenant Robert and Sarah ( ) I'dote 

Nathaniel, born in New Haven, April 16. 1660; married Tabitha Bishop, daughter of Stephen 
Bishop, of Guilford; died at Branford in 1714. 

Sarah, born in New flaven, Feb. 12, 1662; married (1) Aug. 13, 1682, Isaac Curtis, son of 
Richard Curtis, of Wallingford; married (2) Aug. g, 1714, Nathaniel Mow, Sr., of 
W'allingfiird, Conn. 

Elizabeth, born in New Haven, March 8, 1664; married Jan. 12, 1685, John Graves, of 
East Guilford; died in May, 1730. 

loscph. born in New Haven, March 6, 1666; married (1) in 1690, .'\bigail Johnson, daughter 
of John Johnson, of New Haven; married (2) in 1710, Sarah Rose, daughter of Dea- 
con John Rose, of Branford; married (3) Dec. 8, 1741, Susanna ( ) I risbic, 

widow of John Krishie of Branford; was a lieutenant of the Branford Train Band 
in 1713, captain in 1715, deputy in 1714 and 1715; died March 6, 1751. 

Samuel, born in New Haven, May 14, 1668; married in i6<)4, Abigail Barker, daughter of 
William Barker, of Branford; died in Branford in i6c)6. 

lulin, born in Branford, July 24, 1670; married in i6g6, Mary — ; died in Branford in 

1713. 

Stephen, born in Branford, Dec. 14, 1672; married (i) in 1702, I lizabeth Nash, daughter of 

John Nash, of Branford; married (2) Jan. 27, 173Q. Hannah ( — ) Ilowd, widow 

of Lieutenant John Howd; died Oct. 23, 1762. 
(174) Isaac, twin with Stephen; married in 1709, Rebecca Dickerman, daughter of Lieutenant 
Abraham and Mary (Cooper) Dickerman (177); died Feb. ii, 1758. 



[174I DR. ISAAC FOOTE [1072-17^8] 

AND HIS WIFE 

REBECCA DICKERMAN [1679-1757] 

OF BRANFORD, CONN. 

ISAAC FOOTE, son of Robert and Sarah ( ) Foote (173), was born 
December 14, 1672 at Branford, Conn. I io was educated as a physician and 
devoted his life to that profession, lie married in 1709, Rebecca Dicker- 
man, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Cooper) Dickerman (177), of New 
Haven, who was born February 27, 1679. They settled in the north parish of 
Branford, called Northford Society. 

Rebecca died October 15, 1757, and her husband survived her only a few 
months. He died at Northford, February 1 1, 1758, aged eighty-five. Of their three 
children, but one outlived them. 



302, DR. ISAAC FOOTE [174] 

Children of Dr. Isaac and Rebecca (Dickerman) Foote 

Jacob, born Feb. 19, 1710; died while a student at Yale, July 8, 1731. 
(166) Hannah, born Feb. 28, 1712; married Dec. 24, 1735, Rev. Philemon Robbins, son of 
Nathaniel and Hannah (Chandler) Robbins (165); died June 16, 1776. 
Isaac, born July 16, 1717; married Jan. 28, 1738, Mary Hall, daughter of John and Mary 
(Street) Hall, of Wallingford, Conn.; was lieutenant in 1750, major in 1755, mem- 
ber of the Council of War in 1755; while serving under General Shirley near Lake 
Champlain, he was taken sick, and died Oct. 7, 1755; was buried at Albany, N. Y. 

[176I THOMAS DICKERMAN [....-1657] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELLEN [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND DORCHESTER, MASS. 

THE place and time of the birth of Thomas Dickerman and his wife 
Ellen have not been ascertained, but it is supposed that they sailed 
from Bristol, England, in 1635, with Rev. Richard Mather's company 
of emigrants, in the ship "James." 
His name appears among the first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., as owner of 
a homestead, and on the roll of the church, in 1636. In January, 1637, and in April, 
1640, he received portions in the division, so that finally he had a comfortable home- 
stead, with a barn, two small orchards, five acres around the house, and a twenty- 
acre lot. He was a tailor but also cultivated his farm. 

"Dorchester is said to have been the first community known to make public 
provision for a free school by direct tax on its inhabitants." Thomas Dicker- 
man's is the twenty-fourth name among the seventy-one signed to an instrument 
agreeing that 

"a Rente of Twentie pound pr ann shall issue & be pay'' by the sayd Inhabitants & their heires 
from & out of a Certaine porcon of land in Dorchester called Tomsons Hand for & towards the 
maintenance of a schoole in Dorchester aforsayd." 

They further agreed that, as this rent was not sufficient, all the subscribers 
would give up all the future benefits from the Island and bequeath it forever to 
the town 

"for & Towards the maintenance of a free schoole in Dorchester aforesayd for the instructinge & 
teachinge of Children & youth in good literature & Learninge." 

One cannot help wondering whether spelling was one of the studies contem- 
plated. 

In 1651, Thomas Dickerman was chosen one of the three selectmen. He 
acquired land on Boston Neck in 1652 and purchased more in 1656. All this 
property, as well as his homestead in Dorchester, are now within the limits of 
Boston. 



lilo.MAS DU.Kl. K.MAN [i7()l 303 

1 le liicd at noichcstcr June i i, 16S7. Tlic inventory of his estate amounted 
to i2]<^. 11.4. of which the Boston Neck property was /.i^o.. and the (arm and 
buildings at Dorchester £47. His widow Ij.len bought of her sons their rights 
in the Dorcliester homesteati. SeiHeniber 10, i^sc). She married (2) |ohn lUillartI 
and went to li\e with him in Medlieid before July 14, 1663. On lebruary 2O, ifKjj, 
she and her second husband sold the homestead for £65. to "Jacob llcwens of 
Said r^orchester husbandman." 

Children of Thomas and Ellen ( ) Dickerman 

Thomas, born about 1623; married (i) Elizabeth , who died May 10, 1671; married 

(2) in Atarch, 1673/4, Anna ; lived at Maiden, Mass., and died before 1691. 

His daughter IJizabeth married (2) Edward Dorr of Ro.xbury (see 1 17). 
(177) Abraham, born about 1634; married Jan. 2, 1658/9, Mary Coqpur, daughter of John and 
Cooper (178), of New Haven; died Nov. 2, 171 1. 

Isaac, born Qth mo. 1637; died in Boston and was buried .April 22, 1726. 

John, baptized Oct. 29, 1644, died young. 



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ABRAHAM DICKHRMAN 1 1^14-1711] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY COOPER [1637-1703] 

OF NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

BRAHAM DICKERMAN, son of Thomas and Ellen ( ) Dicker- 
man (176), was probably born about 1654 while his parents were 
still in I'.ngland, but, if so, he was but a babe when they reached this coun- 
try. Of his early life in Dorchester, Mass., we know nothing. 

He married January 2, 1658/9 Mary Cooper, daughter of John and 

Cooper (178), of New Haven, Conn., who was born about 1636, probably in Eng- 
land. At the time of her marriage, John Cooper gave his daughter about twenty 
acres of land in East New I laven, but they probably lived in the Cooper homestead 
for about nine years. April 17, 1668, Abraham bought the place on the corner of 
Church and Elm streets, where there was a house and barn, and lived there from 
that time on. 

The next year, 1669, he was chosen townsman, as the selectmen were called 
in New Haven, and served for twenty-seven years. His father-in-law had served 
for nine years previously, and now for many years their names occur together. 
From 1683 to 1696 he was also deputy to the General Court of Connecticut and was 
lieutenant of the Train Band in 1683, and at least until 1690, perhaps longer. 

When the town of W'allingford was started by a colony from New Haven, 
Abraham Dickerman and his father-in-law John (Cooper were both on the com- 
mittee to lay out the borders of the new town. In 1669, he was put on the stand- 
ing committee of New Haven which had charge of the afTairs of Wallingford, hold- 



304 ABRAHAM DICKERMAN [177] 

ing the lands in trust, and acting as trustee in all the public affairs, which at that 
time included also those of the church. He was interested in all New Haven mat- 
ters and was continually on town committees. 

The "ordinary" or tavern at New Haven did not pay, as the patronage was 
so small, and in 1671, when John Harriman gave it up. Lieutenant Dickerman 
was appointed to try it. He found it so unprofitable, that he wished to give it 
up, but no one could be found to take his place. After several warnings, April 27, 
1680, he 

"did again give notice (as he had done formerly) of his purpose to leave off keeping the ordinary 
. . . but did desire it might not be offensive if he left it off which he did intend to do." 

For fifty-three years he lived in New Haven and continuously served the 
town in its public affairs, and was also an active member of Rev. James Pierpont's 
church. 

His wife Mary died January 4, 1705/6. He died at New Haven, November 
2, 171 1, aged seventy-seven. His will is dated April 20, 1710, and gives his 
real property to his sons Abraham and Isaac, and to his daughters 

"Mary Bassett, Sarah Spery, Ruth Bradley, Abigail! Spery, Rebeccah Foot in addition to what 
they have had, all my moveables in ye House to be equally divided to them." 

He also mentions his grandchildren Daniel, Caleb, Abram, and Mary Chidsey, 
the children of his daughter Hannah deceased and " Rebeccah Sperrie," another 
granddaughter. 

Children of Abraham and Mary (Cooper) Dickerman 

Mary, born about 1659; married June 21, 1677, Samuel Bassett, son of William Bassett, of 
New Haven; died Nov. 28, 1728. 

Sarah, born July 25, 1663; married Oct. 2, 1683, Nathaniel Sperry, son of Richard Sperry; 
lived at Amity, now Woodstock, Conn. 

Hannah, born Nov. 6, 1665; married July 6, 1693, Deacon Caleb Chidsey (or Chedsey), son 
of Deacon John and Elizabeth ( ) Chedsey; died Dec. 25, 1703. 

Ruth, born April 5, 1668; married in 1687/8, Nathaniel Bradley, son of William and Alice 
(Pritchard) Bradley; died May 15, 1725. 

Abigail, born Sept. 26, 1670; married Jan. 21, 1689/90, Ebenezer Sperry, son of Richard 
Sperry, and brother of her sister Sarah's husband; died about 175 1/2. 

Abraham, born Jan. 14, 1673; married (1) Jan. 16, 1697/8, Elizabeth Glover, daughter of 

John and Joanna (Daniels) Glover; married (2) Susannah ( ) Hotchkiss, widow 

of Joshua Hotchkiss Sr., of New Haven; was sergeant in 1710, later lieutenant, and 
captain in 1722; died in May or June, 1748. 

Isaac, born Nov. 7, 1677; married (i) June 30, 1709, Mary Atwater, daughter of Jona- 
than and Ruth (Peck) Atwater; married (2) Elizabeth (Ailing) Morris, widow of 
John Morris and daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Chidsey) Ailing; was deputy for 
New Haven from 1718 to 1757; ensign in 1713, and captain in 1722; served as deacon 
in the First Church from 1727 to 1754, and died at New Haven, Sept. 7, 1758. 
(174) Rebecca, born Feb. 27, 1679; married in 1709, Dr. Isaac Foote, of Branford, son of Lieu- 
tenant Robert and Sarah ( ) Foote (173); died Oct. 15, 1757. 



JOHN COOPER [178] 305 



I17SI JOHN COOPHK |. -10891 

OF ENGLAND AND NBW HAVr.N, CONN. 

Wl II N tlu' CdloriN' ol Ni'w I l.ivi'ii \v;is liiunclotl, \hv naniu dI John (".oopkr 
is rccordai amon;^ tin- lir^l soiiliTs, and he was also a signerof the 
" I'liiuianu-nial ai^ri'i'iiiriii " the lu-xl \car( \()^()). I lo was at this lime 
a\()Uiig iiianicil man wiih onecliild.bul llic name ol his wile ami his 
earlier history is not known, in a list of emigrants from London in the ship " V.s.- 
pcdition," November 20, 163s. we fmd a "jo Coop of 21 yecrcs" in company with 
"Jo Davenport 30 yeeres." It is possible that this is our John (!()()I'i;r. but 
his companion could not have been the Rev. John Davenport, who, with Eaton, 
was the leader of the New I laven Oilony, as he di«.i not come over until 1637. There 
are several Coopers wiio emigrated about this time or later, but no connection can 
be traced witii them. Our John Cooper was an uneducated man and his ever in- 
creasing importance in town affairs must have been due entirely to a sturdy charac- 
ter, lie was never able to sign his name, and it appears in all committee matters 
as "The marke of John (E C.) Cooper Senr." 

His first appearance in New Haven affairs was in the humble position of 
"chimney viewer" in 1643. This was an olTice created for fire protection. Next 
he was poundmaster and fence-viewer, then surveyor. In 1654, when it became 
necessary to raise a company of militia on account of troubles with the Dutch, he 
was chosen corporal. The next year John Winthrop and Stephen Goodyear es- 
tablished iron works at the outlet of Lake Saltonstall, where they set up a "bloom- 
ery and forge." They put John Cooper in charge of it and he remained as their 
agent until 1679 or 1680. 

From 1655 his public duties appear to have been of a more important charac- 
ter. He acted as attorney in cases before the General Court, appraiser of estates, 
commissioner in adjusting disputes as to boundaries and land titles, and in 1661 
and 1662 he was deputy to the General Court. 

After the union of the two colonies of New Haven and Hartford, he served 
from 1665 to 1674 as deputy from New Haven to the Connecticut General Cx)urt 
and was assistant in 1676. 

John Coopkr also served as townsman or selectman for twenty-seven terms, 
and had one experience during these years that showed the stuff the man was made 
oL The Regicides, Goffe and Whalley, were in hiding in New Haven while he held 
this oflicc, and escaped the officers of the King sent to arrest them, through the con- 
nivance of the people. Edward Ravvson, the Royal Secretary at Boston, wrote 
a very threatening letter to Governor Leete, which was to be presented to the next 
General Court. This made the office of deputy difficult to fill and several elections 
were had before, August 1, i66i,John Coophr and James Bishop dared to accept it. 
His position of selectman of New Haven made him responsible for the actions of the 
people, and they appreciated his bravery. He was further honored by being 



3o6 JOHN COOPER [178] 

chosen one of the two commissioners to proceed to Boston with the reply of the 
General Court to the Secretary. He must therefore have been a man of unusual 
tact and prudent diplomacy. 

John Cooper's home lot in New Haven was on the southwest corner of 
Church and Grove streets, extending nearly to the present corner of Wall street. 
This property passed to his only son. We have already noticed that he gave 
a dowry of certain lands to his daughter Mary on her marriage to Lieutenant 
Abraham Dickerman (177). During his superintendence of the Iron Works at 
East Haven he lived there, but he kept up his house in town and his daughter 
Mary and her husband lived there for about nine years. 

John Cooper died at New Haven, November 23, 1689. Nothing further is 
known about his wife. 

Children of John and Cooper 

{i"]"]) Mary, born probably in England about 1636; baptized in New Haven, Aug. 15, 1641; mar- 
ried Jan. 2, 1658/9, Lieutenant Abraham Dickerman, son of Thomas and Ellen 
( ) Dickerman (176); died Jan. 4, 1705/6. 

Hannah, born about 1638, baptized in New Haven Aug. 15, 1641; married in 1661 John 
Porter, Jr., son of John Porter, of New Haven; died June 15, 1675. 

John, baptized in New Haven, May 28, 1642; married Dec. 27, 1666, Mary Thompson, 
daughter of John Thompson, of New Haven. 

Sarah, baptized Sept. 21, 1645; married March 23, 1661/2, Samuel Hemenway or Hemingway. 

[179] REV. JOHN PRINCE [....-1644J 

and his wife 
ELIZABETH TOLDERVEY [....-... .] 

OF EAST SHEFFORD, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND 

IN the IVorthies of Devon, published in 1701 by Rev. John Prince, the 
Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy, Devonshire, is the statement that the Prince 
family is descended from a knightly family of the same name still flourish- 
ing in Shropshire. We, however, know nothing of Rev. John Prince's 
ancestry, or early life. He was educated at the University of Oxford, was B. A. 
Magdalen, July 6, 1601. About 1609 he married, probably at Oxford, Elizabeth 
ToLDERVEY, daughter of Walter and Ann Toldervey and granddaughter of 
Rev. John Toldervey, "Bedell of Arts, University of Oxford," and his wife 
Alyce. 

Rev. John Prince was ordained in Oxford, September, 161 1, and was curate 
of Little, or East, Shefford, Berkshire in 1613. In 1619 be became the rector, and 
held this office for twenty-five years or until his death. This was during the reigns 
of James 1 and Charles 1 and he was one of the party which continued loyal to the 
Church of England, while greatly desiring a reformation within it. Rev. Thomas 
Prince says of this circumstance: 



RLV. JOHN I'KlNCi- (lyc)] 307 

"Yet every one of the children [irDved cciriNcieniious non-conforniisls. even while their 
pannis lived, Init wiihuiit any breach of amity or affection. Thus they continued pretty near Ut- 
getiier till the furious and cruel Archbishop Laud dispersed them, and drove their eldest son with 
so mail) oihers into tliis country in the early limes of the Massachusetts Q>lony." 

Rev. John Princi- died at l-.ast SliofTord, Hngland.and was buried there" XVI 
day of Sept. 1644." Rev. Thomas l^rince, who was a great-grandson, says that 
" they had 4 sons & 7 daughters that all grew up," but record only of three sons and 
five daughters has boon found. 

Children of Riv. John and I ii/aih rii (ToLDiHRVEy) Princi- 

(180) John, horn aboul 1610; married (i) Aiki Honour, of Watertown, Mass.; who died in 

1668; married (2) Ann ( ) l5arslow, widow of William liarstow, of Scituate, 

Mass.; died at Hull, Mass., Aug. 16, 1676. 
Joane, baptized at West, or Great, ShefTord, Oct. q, 1614. 
Dorothye, baptized at West ShefTord, March 2, 161 5. 
Ursula, baptized at West ShefTord, I"eb. 20, 1619. 

Kdward, born at East ShefTord, Feb. 7, 1622, baptized there Nov. 24, 1622. 
George, born at East ShefTord, Feb. 4, 1626, baptized there the same day. 
Katherine, baptized at East ShefTord, July 26, 1629. 
Maria, baptized at Fast Shefford, Sept. 26, 1630. 



[180J ELDER JOHN I^RINCE [ibio-ibyoj 

AND HIS Win- 

ALICE HONOUR [....-1668] 

OF ENGLAND AND HULL, MASS. 

J()I1N PRINCE, son of Rev. John and Iu.izabeth (Toldervey) PRtNCE (179), 
was born in Little ShefTord, Berkshire, l-"ngland, about 1610. In 1633, when 
he was but about twenty-three years old, he was obliged to leave England 
because of non-conformity, and emigrated to New England. He had 
studied at the University of O.xford for two or three years, intending to take orders, 
but had not made suftkient progress at the time of his leaving to do so, and became 
a farmer on his arrival in this country. 

He settled first at Watertown, Mass., where he married (i) Alice Honour, 
by whom he had seven sons and two daughters. Soon after their marriage they 
removed to Hingham, thence in 1638 to Nantasket, and finally settled in Hull, 
Mass. There he was one of the original planters, and in 1644 was chosen the first 
ruling elder of the church. 

Each of his seven sons, as they grew up, took to a seafearing life for a shorter 
or longer period. John, the eldest, died at Hull, Joseph at Quebec, Job was "lost 



3o8 ELDER JOHN PRINCE [i8o] 

in ye channel of England," Benjamin died in Jamaica, Isaac at Boston, and Thomas 
at Barbadoes. 

The home lot of Elder John Prince in Hull was on the present Spring Street 
opposite to the head of Willow Street. He was empowered to solemnize marriages 
in Hull in May, 1670, and the following restriction is attached to the record: 

' In answer to the question whether it be lawful for a man that hath buried his first wife to 
marry with her that was his first wife's natural sister, the court resolves it in the negative." 

Alice (Honour) Prince died at Hull in 1668 and Elder John married 

(2) not long after, Ann ( ) Barstow, widow of William Barstow, of Scit- 

uate. 

He died at Hull, August 16, 1676. His will, made May 9, 1676, was proved 
October 16, of the same year, and the inventory of his estate amounted to ^315. 
in 1890 a memorial stone was erected to his memory and that of his first wife in the 
old cemetery at Hull, by one hundred and fifty of his descendants. 

Children of Elder John and Alice (Honour) Prince 

John, baptized May 6, 1638; married in 1672, Rebecca Vickerow, daughter of George and 
Rebecca (Phippeny) Vickerow, of Hull; was a sailor, but served in King Philip'sWar 
in 1675 and 1676, in Captain Joseph Gardiner's Company ; died in Hull, in 1690. 

Elizabeth, baptized Aug. 9, 1640; married in July, 1662, Josiah Loring, son of Thomas 
Loring, of Hingham, Mass.; died May 13, 1727. 

Joseph, baptized Nov. 26, 1642; married Dec, 7, 1670, Joanna Morton, daughter of Colonial 
Secretary Nathaniel and Lydia (Cooper) Morton, of Plymouth, Mass.; died at Quebec 
in 1670. 

Martha, baptized Aug. 10, 1645; married in 1674, Christopher Wheaton, son of Robert 
and Alice Wheaton, of Salem, Mass. 

Job, baptized Aug. 22, 1647; married in 1678, Rebecca Phippeny, daughter of Gabriel 
Phippeny, of Boston and cousin of his brother John's wife; was lost " in ye channel of 
England in 1694." 
(181) Samuel, born in Boston in May, and baptized in Hull, Aug. 19, 1649; married (i) Dec. 9, 
1674, his step-sister, Martha Barstow, daughter of William and Ann ( ) Bar- 
stow, of Scituate, who died Dec. 18, 1684; married (2) Sept. i, 1686, Mercy Hinck- 
ley, daughter of Governor Thomas and Mary (Smith Glover) Hinckley (185), of 
Plymouth Colony; died in Middleboro East Precinct, Mass., July 3, 1728. 

Benjamin, baptized March 25, 1652; was unmarried and died in Jamaica, W. 1., before 
his father. 

Isaac, baptized July 19, 1654; married Dec. 23, 1679, Mary Turner, daughter of John and 
Mary (Brewster) Turner, and granddaughter of Elder Brewster, of the "Mayflower"; 
served in the Narragansett campaign in Captain Johnson's Company; and died in 
Boston, Nov. 7, 1718. 

Thomas, baptized Aug. 8, 1658; married in 1685, Ruth Turner, daughter of John and 
Mary (Brewster) Turner, and a sister of his brother Isaac's wife; died in Barbadoes, 
in 1696. 




SAMUEL PRINCE [l8l] 

FROM A PORTRAIT 
OWNED BY CHARLES H. FISKE, JR., OF BOSTON 



I 



SAMULL PRINCE [i8i] 309 

|iSi| SAMUHL PRINCH |i(mc)-i72S| 

AND HIS Wll I- 

MEFiCY HINCKLIV [1663-1736] 

OF SANDWICH AND ROCHESTER, MASS. 

SAMUEL PRINCE, son of Elder John and Alice (Honour) Prince (180), 
was born in May, i64(). While his parents lived in Hull, Mass., he was 
horn in Boston when his mother was visiting there antl ha|-i!i/ed in Hull, 
August 19, 1649. lie passed his early life in Hull, ami like his hrotliers, 
went to sea in a coasting vessel before his inarriage. Afterward he applied himself 
"to Domestic Trade & Merchandise." 

He married (1) December 9, 1674, his step-sister, Martha Barstow, daughter of 
William and Ann Barstow, of Scituate. By her he had three sons and two daugh- 
ters. She died at Hull, December 18, 1684, and he married (2) September 1, 1686, 
Mercy Hinckley, daughter of Governor Thomas and Mary (Smith Glover) 
Hinckley (185), who was born January i, or 31, 1662/3. 

They soon removed to Sandwich, Mass, where he had acquired propertv in 
1682. In 1710 we fmd him at Rochester, Mass., where it appears the greater part 
of his estate lay. " He was ye principal Proprietor of ye township and their first 
Representative." For these two towns of Sandwich and Rochester he served as 
representative to the General Court nineteen times and was chosen several times 
when he was excused from serving. 

His son, Rev. Thomas Prince, says of him: 

"He was healthy & strong in body, of a vigorous iS: active spirit, of a thoughtful & pene- 
trating mind, religious from his youth, much improved in scripture knowledge, esteemed for his 
Abilities and Ciifts, and especially for his powers of arguing; a zealous Lover & Asserler of the 
New English Principles & Liberties, with charity to others, of a Public Spirit, of an Open Heart, 
of an instructive Conversation, of strict integrity, a very affectionate husband & father: In his 
former years pretty severe in governing his family, of later, ruled them with great ease & gentleness." 

The portraits of Samuel and Mercy (Hinckley) Prince shown in the il- 
lustrations, were obtained through the kindness of Charles H. Fiske, Jr., of Boston, 
a descendant and the owner of the originals. An inscription on the margin of that 
of Samuel Prince, which is partly illegible, reads 

"Samuel Prince [fourth] son of ^V■ John Prince [eldest] son of Rev"* hV- John Prince of 
E[ast ShcfTord] parish Berkshire England. Born at Boston in y' year 1649. Brought up at [Hul]l." 

In 1723 he and his wife went to Middleboro to live with their daughter 
Mary who had married Rev. Peter Thacher, pastor of the church there, and 
they spent the few remaining years of their lives under her roof. 

Samuel Prince died at Middleboro East Precinct, Mass., on Wednesday, 
July 3, 1728 



310 SAMUEL PRINCE [i8i] 

"a little after the break of day, after ten days illness of a fever, in the 8oth year of his age. . . . 
His remains were decently interred here this after-noon Friday July 5th. Five of the Justices of 
the county and an ancient Captain of the Town being bearers. ... As he used to express his 
Desire to have his Body laid with that of his dear son Enoch, an extraordinary, pious knowing & in- 
dustrious Youth who coming on a Visit died here on August 31 1713 aged 23. It was laid by the 
side of that of his beloved Son, between & under the shade of two pretty tall Oaks at the West- 
ern End of the New Burying Place to sleep together in the same large grave."' 

His house was built on land given him by the town in 1683, on the common 
near the mill, and was still standing a few years ago. 

Mercy (Hinckley) Prince, his widow, survived him and died April 25, 
1736, aged seventy-four. 

Children of Samuel and Martha (Barstow) Prince 

Samuel, born Sept. 20, 1675; probably never married; had farms in Milford and Coventry, 
Conn., and died in Rochester, Mass., in 1722. 

Martha, born March 15, 1678; married in Sandwich, Dec. 27, 1698, Ezra Bourne, of Sand- 
wich. 

John, born Oct. 1, 1680; died young. 

Anna, born in February, 1683 ; died the same year. 

Nathan, born Sept. 17, 1684; died in 1685. 

Children of Samuel and Mercy (Hinckley) Prince 

Thomas, born May 15, 1687; H.C. 1707; married at Leicester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1719, Deborah 
Denny, youngest daughter of Thomas Denny, of England, who came to New Eng- 
land with her brother in 1717. Rev. Thomas Prince was pastor of the Old South 
Church in Boston from 1718 to 1758; the author of the Chronological History oj New 
England, the History of the Prince Family and other works; died in Boston, Oct. 
22, 1758. 

Mary, born Jan. 8, 1688/9; married Jan. 24, 1710/1, Rev. Peter Thacher, of Middleboro, 
Mass. She died Oct. 1, 1771. 

Enoch, born Sept. 19, 1690; died unmarried at Middleboro, Aug. 31, 1713. 

John, born Nov. 26, 1692, baptized March 5, 1693; married in 1713, Elizabeth Wooden; was 
lost at sea in 1717. 

Joseph, born April i, 1695; married July 4, 1732, Hannah Beach; was a mariner and died 
at Stratford, Conn., Dec. 4, 1747. 
(182) Moses, born Feb. 22, 1696/7; married Feb. i, 1737/8, Jane Bethune, daughter of George 
and Mary (Waters) Bethune (189), of Boston; died at Antigua, Leeward Islands, 
W. I., July 6, 1745. 

Nathan, born Nov. 30, 1698; H. C. 1718; and was fellow of the college for many years; 
probably never married and died at Rattan, W. I., July 25, 1748. 

Mercy, born Dec. 21, 1700; " Feeble & infirm was living single in 1738," and died at Middle- 
boro, Aug. g, 1748. 

Alice, born Aug. 13, 1703; married Sept. 23, 1731, Samuel Gray, of Little Compton, Mass.; 
died July 2, 1733. 

Benjamin, born Feb. 23, 1705/6; died the following July. 

'History oj the Prince Family. Rev. Thomas Prince, 1728. 




MERCY (HINCKI.RY) PRINCE [l8l] 

IKOM A PORTRAIT 
()\VM-n BV CHARI.I.S H. MSKh. JR.. OF BOSTON 



MOSES PR 1 NCI- [182] 311 

[182] MOSHS I^RINCH 11097-174^] 



M' 



AND HIS WIFE 

JANE BETHUNE [1714-1795] 

OF BOSTON, MASS. 

OSES PRINCE, son of Samuel and Mercy (Hinckley) Prince (181), 
was born February 22, 1696/7, at Sandwich, Mass. I le may possibly have 
been educated as a physician, as in many genealogies and in some 
records of deeds he is called "Doctor," but he was certainly a mariner, 
and is more frequently spoken of as Captain Moses Prince or, "Moses Prince Mar- 
iner." 

From his own diary it appears he made a trip to England in 1729. On his 
return he left Oxford, F'ngland, July 30, and rode on horseback to Chester. 1 hence 
became by ship to Dublin and sailed from Dublin, August 27, for New England, 
arriving at Boston, October 14, 1729. There he lodged at "Cousin Loring's" on Oc- 
tober 19. Thefoilowing winter he made a voyage to North Carolina, trading merchan- 
dise for tar, pitch and rozin. In the same diary he writes of his attending service 
in 1730 in the new church just built and dedicated in Boston and of sitting in "our 
pew" to the left of the pulpit, which he says cost the family /Ii 10, "being our con- 
tribution to ye meeting house." This meeting house is the present Old South 
Church, corner of Washington and Milk Streets, where his brother was pastor. 

Moses Prince married February i, 1737/8, Jane Betiiune, daughter of 
George and Mary (Waters) Betiiune (189) of Boston, who was born June 1 5, 1714. 

While his residence seems to have been in Boston, he had a farm and grist 
mill at Wareham, land at Rochester, and also owned a one-half interest in the sloop 
"Success" and her cargo. 

On one of his voyages to the West Indies he died at Antigua, Leeward Is- 
lands, July 6, 1745, leaving a widow of twenty-nine and four children, one of whom 
was born after his death. An inventory of his estate was taken October 9, 174s. 
covering the property referred to above, personal property of all sorts, and one- 
half of the pew in the Old South church. 

Mis widow Jane married (2) in September, 1761, as his third wile, Hon. 
Peter Oilman, son of Colonel John and Elizabeth ((^.offin) Oilman (161). In 
a description of the old Oilman Garrison house in FIxeter earlier in these annals, 
mention is made of the record of this marriage scratched on the window pane by 
Jane's granddaughter, Hannah Robbins, afterwards the wife of Benjamin Ives 
Oilman (135). Jane (Bethune Prince) Oilman died at Ncwburyport, Mass., March 
9, 1795, probably at the home of her daughter Deborah (Prince) Cary. 
Children of Captain Moses and Jane (Bethune) Prince 

Samuel, born Oct. 29, 1739; chose his mother as guardian Aug. 8, 1755, when he was "aged 
above 15 years. In 1758 his uncle Rev. Thomas Prince the .Annalist, bequeathed to 



312 MOSES PRINCE [182] 

him large amounts of land, of which some was in Hartford, Conn., some in Hampshire 
County, and some in Sheepscot County, or Yori\. He joined in a deed of land with 
his two sisters at Rochester, June 25, 1774; in which he is called "Samuel Prince 
merchant of Boston." 
(167) Jane, born Sept. 7, 1740; married October 8, 1761, Rev. Chandler Robbins, of Plymouth, 
Mass., son of Rev. Philemon and Hannah (Foote) Robbins (166), of Branford, 
Conn.; died Sept. 12, 1800. 

George, born July 22, 1743; died probably before 1755, as he is not mentioned in the adminis- 
tration of his father's estate. 

Deborah, born about 1746; was aged "about 9 years" when, in 1755, she chose her mother as 
guardian; married in September, 1783, Rev. Thomas Gary, son of Samuel Gary, and 
pastor of the Third Church of Newburyport. Their son. Rev. Samuel Gary, was 
pastor of King's Chapel, Boston, in 181 5. 

[184] SAMUEL HINCKLEY [....-1662] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH [....-1656] 

OF ENGLAND AND BARNSTABLE, MASS. 

SAMUEL HINCKLEY lived at Tenterden, Kent, England, and was married 
there before emigrating to New England, to Sarah . He had four 
children born in England and three of them were baptized at Tenterden 
between 1625 and 1629. 
In 1628, Elder Nathaniel Tilden, of Tenterden, a man of wealth and promi- 
nence, came to New England and purchased lands in Scituate, Mass. He then re- 
turned for his family, and in the latter part of March, 1635, he sailed again for New 
England in the ship " Hercules," bringing also Samuel Hinckley, his wife and four 
children, John Lewis, James Austin and their families, all from Tenterden, together 
with others from the county of Kent, one hundred and two persons in all. It is 
said that it had been the intention of this party to come over the previous summer 
with Rev. John Lothrop in the "Griffin," at the same time with William and Anne 
Hutchinson (17). 

More than half of the passengers of the " Hercules" settled in Scituate, some 
going there at once, and others later. Samuel Hinckley went immediately, and 
built a house there in 1635, on Kent Street. In order to leave England he had been 
obliged to swear that he "conformed to the order and discipline of the church" of 
England, and all the party brought certificates from the ministers where they had 
last lived, of "their conversation and conformity" and of the fact that they had 
taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy. 

He was possessed of some means, as he acquired considerable property in 
Scituate, in addition to his house lot. He owned the marsh "between his house 
and the third cliff" and some land near "Rotten Marsh on the S. E. next to Mr. 
Vassall's Brook Hall field." 



SAMUFl. HINCKLEY [184] 313 

He was a cluirch member, and liis wife "Goody Hinckley jovned Au^. ^nth, 
1635." Their first child born in this country, Idizabelh, was bapti/ed the lollow- 
ing Sunday. He was twice indicted for "entertaining strangers cSc foreigners," 
so he probably belonged to the liberal party of which his friends (".udworth, Hath- 
erly, Robinson and his son-in-law. Rev. John Smith, were prominent members. 

in 1639 or 1640 they removed to West Barnstable, and were among the first 
settlers there, helping to establish the church. He purchased land of Rev. Joseph 
Hull, but had some trouble with the title, which was finally cleared. His farm 
at Barnstable is said to have been one of the best in the town. The records show 
that he rendered continual service in town offices, such as juryman, surveyor of 
highways, etc. He was also a member of the Barnstable Military Company in 
1643. 

His wife Sarah died at Barnstable August 18, 1656, and hemarried (2) Decem- 
ber 15, 1657, Bridget ( ) Bodfish, widow of Robert Bodfish, of Sandwich. 

He died at Barnstable, October 31, 1662. in his will, dated October 31, 1662, he 
gave his wife Bridget the use of his house, garden and some land, his two cows 
Prosper and Thrivewell, and all the household stuff she brought with her. He 
mentions his daughters Susannah, Mary, Sarah, and Elizabeth, and his grand- 
children Samuel, Thomas, Mary (Mercy?), and Bathshua, children of his son 
Thomas, also his grandsons Samuel and Jonathan Cobb. All his real estate was 
given to his sons Thomas, Samuel and John. 

Children of Samuel and Sarah ( ) Hinckley 

(185) Thomas, born in EnglanJ, in 1618; married (1) Dec. 4, 1641, Mary Richards, dauphter 
of Thomas and W'clihean (Loring) Richards, of Weymouth, Mass., who died June 
24, 1659; married (2) March 16, 1650/60, Mary (Smith) Glover, widow of Nathaniel 
Glover, and daughter of John and Mary (Ryder) Smith (186): died April 25. 1705. 

Susannah, baptized in Tenterden, England, Nov. 6, 1625; married before 1643. Rev. John 
Smith, of Sandwich and Barnstable, Mass. 

Mary (or Marie), baptized in Tenterden, England, March 23, 1627; never married and was 
living in 1662. 

Sarah, baptized in Tenterden, England, Nov. 22, 1629; married Dec. 12, 1649, as his second 
wife, Elder Henry Cobb, of Barnstable, Mass.; died after 1679. 

Elizabeth, baptized in Scituate, Sept. 6, 1635; married July 15, 1657, Elisha Parker. 

Samuel, baptized in Scituate Feb. 4, 1637/8, died soon after. 

Samuel, baptized in Scituate, Feb. 10, 1638/9; died at Barnstable, March 22, 1640/1. 

, a daughter born at Scituate. The Barnstable Burial record reads as follows: 

"Goodman Hinckley's child, a dau, uppon their comeing hither, burycd unbaptized 
July 8 1640." 

, a son. Burial record reads: "Goodman Hinckley's child, a twinn. buryed unbap- 
tized Feb. 6 1640/ 1." 

, a son. Burial record reads: "Goodman Hinckley's other twinn buryed March 19 

1640/1." 

Samuel, born in Barnstable, July 24, 1642, baptized the same day; married (1) Dec. 14. 1664, 
Mary Goodspeed, daughter of Roger Goodspeed, who died Dec. 20, 1666; married (2) 



314 SAMUEL HINCKLEY [184] 

Jan. 15, 1668, Mary Fitzrandle, daughter of Edward Fitzrandle (or Fitzrandolph); 
served in the Narragansett war, and died Jan. 2, 1727. 
John, born in Barnstable, May 24, was baptized May 26, 1644; married (1) in July, 1668, 
Berthia Lathrop, daughter of Thomas Lothrop (or Lathrop), who died July 10, 1694; 

married (2) Nov. 24, 1697, Mary ( ) Goodspeed, perhaps widow of Benjamin 

Goodspeed; died Dec. 7, 1709. 

[185] GOVERNOR THOMAS HINCKLEY [1618-1705] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY (SMITH) GLOVER [1630-1703] 

OF ENGLAND AND BARNSTABLE, MASS. 

THOMAS HINCKLEY, son of Samuel and Sarah ( ) Hinckley (184). 
came from Tenterden, Kent County, England, to New England with 
his parents in 1635, and lived a few years at Scituate, Mass., thence 
removing with them in 1639 or 1640, to Barnstable in Plymouth Colony. 
He was at that time about twenty-one years of age. He married (1) December 4, 
1 64 1, Mary Richards, daughter of Thomas and Welthean (Loring) Richards, of 
Weymouth, Mass.' 

In 1643 he became a member of the Barnstable Military Company, and took 
the oath of fidelity and served on the grand jury in 1644. The next year he was 
sent to the General Court of Plymouth Colony as deputy fom Barnstable. From 
this time for more than forty years he was continuously in office, serving in various 
civil capacities in both the town and the colony. He acquired large grants of 
land from the Indians in the country around Barnstable, and was an agent for the 
Colony in many of its purchases from them. He held the office of deputy for ten 
years, and was assistant for more than twenty. He was first elected to the latter 
office in 1658, because Cudworth and Hatherly, the two then in office, opposed the 
extreme measures adopted against the Quakers, and Thomas Hinckley's views on 
the subject were those of the majority of his fellow colonists. It was while he was 
assistant that further dignity was given the office by the order, in 1674, "that four 
halberts attend the Governor and assistants on election days and two during the 
continuance of the court." 

His wife Mary died June 24, 1659, three months after the birth of their 
daughter Mehitable, her eighth child. He married (2) March 16, 1659/60, Mary 
(Smith) Glover, widow of Nathaniel Glover, of Dorchester, Mass., and daughter 
of Quartermaster John and Mary (Ryder) Smith (186) of Dorchester. She was 

'Thomas Richards was born in England about 1590 and lived in Boston, Dorchester, and Weymouth. 
He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1648, and died in 1651. He left a number 
of grown children: John, who married Ann Winthrop, daughter of Governor John Winthrop, of Connecticut; Alice, 
who married Major William Bradford, son of Governor Bradford, of Plymouth Colony; and several others. So 
Governor Hinckley was connected through his first wife with these families, as well as the Saltonstalls, Endi- 
cotts, Winthrops, Allisons, Davis and Alfords. Major John Richards died without heirs and left bequests to the 
children of his late sister Mary,;£50oin money, as well as to many others of the large family connection. 



GOVERNOR lllo.MAS lllNc.KLl.^ [uS^ii 3,,j 

born in Toxlctli, Fngland, in 1650, and "sent to school at lioston, w' she cnioy'cl 
Mr W ilson and (Bolton's ministry." Slie had at the time of her second marriage 
three children, Nathaniel, John, and Anna Glover, who were amply provided for 
by their father's estate, which was held in trust and renleil for their benefit. 

Thomas Hinckluy had been a member of the Council of \\ ar held in lioston 
in 1658, and during the desperate troubles with the Narragansett Indians from lOyj 
to 1678, he was one of tlie federal commissioners wlio luui the entire responsibility 
of protecting the infant colonies. Ihere were a number of ("hristian Indians in 
Plymouth Colony, aiui the people there feared thai they would attack Mr. Hinck- 
ley's house during his attendance on the meetings in Boston. Therefore, on Oc- 
tober 27, 1675, the General Gourt of the Colony "considering the publicke imploy 
of Mr. Hinckley" ordered a guard to be set over his house "Especially in his 
absence on the countreys service in this time of danger." Finally Governor Win- 
slow enlisted a thousand men and went as commander of the forces, and Hincklky 
accompanied them as commissary-general. He was present at the Great Swamp 
Fight on Sunday, December 19, 1675, and on the same day his daughter Reliance, 
only four da)s old, was baptized at Barnstable by Rev. Mr. Russell, who gave the 
name to express Mary Hinckley's reliance on God to protect her husband in his 
danger. 

In 1680 on account of Governor \\ inslow's ill-health and the extreme old age 
of the first assistant, John Alden, Thomas Hinckley was specially made deputy 
governor. The following year he was elected governor, and was re-elected every 
year until 1686, when James II supplanted all the governors of the colonies by 
sending over Sir Edmund Andros as governor of New England. Hinckley, with 
Bradford, I.othrop, Whallcy, and others accepted positions on Andros' Council, an 
act which has been severely condemned by the historians of New England. The 
administration of Andros was most tyrannical, and with the exception of Nathaniel 
Clark, the councillors soon stopped attending the meetings of the council. Andros 
ordered that as all the titles derived from the Indians were "no better than the 
scratch of a bear's paw," the colonists should apply for new ones, paying large 
fees to his government for them. Hincki.ky thereupon petitioned the King 
for redress, saying that all the money of the colony would hardly sulTice "to pay 
one-half of the charges for warrants, surveying and patents." 

Whatever the opinion of later historians may be, Hinckley's course did 
not injure him in the eyes of his contemporaries, as, immediately upon Andros' 
recall he was re-instated as governor and remained in that position until Plymouth 
Colony was merged into that of Massachusetts Bay, in 1691. At the same time. 
Nathaniel Clark was imprisoned by the people, and the next year sent to England 
in the same ship with Andros. 

liis course with regard to the annexation of the colony to Massachusetts Bay 
was not a popular one, and it brought upon him some odium, but it was certainly 
the act of an upright statesman. The little colony had no charter, and England 
considered connecting it with New York, with whom it had no possible affiliations, 



3i6 GOVERNOR THOMAS HINCKLEY [185] 

so that Governor Hinckley threw his influence on the side of Massachusetts, as 
King WilHam had determined for military reasons to bring the colonies more closely 
together. He was thenceforward one of the councillors in Massachusetts Bay for 
Plymouth. 

A little picture of his later life when living alone with his wife in Barnstable, 
all their children having gone out into the world, is given in a fragment of Judge 
Sewall's Diary in the early part of April, 1702. He was on his way to Martha's 
Vineyard as one of the commissioners of the Society for the Propagation of the 
Gospel to the Indians, in which Governor Hinckley was also very much interested, 
and was to visit there Rev. Experience Mayhew, grandson of Governor Mayhew 
(238). He writes: 

"Apl 4th. Visit Mr. Russell, Mr. Hinckley. Madame Hinckley reads to us a very pious 
Letter of her daughter Lord: and Gov. Hinckley of his daughter Exper Mayhew. . . . Sabbath 
Apl 5. Very cold still but fair, as go home at night Gov. Hinckley invites me to breakfast with him 
next day." 

Mary (Smith Glover) Hinckley died at Barnstable, July 29, 1703, aged 
seventy-three years. She was buried in the old burying-ground and the inscription 
on the gravestone has been preserved although the stone has long since crumbled 

away. 

"HERE LYETH Y' 
BODY OF Y^ TRULY 
VIRTUOUS AND PRAISE 
WORTHY MRS: MARY 
HINCKLEY, WIFE TO 
MR. THOMAS HINCKLEY 
DIED JULY Y' 29, 1703, 
IN Y' 73d YEAR OF 
HER AGE." 

Rev. Thomas Prince, the Annalist, her grandson, says of her: 

"to ye day of her Death she appearid & shone in ye eyes of all, as ye loveliest & brightest woman 
for Beauty, Knowledg, wisdom, majesty, accomplishments & graces throughout ye Colony." 

We give a few lines from the verses written at the time of her death by her 

husband. 

"God righteous is in all yt he hath done 
Yea good in lending her to me so long. 
A Blessing rich forty three years & more 



The only child her gracious mother bore." 



When he wrote these verses he records the fact that he was 85 years old, 
which gives us the date of his birth, 1618. 

Governor Hinckley died suddenly at Barnstable, April 25, 1705, aged 
eighty-seven, and was also buried in the old or upper burying-ground. His tomb- 



GOVERNOR THOMAS HINCKLEY [185] 317 

stone and epitaph were placed at his grave by his descendants in 1820, and an 
error is made in the date of his death. His character can be judged by his life, as 
one of great energy, rigidly religious and with sterling qualities. He was re- 
puted the best lawyer of the time in the colony, and although severe to the Ouakers, 
he is given the credit of establishing a more humane system of dealing with them. 
While he was deputy a law was passed that was called "Hinckley's Law," to the 
effect that 

"If any neglect the worship of God in the place where he lives, and set up a worship contrary to 
God and the allowances of this Government, ... he shall pay 10 shillings." 

He started the system of free schools in Plymouth, and was the steward of the 
first public school in 1672. He also began a movement to provide for the salaries of 
the ministers of the colony. 

Cmi.oRF.N OF GovHRNOR Thomas AND Mary (Richards) Hinckley 

Mary, born Aug. 3, baptized Aug. 4, 1644; married John Weyborne, probably son of Thomas 

Weyborne, who came from Tenterden, I'.ngland, to Boston in 1638; was living in 1688. 
Sarah, born Nov. 4, baptized Dec. 6, 1646; married March 27, 1673, Nathaniel Bacon. Jr., 

of Barnstable; died l"eb. 16, 1686/7. 
Meletiah, born Nov. 25, baptized Nov. 26, 1648; married Oct. 23, 1668, Josiah Crocker, of 

West Barnstable; died Feb. 2, 1714/5. 
ll.miKili, born April 15, baptized April 27, 1651; married in 1672/3, Captain Nathaniel 

Glover, the son of her step-mother; died in Dorchester, Aug. 20, 1730. 
Samuel, born Feb. 14, baptized Feb. 20, 1652/3; married Nov. 13, 1676, Sarah Pope, of 

Sandwich; served in the Narragansett War, and died March 19, 1697/8. 
Thomas, born Dec. 5, 1654; died unmarried in 1688. His will was proved the same year. 
Bathshua (or Bathsheba), born May 15, 1657; married June 6, 1681, Samuel Mall (or 

Shearjashub Bourne), of Dorchester; died May 27. 1714. 
Mehitable, born March 24, 1658/9; married (1) Samuel Worden, of Yarmouth, afterwards 

of Boston; married (2) Aug. 25 (or Oct. 13), 1698, as his third wife, William Avery, 

of Dedham. 

Children of Governor Thomas and Mary (Smith Glover) Hinckley 

Admire, born Jan. 28, 1660/1 ; died two weeks after, and was buried Feb. 16, 1660/1. 

Ebenezer, born Feb. 22, 1661/2, died two weeks after. 
(181) .Mercy (or Mary), born Jan. 1 (or 31), 1662/3; married Sept. 1, 1686, as his second wife, 
Samuel Prince, son of Elder John and Alice (Honour) Prince (180); died April 
25, 1736. 

Experience, born Feb. 2 (or Feb. 28), 1664/5 married James Whipple, of Barnstable; died 
soon after 1688. 

John, born June 9, 1667; married in Barnstable, May 1, 1691, Thankful Trott, daughter of 
Thomas Trott, of Dorchester; died in February (or March), 1706. His widow mar- 
ried (2) February, 1711, Mr. Jonathan Crocker. 

Abigail, born April 1 (or April 8), 1669; married Jan. 2, 1697/8, Rev. Joseph Lord, of Dor- 
chester; H. C. 1691; afterwards minister of the church of Chatham on Cape Cod; 
died Dec. 14, 1725. 



3i8 GOVERNOR THOMAS HINCKLEY [185] 

Thankful, born Aug. 20, 1671 ; married Nov. 12, 1695, Rev. Experience Mayhew, of Martha's 

Vineyard, son of John and great-grandson of Governor Thomas Mayhew (238). 
Ebenezer, born Sept. 23, 1673; married at Sudbury in November, 1706, Mary ( ) 

Storn (or Stone), of Sudbury; died Oct. 17, 1721. His widow married (3) Nov. 5, 

1722, John George. 
Reliance, born Dec. 15, baptized Dec. 19, 1675; married Dec. 15, 1698, Rev. Nathaniel 

Stone, of Harwich, Cape Cod. 

[186] JOHN SMITH, Q.M. [....-1678J 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY RYDER [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND DORCHESTER, MASS. 

JOHN SMITH .probably lived in Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, before 
emigrating to New England, and he is said to have been a quartermaster in 
the British army in the Netherlands. He married in Toxteth (i) about 1629, 
Mary Ryder, "a gentlewoman of a creditable Family and eminent natural 
Powers, Piety and acquir'd accomplishments."' 

When their daughter Mary was about five years old they came to New Eng- 
land in the ship "James," in August, 1635, in company with Rev. Mr. Richard 
Mather, their parish clergyman in Toxteth. Rev. Thomas Prince in his MSS Notes 
writes of his great-grandparents as follows: they lived 

"undr ye ministry of ye Rev'' Mr. Richard Mather at Toxteth in that shire [Lancashire] they came 
up and brought Her [Mary] with them to Bristol in order for N. E. in April 1635; Young Mr. 
Nathaniel a son of ye sd Mr. Mather being carried on One side a Horse in a Pannier and this young 
Mrs. Mary Hinckley on ye other; as I have often heard her say." 

In Rev. Mr. Mather's journal of his voyage, he gives us a picture of the party 
on board ship before leaving England in these words: 

"Monday June 15 1635. I went on shore to Nangle with my wife and children. John Smith 
and his wife and Mary, Susan Michel and divers others. It was a fair day and we walked in the 
fields and at a house got some milk &c wherewith we were much refreshed and came on board 
again at evening." 

They set sail from Bristol May 23, 1635, but did not arrive at their destina- 
tion until August. 

"in ye night between Aug' 14 & 15 coming on ye N. E. coast y" arose an extream Hurri- 
cane w'' in yy w'' in y^ utmost Danger and wondrously delivered (see ye acct in ye Life of ye sd 
Mr. Richard Mather in Y= Magnalia) and on Aug' 17 arrived at Boston." ^ 

The quartermaster and his family settled in Dorchester, where he was made 
a freeman, December 7, 1636, as Rev. Mr. Mather became the teacher of the church 

' MSS. Notes of Rev. Thomas Prince. 
2 /bid. 



JOHN SMI 111 [186] 319 

there. Soon after their arrival, his wile died, and he married (2) Mary , of 

Dorchester. She died January 11, 1638, and he married (3) Katherine ( ) 

Felton, who outlived him. 

John SMrni is calk\i in the Dorchester i^ecortls, quartermaster, in view of 
his service in the British army, and also perhaps to distinguish iiim Irom another 
John Smith living in Boston at the time. 

He died at l3orchester, April 29, 1678. In his will, dated 28th luili mo. 1676, 
proved July 25, i()78, he says of his two daughters Mary, 

" Ja Mary to lie unJcrstuoil Mary I'duin not da. Mary Hinckley. Shoe is paid wliat I promised vpon 
her mar to Mr. Nathaniel Glover." 

His widow, Katherine ( Pelton) Smith, was "the ancient school mistress of 

Dorchester." She died in Boston, Julv 17, 1710, aged "about 90 years." Her 
gravestone is in the cemetery at Dorchester. 

(".Hii.iiKrN (II John and Mary (Ryder) Smith 

(185) Mary, born in Toxtcth. i ngland. in 1630; married (1) Nathaniel Glover, son of Joiin and 

Ann ( ) Glover of Dorchester, Mass., who died May 21, 1657, leaving three 

children, Nathaniel, John and Ann Glover; married (2) March 16, 1650/60, as his 
second wife. Governor Thomas Hinckley, of Barnstable, Mass.; died in Barnstable, 
July 29, 1703. 

Children of John and Mary ( ) Smith 

John, married Miriam Deanc; died in Boston in 1676. 
Mary, married 16 (5th mo.) 1673, Samuel l\^lton. 

Chii.drfn of John and Katherine ( Pelton) Smith 

Sarah, born qth, 2nd mo. 1665. 

Abigail, born 31st, 6th mo. 1668. 

Joseph, born 30th, 3rd mo. 1671, died about a montii after. 

THE BETHUNE FAMILY IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND 

IN his later life, Winthrop Sargent Gii.man (136) prepared a sketch and 
chart of his Bethune ancestry, which appealed greatly to his romantic 
imagination. It was founded largely on the ancient published genealogy 
of Maximilien de Bethune, due de Sully, minister of Henri IV of France, 
which carried it down to the point at which the Scotch tree began. Mr. Oilman's 
Chart had the following characteristic inscription: 

" flonors best thrive 
When rather from ourselves we them derive 
Than our foregoers." (Much Ado About Nothing.) 

From this chart we take the ancestry of George Bethune (189), our cmi- 



320 THE BETHUNE FAMILY IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND 

grant ancestor of the name, omitting a great deal of interesting information on 
collateral lines which Mr. Oilman had gathered. The family takes its name from, 
or gave the name to, the town of Bethune in Artois, about thirty-six miles southwest 
of Calais, called by the Romans " Bethunia in Gallis." 



Robert, Lord of Bethune and Richebourg, 1011-1036, was descended from 
the younger branch of the Counts of Flanders. One of his ancestors is said to have 
been Edward, Count of Artois, who married Gisle, granddaughter of Charle- 
magne, through which royal connection the Bethunes bore the fleur-de-lys in 
their arms. In 101 1 Robert was chosen "Defender of the Church of Arras," and 
was allowed to have the banner of the church borne before him in war. His eldest 

son was 

2 

Robert, who bore the title from 1038-1072. In Baldric's Chronicles he was 
called "One of the greatest nobles of the time." His eldest son was 

3 

Robert, Lord of Bethune and Richebourg, 1075-1101, who went with God- 
frey de Bouillon to the Holy Land. His three sons were 

Robert, see below. 

Adam. 

Conon, King of Adrianople. 

4 

Robert, surnamed Le Gros, 1106-1128, who married Adelise De Pe- 
rouine, daughter of Robert De Perouine, Lord of Warneston. His second son 

was 

5 

William, Lord of Warneston, from 1 1 29-1 144, married Clemence D'Oisy, 
daughter of Simon, Lord D'Oisy and Crevecoeur. William's tomb is in the 
church of St. Bartholemy of Bethune near the high Altar. His son was 

6 

Robert, surnamed Le Roux, 1145-1191, who married Adelaide, daughter 
of Hughes, count of St. Pol. Robert went to the Holy Land with Philip, Count 
of Flanders, and returned with him in 1 177. His sons were 

Robert, who inherited the estate, but died childless. 

Baudouin, who accompanied Richard Coeur de Lion to the Holy Land; returning with him, 
he was captured in Germany and shared the imprisonment of the King until they es- 
caped together to England. There Baudouin married the cousin of the King, the Coun- 
tess d'Aumale. 

William, who succeeded his brother Robert, see below. 



THE BETHUNE FAMILY IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND 321 



Wii.i.iAM, married Mai 11, da, Lady of Tenrcmnnde, only daughter and heiress 
of David, prince of Tenrenionde. His sons were 

Daniel, wlio luUl the estates, 121 5-1225, and died childless. 

Robert, married Isabella of Morcaume, daughter of Nicholas of Condd. lie held the es- 
tates from 1226-1242, and had a daughter Matilda, who married Ihe Count of Flanders 

, see below. 

8 

, whose son William succeeded to the estate, see below. 

9 

W iLLiAM, Lord of .Molenibeque, 1 243-1 255, succeeded to the estates after the 

death of his uncle Robert, married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Lord 

Pontrohart. His son was 

10 



William, 1255-1279, who married Beatrice, Lady of Hebuterne. His son 

was 

II 

William, Lord of Locres and Hebuterne from 1294-1344. He married 
Jeannette de Neelle, daughter of Jeannette, Princess of France, and the 
Count gi- Ponthieu. Jeannette, Princess of France, had married (1) St. Fer- 
dinand, first King of the united kingdoms of Leon and Castile, by whom she had 
Alfonso X, El Sabio. William's son was 

12 

William, Lord of Locres (1348), married Marie of Roye, Lady of Vendeuil. 
His son was 

J3 

John, Lord of Locres, Vendeuil, and La Fontaine (1373), married Jeannette 
de Coucy, who was descended in the male line from the Counts of Guines and in 
the female from the Kings of France. John's son was 

•4 

John, Lord of Locres, Autresche and Mareuil, and eight other titles (1380- 
141 5), married Isabella D'Estouteville, daughter of Robert Lord D'Es- 
TouTEViLLE and Margaret Montmorenci of the royal family of France. He 
had three sons 

Anthony, died unmarried. 

Robert, Lord of Have and Maricul, &c., married Michelle d'Estouteville, became coun'<ellor 

and chamberlain to King Charles \'ll, anil was the ancestor of Maximilien de Bd- 

thune. Due of Sully, five generations later. 
James, see below. 



322 THE BETHUNE FAMILY IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND 

'5 

James, Baron of Balfour, Scotland, married the heiress of Balfour, daughter 
of Sir William Balfour, sheriff of Fife, who, according to Burke's Landed Gentry, 
was fourth in descent from Siward (1033), the general of the English forces in the 
battle when Macbeth was slain. James quartered the arms of the French Be- 
THUNES with those of the Balfours of Scotland. He came to Scotland in the 
train of Marie of Gueldres (1450), when that princess married James 11, of Scot- 
land. Iames's eldest son was 

16 

John, who succeeded to the Barony and married Katherine Sterling, 
daughter of Lord Keir. His eldest son was 

>7 

John, who succeeded to the Barony, and married Margaret Boiswald. 
Their sons were: 

John, see below. 

David, married Janet Dudiston, daughter of the Laird of St. Ford; founded the family of 
the Bethunes of Criech; was controller of the household and treasurer of the King- 
dom to James IV. 

Robert, first Abbot of Cupar in Angus, and afterwards Abbot of Melrose. 

Andrew, Prior of St. Andrews. 

Archibald, who purchased the lands of Pitlochie and Cape Dree. 

James, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Bishop of St. Andrews, Chancellor under James IV, and 
during the minority of James V. He was later Primate of all Scotland. In an af- 
fray between the Hamilton and Douglas families in 1520, which was called "Cleanse 
the Causeway" and took place just outside the Archbishop's house in Glasgow, 
" Beaton," as he is called in Scottish history, protested to the Bishop of Dunkeld, a 
Douglas, with his hand upon his heart, that he could not stop the quarrel. "Ha! 
my lord, said Dunkeld, who heard a coat of mail rattle under the archbishop's 
rochet, "methinks your conscience rattles." James Bethune died in 1539. 



John, Baron of Balfour, married Elizabeth Moneypenny, daughter of 
Lord Moneypenny, of Kinkell. They had seven sons and five daughters. The 
following record is of three of the sons: 

John, see below. 

James, Lord Balfarge, whose son was James, Archbishop of Glasgow, one of the ambassadors 
to arrange for the marriage of Mary Stuart about 1547, to the Dauphin of France. 
He was later ambassador to France, and lived in Paris during the reigns of Francis I, 
Charles IX, Henry III, and Henry IV. He died in Paris, April 25, 1603, and was 
buried there in the church of St. Jean of Latran. The daughter of another son was 



THF. BF.THUNK FAMILY IN FRANCl- AND SCOTLAND 323 

Mary Beaton, one of Quvvn Mary's ladies, about whom the old ballad sings: 

"Yestreen the Queen had four Maries 

This night she'll hae but three: 
There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seaton, 

And M;iry ('armichael anti me." 

David, born in 1404. became Archbishop of St. Andrews on the death of his uncle, was 
created cardinal by Pope Paul III, and afterwards became Primate of all Scotland. 
He was ambassador to I'rance in 1533, to arrange a marriage between James V of 
Scotland, and Madeleine, daughter of Francis I. During the minority of Mary 
Stuart he was leader of the Roman Catholic party, and a determined enemy of 
England. His persecutions of the Protestants culminated in his assassination by a 
band of fifteen men, in his castle of St. Andrews, May 28, 1546. The murderers 
shut themselves up with t)thers, who were in complicity with the plot, in the castle, 
and were besieged there. Among the number was John Knox, who was sent to the 
galleys when the castle was taken by the I'rench. 

•9 

John, Baron of Balfour, married Christina Stlwart, daughter of Lord 

RosYTH. His eldest son was: 

20 

John, Baron of Balfour, married Agnes Anstruthcr, daughter of Lord 
Anstruther. Their sons were: 

John, married Hlizabelh Pitcairn, daughter of Lord Forther. They had no children, and 

the title passed to his brother, RotiF.RT. 

Robert, see below. 

21 

Robert, Baron of Balfour, married Agnes Trail, daughter of Lord Blebo. 

His eldest son was: 

22 

David, Baron of Balfour, married Margaret Wardlaw, daughter of Lord 
Torrie, who claimed descent from Robert 1 1 , King of Scotland. His sons were: 

John, married Katherine Haliberton, daughter of Lord Piteur. They had six sons and two 

daughters. 
Robert, see below. 

fiSy) Robert, married Marion Inglis, daughter of Tiio.mas Ingi.is, of 

Atherney. His second son was: 

24 

(188) Will lAM, married ; was an advocate in Craigfurilie. His 

sons were : 

David, married Anna Wardlaw. His eldest son having no children, the estate passed to the 
second son Henry, who had but one daughter. This daughter married Col- 



324 THE BETHUNE FAMILY IN FRANCE AND SCOTLAND 

gerton, when her father Henry Bethune petitioned Parliament to have the entail 
set aside in her favor, the name being changed to Colgerton-Bethune. This peti- 
tion was granted in favor of Mrs. Colgerton and her heirs male, but no farther. 
Her heirs failing, the heirs male of George Bethune (189) would have come into the 
estate. 
(189) George, see below. 

[189] GEORGE BETHUNE [....-1735] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY WATERS [1692-....] 

OF SCOTLAND AND BOSTON, MASS. 

GEORGE BETHUNE, sonofWiLLiAMandgrandsonofRoBERTand Marion 
(Inglis) Bethune, of Craigfurdie, Scotland, arrived in Boston about 17 10, 
and "established himself as a banker there." In Sewall's Diary under 
the date of March 11, 1 7 lo/i, we find the note "Thomas Lee and George 
Bethune fin'd for constables;" that is, for refusing to act as such. 

In the Bethune Family by Mrs. J. A. Weisse, which is the most complete and 
valuable record of the family published, it is stated that "he came to Boston about 
1724" and "married a Miss Carey." Both statements are evidently incorrect. 
After a most thorough search in Boston for the ancestry of Miss Carey 1 became satis- 
fied that the name was an error, and my later discovery of the following records 
proves it to be so. In the Boston Book of Marriage Intentions we find George Be- 
thune was published June 10, 1713,10 Mary Waters of Marblehead, while in the 
Marblehead Marriages appears this record, "George Bethune of Boston and Mrs. 
Mary Waters Je 3 [30] 171 3." Mary Waters was the eldest daughter of William 
and Elizabeth (Latimer) Waters (192) of Marblehead, Mass. She was born Feb- 
ruary 25, 1691/2, and baptized at Marblehead, April 24, 1692. Further confirmation 
of the marriage was found in the Essex Deeds where George Bethune of Boston 
deeded property, September 10, 1722, to Nathaniel Norden, Mary Waters' uncle, 
to settle the estate which Nathaniel Norden held in his own right, and which, on his 
decease, was to go to Latimer Waters (Mary's brother) and his heirs. In default of 
such heirs it was to go to the next of kin of Latimer's deceased mother, Elizabeth 
(Latimer) Waters (192). There is also another deed of September 14, of the 
same year, in which Nathaniel Norden, of Marblehead, "for love of his kinswoman 
Mary wife of Geo. Bethune," deeded to her a certain house "now in possession 
of Benjamin Stacy called The Three Codds Tavern." 

The same year, 1722, George and Mary (Waters) Bethune received in the 
division of the estate of Christopher Latimer (193), Mary's grandfather, a share 
with other heirs named, in two dwellings which were a part of the estate. There 
are also other records in connection with this estate in which their names appear 
as heirs. 



GEURGL- LILUIUNL [i8y] 325 

riFORGE BmiiUNi; lived in Boston and in 1723 bought land there. In 1726 
in a turther, and perhaps final distribution ol (JiRisroi-iihR Latimi;r's estate, he 
and his wife received one-half and Latimer Waters, Mary's brother, the other. 
The discovery of all these deeds places it beyond doubt that GnoRor. Bltiiune 
came to this country in 1710, instead 1724, and that he married Mary Waters, 
June 30, 1713. 

He was undoubtedly engaged to some extent in the shipping trade, as, De- 
cember 18, 1727, he bought of Daniel Law "the sloop Mayflower all ready for a 
voyage to Honduras." He was one of the members of the Scottish Charitable 
Society of Boston. In 1732 he was justice of the peace and was guardian of F->ancis 
Borland, son of John Borland. 

The date of his death is not known, but it was probably in 1735, as an in- 
ventory of his estate was taken in Boston, 1-ebruary 20, 1735/6. 

His grandson, Mr. George Bethune, of Boston, son of George and Mary 
(Faneuil) Bethune, collected all the family memoranda obtainable, in the year 1830, 
such as family Bibles, extracts from church registers, etc. Among other interest- 
ing documents he found a letter from Henry Bethune of Craigfurdie, father of Mrs. 
Colgerton-Bethune, and nephew of our ancestor. This letter, dated 1754, and 
written on the occasion of George Bethune, Jr.'s marriage to Mary [-"aneuil, con- 
tained a genealogical and historical sketch of the Bethunes in Scotland, which is 
the same as the French chart given in the preceding chapter entitled "The Be- 
thune Family." Henry Bethune also wrote that after the heirs male of Mrs. Col- 
gerton-Bethune, George was the heir to the Craigfurdie estate, which in a lawyer's 
letter confirming this statement, was valued at |ioo,ooo a year. 

Children of George and Marv (Watf.rs) Bethune 

(182) Jane, born June 15, 1714; married (1) Feb. i, 1737/8, Dr. or Captain jMoses Prince, -son 
of Samuel and Mercy (Hinckley) Prince (181), who died July 6, 1745. at Antigua, 
W. I.; married (2) in September, 1761, as his third wife, Hon. Peter Gilman, son of 
Colonel John and Elizabeth (Coffin) Oilman (161); died at Newburyport, Mass., 
March g, 1795. 

Nathaniel, born July 25, 1715; married probably Hannah (or Abigail) Lewis, daughter of 
Job and Sarah (Palmer) Lewis; was justice of the peace in 1760, and died in Boston; 
his will was dated Feb. i, and probated .March 15, 1771. 

Mary, born April 27, 1717; died young. 

Eliza, or Elizabeth, born June 1, 1718; marrioil in 1758 (published Oct. 26), Ezckiel Lewis; 
died probably before 1771, as in lur brother Nathaniel's will he mentions only 
"Brother Ezekiel Lewis." 

George, born in 171Q, died the same year. 

George, born Dec. 7, 1720; married in 1754 (published July 15, 1751), Mary Faneuil, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin, and niece of Peter Faneuil, of Boston; was justice of the peace in 
1774; died in Little Cambridge prior to 1775. His widow continued living on the 
Faneuil farm there until her death in June or July, 1707- She was the ".Aunt 
Bethune" whose ring is now in the possession of Mrs. Daniel R. Noyes, of St. Paul, 
George Bethune's great-great-grandniece. 



326 GEORGE BETHUNE [189] 

Susanna, born Dec. 1 1, 1722; married Benjamin Pemberton. 

Henry, born Aug. 18, 1724. 

Sarah, born June 27, 1728; married in 1760 (published June 30), Rev. Sylvanus Conant, of 

Middleboro, Mass. 
Mary, born Oct. 7, 1730. 

[191] WILLIAM WATERS [....-1684] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH (PEACH) BRADSTREET [....-... .] 

OF ENGLAND AND MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 

WHILE there is reason to believe that William Waters was an early 
settler in Marblehead, Mass., his name does not appear on the 
Marblehead petitions and lists of 1637, 1648, 1668, or 1673, but 
does on the list of householders in 1674. On the petition dated 
1668 against imposts, beginning " Free trade hath been the chief motive that 
drew us hither," we should expect to find his name as it has one hundred and 
fifty signatures, but it is not there. 

In Salem Deeds we find a record of a "William Waters sen. husbandman" 
and "William Waters, Jr., mariner," both of Boston, who, 13th (loth mo.) 1661, 
together borrowed ;£ioo of John Croade of Salem, agreeing to pay in fish, it may 
be that our William Waters was the mariner and lived in Boston as well as Mar- 
blehead. This would explain why his name does not appear on the Marblehead 
lists. The fact that our William's son Thomas was a mariner, suggests that he 
succeeded his father. 

William Waters married in Marblehead, about 1661, Hannah (Peach) 

Bradstreet, daughter of John and Alice ( ) Peach (191-A), and widow of 

John Bradstreet, son of the Humphrey Bradstreet of Rowley who was arrested for 
witchcraft in 1652, but released. John Bradstreet was born in 1631 and died in 
1660, leaving his widow childless and evidently still a young woman. 

William Waters died probably at Marblehead, about 1684, as an inventory 
of his estate was taken November i9of that year. His eldest son William Waters, 
Jr. (i92),filed the inventory in which hementions his brother Thomas, and his sisters 
Hannah and Mary, "being all the children of the late deceased." in the division 
William, as the eldest son, had a double portion in the house and lands in Marble- 
head. 

As the dates of the births of the children have not been found, the following 
list may not be in the correct order. 

Children of William and Hannah (Peach Bradstreet) Waters 

(1Q2) William, married (1) in Marblehead, Aug. 4, 1686, Elizabeth Latimer (or Lattimore), 
daughter of Christopher and Mary (Pitts) Latimer (193), who died Feb. 10, 



W II.I.IAM WATERS [191] 327 

1608^0: married (2) July 17, 1699, Mary ( ) Doliber, widow of Peter Dolibcr, 

of iMarbk'licad; lie died about 1704. 
Thomas, married in Marblchead, Oct. 7, 1687, Alice Bartoll; was a mariner and sold out 

in Marblehead and removed to Salem about 1686. He was buried May 15. 1728. 
Hannah, married May 25, 1682, lilias Stratlon. 
Mary, married Oct. 2, 1685, Robert letToril or lelfwrd. 



|iq2j WILLIAM WATFRS. JR. | .-1704I 

AND HIS Wll 1: 

ELIZABETH LATIMER [1663-1699] 

OF MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 

WILLIAM WATERS, son of William and Hannah (Peach Brad- 
street) Waters (191), was probably born in Marblehead and passed 
his early life there. He married (1) August 4, 1686, Elizabeth 
LATiiMi;R, daughter of Christophiir and Mary (Pitts) Latimer 
(193), of Marblehead, who was born in 1663, and baptized in the Eirst Church of 
Salem, January 6, 1677. 

He was a cordwainer, i. e. shoemaker, in Marblehead. In 1(390, he and his 
wife gave a receipt for property to Nathaniel Norden, in which they call him "our 
brother-in-law." The property so conveyed was described as that of "our father- 
in-law Christopher Latimer." 

Elizabeth died at Marblehead, I'ebruary 10, 1698, 9, aged thirty-live, and her 
gravestone is still standing in the "Pond street burial ground on the hill." A 

few months later he married (2) July (or August) 17, 1699, Mary ( ) 

Doliber, widow of Peter Doiiber, of Marblehead, by whom he had one child. He 
died at Marblehead about 1704. His will, dated March 16, 1702, mentions his two 
children by his first wife, Latimer and Mary, and bequeaths to them what was 
left them in their grandfather Latimer's will. The other children were, probably, 
not then living. He also mentions his wife Mary and her daughter Hannah. 
His estate was administered by the widow, May 1 5, 1705. 

Mary (■ Doliber) \\aters died December 1 1, 1728. 

ChhdrpiN of Wiu.ia.m and Elizabeth (Latimi.r) Waters 

Mary, baptized Oct. Q, 1687, died young. 

Jane, baptized July 28, 1689; died April 22, i69-(illegible in the records). 
(189) Mary, born Feb. 25, 1691/2, baptized April 24, 1692; married June 3 or 30. 1713, George 
I5[;THUNE, of Boston, son of William and Bethune, of Craigfurdie, Scot- 
land. 

Latimer, baptized Oct. 6 or 14, 1694, probably never married. The administration of his 
estate was granted Dec. 28, 1752, to Nathaniel Bethune of Boston, eldest son of 
George and Mary (Waters) Bethune (189). 



328 WILLIAM WATERS, JR. [192] 

William, baptized Sept. 12, 1696 (another authority gives Aug. 15, 1697); probably died 
before 1702, the date of his father's will. 

Children of William and Mary ( Doliber) Waters 

Hannah, baptized Aug. 11, 1700; may possibly have been the "young woman Hannah 
Waters" who was one of the victims of the dreadful scourge of small-pox in 1730, or 
she may have been the Hannah Waters who married Nov. 29, 1720, Philip Tewkes- 
berry, of Marblehead. 



[191 -a] JOHN PEACH [1604- 1 68-] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ALICE [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 

JOHN PEACH is said to have come from Dorsetshire, England, to New 
England, in 1630. He was one of the early settlers of Marblehead, arriving 
there, according to the deposition mentioned below, about 1639. In the 
records of Marblehead, he is called "jr." while his older brother, also named 
John, who came over earlier, was called "sen'." Both he and his brother were 
selectmen at Marblehead at the same time, and the records mention the fact that 
they were brothers. 

He married, before 1644, Alice , as her name appears as a witness to 

a document in that year. By her he had one son and three daughters. 

In the deposition above referred to, made 25th (1st. mo.) 1672, he gave his 
age as "about 58 years" and stated that he had lived in Marblehead about thirty- 
three years. 

The record of his death at Marblehead reads "August 20, 168-," probably 
1689. His will, dated January 10, 1687/8, was not probated, however, until May 
21, 1694. In it he mentioned his wife Alice, the grandchildren left by his daughter 
Hannah Waters, also his daughters, Mary Woods and Elizabeth Legg. Be- 
quests were made "to my only son William Peach," his wife Emma and their two 
sons John and Thomas. As the dates of birth of their children have not been found, 
the following is only approximately correct. 

Children of John and Alice ( ) Peach 

(191) Hannah, married (i) John Bradstreet, son of Humphrey Bradstreet, of Rowley, who 
died in 1660; married (2) about 1661, William Waters, Sr., of Marblehead. 

Mary, married Woods 

Elizabeth, married Legg- 

William, born in April, 1650; married Emma -— ; died June 10, 1713, "aged 63 yrs 

2 mo & 8 ds." 



CHRISTOPHER LATIMER [193] 329 

L193J CHRISTOPHHR LATIMER 11020-1090] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY PITTS [1632-1681] 

OF ENGLAND AND MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 

CHRISTOPHER LATIMER was one of the early settlers of Marblehead, 
Mass., and according to Savage, was there in 1648. He married Mary 
Pitts, daughter of William and Pitts (193-A) of Marblehead, 

who was born in 1632, probably in Bristol, England. 

The first record of him in Marblehead was when in 1659 it was voted "to 
have the meeting house sealed" and "Mr. Christopher Lattimore" was on the 
committee appointed to make the improvement. The same year, his father-in-law, 
William Pitts (193-A) of Boston deeded February 1, to Christopher and Mary, 
his house, seven parcels of land, stage, fishing land and appurtenances "now in 
possession of said Christopher Latimer." 

He sold to Robert Hooper in 1663, his wife Mary joining him in the deed, 
a dwelling house in Marblehead "on the hill where John Coytes's [Coite] house 
stood, which he sold to my father Pitts," probably the one mentioned above. He 
mentions his fishyard, and from these deeds we suppose that he and his father-in- 
law conducted fisheries. In a later deed to William Pitts he calls himself a vintner. 

October 21, 1662, he was present at a meeting of the commoners and was one 
of the six signers to an agreement. Probably the others could not write and the 
six signed in the name of all. His name appears in a list of householders in Mar- 
blehead in 1674, with the prefix of distinction "Mr." In the same list are William 
Pitts (193-A) his father-in-law, William Waters (192) his son-in-law and John 
Peach, Jr. (191-A). 

April 5, 1679, he and his wife joined in an agreement to pay "father Pitts 50s. 
for the half or £5 for the whole" use of the property in Boston (see 193-A) "per 
annum as long as we live or as long as William Pitts lives." Mary died at Mar- 
blehead May 8, 1681, aged forty-nine years, as appears from her gravestone in Pond 
Street burial-ground on the hill, the most ancient stone in the ground. 

In February, 1686/7, Christopher Latimer deeded to his son-in-law Nathan- 
iel Norden, "the house formerly occupied by my father William Pitts." Appar- 
ently the same property was deeded back to the grandchildren in 1722 by their 
uncle Norden, possibly on the death of his wife. This deed conveys 

"to Latimer Waters, Mary Petherick spinster of .Marblehead, George Ik'thune and his wife 
Mary of IJoston [two dwellings which were] part of the estate of Christopher Latimer and were 
set off to Norden in lieu of a debt." 

Christopher Latimer died at Marblehead, October 5, 1690, aged about sev- 
enty years, as appears from his gravestone in the Pond Street burial-ground. In his 



330 CHRISTOPHER LATIMER [193] 

will dated Novembers, 1688, he gave to his daughters "Joane Baker, Jean Norden, 
Elizabeth Waters and Susanna Pederick . . . land my father Pitts gave me." 

Children of Christopher and Mary (Pitts) Latimer 

Joan, married Baker. 

Jeane, or Jane, married Nathaniel Norden, son of the Samuel Norden, cord-wainer, men- 
tioned in Judge Sewall's Diary us one of the earliest aristocrats of the town. He 
"held no great correspondence with other families," had a coat of arms, was coun- 
cillor, &c. Jane died 2d mo. 1722, and her husband married (2) Sept. 20, 1722, 
iVlary (Browne) Brattle, daughter of Captain John Browne and widow of Captain 
Edward Brattle. 
(192) Elizabeth, born in 1663 in Marblehead, and baptized in Salem First Church Jan. 6, 1677; 
married Aug. 4, 1686, William Waters, son of William and Hannah (Peach 
Bradstreet) Waters (iqi); died Feb. 10, 1698/9 aged thirty-five. 

Susanna, baptized in Salem First Church Jan. 6, 1677; married Nov. 29, (or 30), 1682, 
John Pederick (Petherick). 

[193-A] WILLIAM PITTS [1592-1680] 

OF ENGLAND AND MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 

AMONG the passengers in the ship "Diligent," of Ipswich, Captain Martin, 
which brought over Edward Gilman (130) from Hingham, Norfolk, 
England, in 1638, was a William Pitts, who Savage believed to be our 
ancestor William Pitts, of Marblehead. He gives him a wife, Elizabeth, 
and a daughter of the same name. He came, with Edward Mitchell, as an employee 
of Philip James, and is said to have been of near kin to the Edmund Pitts of Nor- 
folkshire (probably Hingham) who came to Hingham, Mass., a year earlier, and to 
Captain Leonard Pitts, also of that place. 

There is no direct proof that this is our William Pitts, who was first heard 
of in Marblehead in 1647, ^"^ whose wife's name is not on record, and who had 
no daughter Elizabeth. We think a more probable connection is with the large 
Pitts family of Bristol, England, whose wills are to be found in Waters' Gene- 
alogical Gleanings, and who used William very frequently as a Christian name. 
Edward Batten, who was connected with these Pitts, had two cousins, Edward 
Batten and William Pitts, whom he commends to the care of his executor in his 
will of 1638. it seems as if this William might be our ancestor, as he chose Ed- 
ward Batten of Salem, Mass., as one of the trustees for his daughter Grace Oxford 
in 1679. Our William, too, witnessed a deed for Richard Russell, of Charlestown, 
treasurer of Massachusetts Colony, who was husband of Maude Pitts, a daughter 
of William Pitts, merchant of Bristol, England. There is also a connection be- 
tween the English Pitts and the Aldworth and Elbridge families with whom our 
William had business later in Pemaquid. It is curious that in this way he is 
brought into relation with William Peters (see 250). 



WILLIA.M I'l I IS [193-Al j}i 

As wc have mentioned above, William Pitts first appears in Marblehcad in 
1647, when he purchased land of John Coite near the cove, which he siibscqiK-nllv 
conveyed to his son-in-law, Christopher 1.atimi;r (193). He must have been 
married when he emigrated, as his daughter Mary was born in 1632. In 1647, he 
was also one of the proprietors of the public lands. He was a merchant in Mar- 
blehead and later in Boston, for a time doing business in both places. 

Our only information about his life comes from the many deeds, etc., that 
are found in the Suffolk and Salem Collections, which run as follows. 

5th 9th mo. 1650, William Pitts and Frances Johnson, of Marblehcad 
witness a deed given by Thomas Elbridge, of Pemaquid to Richard Russell, of 
Charlestown. in 1654, he as "merchant of Marblehead" mortgages to Robert 
Brick, his house and land "near the new meeting house" in Boston. This is prob- 
ably the one that was built on Washington Street in 1640.' 

We do not know when his first wife died, but he married (2) December 7, 

1655, Susanna ( ) Eley (or Aealy), widow of Philip Aealy of Boston, Mass., 

who left her a considerable estate. By her William Pitts had no children. They 
appear to have removed to Boston, at least for a time, as he is called "of Boston" 
in a deed by James Standish conveying to him certain lands in Manchester, Octo- 
ber 29, 1657; in one already mentioned under Christopher Latimer (193) in 
i6s9, and again in a mortgage of December 3, the same year, to Francis Smith. 
This mortgage is for £50 "to be paid on his [William Pitts] return from New- 
foundland" and was secured on the same house in Boston near the new meeting 
house. In this his wife Susanna joined. 

It appears from the above that his trading took him to various places. He 
was at Pemaquid in 1650, in Newfoundland in 1659 and in 1663, at Kittery, .Maine, 
where he witnessed a deed for Mrs. Gunnison. May 18, 1665, an inventory of the 
estate of John Slater was taken by William Pitts, John Peach (191-A) and 
John Coiner, the two latter, old residents of Marblehead. 

His wife Susanna died in Marblehead while there "on a visit" September 28, 
1668. She made her will September 7, "being in a dying condition her husband 
present and consenting," but it was not signed until September 20, eight days before 
her death, and was probated on the 29th. In it she gives one-half of her estate to 
her husband, and the other half to her step-daughter "Mary Latti.more," for 
whom there were "many good things in her chest in her house in Boston now in 
possession of Robert Carver." The administration of her estate was granted, 2Sth 
(ist mo) 1670, to John Bundy, of Taunton "as he appears to be nearest of kin." 
An inventory was taken in Boston, Septembers, 1670. 

In 1674 his name appears on the recorded list of householders in .Marble- 
head and on May 7, 1675, "William Pitts merchant of Boston" deeded to his son- 
in-law Christopher Latimer (193), of Marblehead, his house in Marblehead of 
which Latimer was then in possession. With this deed is recorded an "account 
rendered" dated i'ebruary 2, 1659, to which Susanna Pitts consented. 

' Tbe Story of the City of Boston. Arthur Oilman (1889), 1 16. 



332 WILLIAM PITTS [193-A] 

After the death of his wife, William Pitts, who must have been aged, prob- 
ably went to Marblehead to live with his daughter Mary Latimer. We conclude 
this as he evidently divided his property between his two daughters in considera- 
tion of their paying him an annuity. The deeds are as follows: April 30, 1679, 
William Pitts of Marblehead deeded to Anthony Checkley, of Boston, and Ed- 
mund Batten of Salem 

"in trust for my daughter Grace, now wife of Thomas Oxford and Susanna and Margaret Porter 
daughters of my daughter Grace by her former husband Wilham Porter" 

one-half the land formerly owned by his wife Susanna and given him in her will, 
on consideration of an annuity of ;£5. The other half of the land he deeded, 
loth (ist mo.) 1679/80, to Christopher Latimer, "Vintner" (193), and Mary 
his wife, for the same consideration." 

He probably died soon after this, but the date has not been ascertained. 

Children of William and Pitts 

(193) Mary, born in 1632; married Christopher Latimer, of Marblehead; died May 8, 1681, 
"aged 49 years." 
Grace, married (i) William Porter; married (2) Thomas Oxford, and died before 1708. 

' Susanna (Porter) Campbell, widow of Duncan Campbell of Boston, Merchant, and daughter of William 
and Grace (Pitts) Porter, at a Superior Court of Judicature held May 4, 1708, deeded to Samuel and Eneas Salter 
the estate lately held at the southerly end of Boston by her deceased mother Grace Oxford. 



LIPPINCOTT ANCESTRY 

OF 

ABIA SWIFT LIPPINCOTT 
[136J 



I194-A] RICHARD LIPPINCOTT |.. .-1683] 

AND HIS WIKE 

ABIGAIL [....-1697] 

OF ENGLAND AND SHREWSBURY, N. J. 

RICHARD LIPPINCOTT, probably the ancestor ot all of the name in tins 
country, came from Devonshire, England, where the name has been 
found from earliest times in various forms. His parentage has not been 
discovered. On account of religious persecution he moved from place 
to place both in England and this country, throughout a long life, and the names 
of his children are curiouslv significant of his wanderings and many trials. 

He came from Plymouth, Devonshire, England, to New England in 1639, with 

his wife Abigail and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where their eldest son 

Remembrance was born in 1641. He was made freeman in Boston, May 13, 1640, 
at the same time and place as Deputy-Governor Erancis W'illougiiby (82). lie 
appears to have removed to Boston later, as their son John was born in that city 
in 1644. Richard's name is also on the list of property holders in the Boston 
Book of Possessions. 

He was a member of the First Church of Boston, but was excommunicated 
July 6, 165 1, for "his conscientous scruples." He was probably inclining towards 
the Quaker beliefs which he afterwards adopted. 

After suffering much oppression from the Boston Puritans, he returned 
to England in 1652, where he undoubtedly hoped for more libertv of conscience 
under Oliver Cromwell. He appears to have gone at once to Plymouth, perhaps 
his old home, and there his son Restored or Restore was born in 1653, named 
evidently to commemorate his restoration to his native land and kindred. 

Soon after this he joined the religious Society of Friends, which was just 
emerging from the various sects around them, and casting in his lot with them he 
encountered new persecutions, as under the Puritans they were thrown into prison 
for refusing to swear allegiance to the Commonwealth and to serve in the army. 
in February, 1655, Richard Lippincott was imprisoned in the jail near the castle 
of Exeter. It has been said that his offence was that he said "that Christ was the 



334 RICHARD LIPPINCOTT [194-A] 

word of God and the Scriptures a declaration of the mind of God," but it is more 
Hkely that his testimony against the civil authorities occasioned it, as in May, 1655, 
we find that he was among those who resented the wrongs inflicted on the Quakers 
and testified against the acts of the Mayor of Plymouth and the falseness of the 
charges brought against the sect. His son Freedom was born in this year, and 
the name may have been given in memory of his new faith. 

On January 20, 1660, he, with other Friends, was taken from their meeting- 
house in Plymouth and committed to prison by t)liver Creely, the Mayor. How 
long he rernained in prison we do not know, but his release was secured by Margaret 
Fell, the widow who afterwards married George Fox. She and others interceded 
with the newly restored king, Charles 1 1 , securing the release of many of the Friends. 

in 1663 he emigrated again with his family and went to Rhode Island, where 
freedom was offered to the Friends to worship God after their own method. He 
remained there in safety for a number of years, and there his son Preserved was 
born. He was a man of education, character, and influence, a consistent and 
exemplary Friend, and was a welcome assistant and companion to George Fox 
on his missionary journeys through the new country. On one of these trips from 
New England to Virginia he may have visited that part of New Jersey where he 
settled later. 

In 1665 a patent was granted to Friends from Long Island, for land in what 
is now New Jersey,' and Richard Lippincott and others of Rhode Island joined 
them in the purchase of land from the Indians on the Shrewsbury River. He 
was the largest shareholder in the Colony and his homestead was on Passequeneiqua 
Creek, a branch of South Shrewsbury River. It was not far from that of his son-in- 
law Samuel Dennis and near the present town of Shrewsbury. 

Richard Lippincott was an active officer of the Colony, a deputy to Gov- 
ernor Carteret's first assembly in 1668, and in 1669 and 1670 an overseer of Shrews- 
bury town. In the latter year the first meeting for worship was established by the 
Friends, and in 1672, George Fox visited them and was entertained at the house of 
his friend, Richard Lippincott. 

in 1675 when John Fenwick bought out Sir George Carteret's interest in New 
Jersey for ;Ciooo,LippiNCOTT,it is said, purchased 1000 acres of the grant and ad- 
vanced the money to aid Fenwick. The land was in Cohansey Precinct, on the 
south side of Cohansey river in Shrewsbury Neck. The title was conveyed the next 
year, 1676, and the consideration was £20, with a quitrent of 2 bushels of wheat 
annually. He conveyed this land to his five sons in 1679, but they never occupied it. 

He died at his home near Shrewsbury, N. J., November 25, 1683. His will, 
dated November 23, 1683, was probated January 2, 1684. He divided his estate 
between his sons Freedom, Jacob, and the widow Abigail, Freedom's portion 

' When the new Province of Nova Caesarea (New Jersey) was estabhshed (1665), the form of government 
known as the "Concessions," limited the power of the governor, Philip Carteret, by a council and an assembly elected 
by the people. Very liberal terms for purchasing lands were offered to settlers, and what attracted Quakers was 
the complete civil and religious liberty promised. The result was an immediate influ.x from New England notably 
that from Davenport's New Haven colony. 



\ 



RlLllAKlJ Liri'lM.ol 1 [\i)4-A] 3J5 

reverting; to a grandson, Ricliard I.ippincolt. To his other chililrcn he gave five 
shillings apiece, liaving probably provided lor them in his liletinie. 

His widow Abigail died at the homestead, 6th mo. 2nd. 1697, leaving a large 
estate. Extracts from her will are as follows: 

" 1 give & boqiicalh . . . unto yc children of my aforcs'' son freedom desesed . . . yc 
sum of fiufty p(junds all curanl niony ... & also my negro woman calid bess being put to sale & 
soald yc ouir plush thairof is to return to yc stock . . . unto ye ofT spring of mydaughlir incrcas 
dcnncs ... I give tin pounds [apiece] ... I give <Sc bequeath unto my son Remembrance 
Lippincott my negro boy Zilbe . . . Unto my son John . . . my young negro boy called olcvcr 
. . . also I do give to yc meeting of friends in Shrewsbury yc sum of thirty shillins for friends to 
dispos of as yt may see (Itt . . . further it is my will that my to negros oiever coscn & his wife 
CilTah have thair freedom after my desecc . . . [note after the signature] I did promis thomas 
hewit y' he should y' refusal of my negro bess after my deseas." 

Children of Richard and Abigail ( ) Lippincott 

Rtnunibrancc, born in Dorchester, Mass. 7th mo. 1641; married Margaret I5arber, of 
Boston; was an active and prominent member of the Shrewsbury, N. J., Colony; a 
clerk of the monthly and quarterly meeting for many years; died at Shrewsbury, 
2nd. mo. (1 1) 1723. 

John, born in Boston, Mass., Qth mo. (6) 1644; baptized in the First Church ql\\ mo. (10), 
the same year; married (1) Anne Barber, who died in 1707; married (2) in 1710 
Jcnnctt (or Janctta) Austin, probably a daughter of William Austin (.Austen or 
Asten) whose land adjoined the Lippincott's in New Jersey; was a yeoman, lived at 
Shrewsbury and died there, 2nd mo. (16) 1720. 

Abigail, born in Boston, Mass., nth mo. (17) 1646, died ist. mo. (q) 1647. 

Restore, born in Plymouth, England 5th mo. (3) 1653; married (i) in 1674 Hannah Shat- 

tuck, of Boston, Mass.; married (2) 10th mo. (24) 1720 Martha Owen, of Mt. Holly, 

N. J.; was a member of the governor's council of West New Jersey ; died 5th mo. 1741. 

(104) Freedom, born at Stonehouse, England, in January, 1655; married Oct. 14, 1680, Mary 

Austin; died in 1697. 

Increase, born in Stonehouse, England lotli mo. (5) 1657; married Samuel Dennis, of 
Shrewsbury, N. J.; died 9th mo. (29) 1695. 

Jacob, born in England, 3d. mo. 1660; married Grace ; died in 1689. 

Preserved, born in Rhode Island, 12 mo. (25) 1663, died in 1666. 

[194J FREEDOM LIPPINCOTT [i 6".- 1607! 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY AUSTIN [....-... .] 

OF ENGLAND AND BRIDGBORO, N. J. 

FREEDOM LIPPINCOTT, son of Richard and Abigail ( ) Lip- 
pincott (194-A), was horn at Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England, in 
January, 1655, the same year that his fatiier was imprisoned in the jail 
near Exeter. It has been conjectured that the name Freedom was given 
by his father when released from imprisonment, but as his birth occurred before that 



336 FREEDOM LIPPINCOTT [194] 

event, it seems more likely that it was used entirely in a spiritual sense and had 
reference to his adoption of the new faith. 

Freedom came to Rhode Island in 1663, when he was eight years old, with 
his parents. In 1669 they removed to Shrewsbury, N. J., and there he married 
14th day (8th mo.) 1680, Mary Austin, of Burlington, N. J. 

This marriage appears in Book A of the Burlington Records in the Friend's 
Library, Philadelphia, but Mary's last name is so written that it has been vari- 
ously read as Curtis, Curtin and Austin. No such name as Curtin appears in the 
early records of New Jersey, if the name is Curtis, no Mary is to be found in the 
families of John or Thomas Curtis who were then living near Burlington. There 
was, however, a William Austin who lived near the Lippincotts in Shrewsbury 
whose daughter Jannetta married Freedom's elder brother John, in 1710. There 
was also a Francis Austin of Evesham, Burlington Co., who married Mary Borton, 
daughter of John Borton (200-B), and whose sister Elizabeth Austin married 
Thomas Haines, son of Richard Haines (200-A.) if Freedom's wife was Mary 
Austin, as 1 am inclined to think, she may have been another daughter of William 
above, or another sister of Francis above. The record is as follows: 

"Thes are to Certifie whome it may conserne that Freedome Lippingcott of Shrewsbury 
& Mary Austin of Burlington hath declared their intentions of Marriage at two several! Monthly 
Meetings heare & after ye consideration & consent of ffriends & relations thay weare Joyned in 
Marriage at a Publique Meeting in Burlington ye day & yeare above written in ye presence of us— 
Tho. Ollive Robert Stacy 

Remembrance Lippincott Tho. Ellis 

Tho. Palmer John Pallcoast 

& others 
" Burlington Monthly Meeting ye 14th of ye 8 mo. 1680." 

In 1683, his father, Richard Lippincott, died, and in his will left to Free- 
dom the homestead in these words: 

" I doe give to my sonn freedom Lippincott after the deses of myself and my wife all and singular 
my new dwelling housing out housing or shanty and my farms thereunto adjoining deuering his 
neateurall Life and noe longer and after his desese then I give it to my grandsonn Richard Lip- 
pincott to him his hairs or asoines forever." 

This Richard was the son of Remembrance. It does not appear why Free- 
dom received practically nothing by his father's will. As he died before his mother, 
he never came into possession of the homestead, but Abigail left to his widow and 
children £^^. She excepted the eldest son Samuel from this legacy, probably be- 
cause he inherited Freedom's homestead, as she writes: Samuel "being exspted 
against for som reasons his father diing without a will." 

About the time of his father's death Freedom joined Fenwick's Colony in 
West New Jersey, where we find his descendants permanently settled. He was 
a tanner by trade and lived for a time in Salem, N. J., but in 1687 seems to have 
sold his Salem lands and purchased a tract of 288 acres on Rancocas Creek at the 



FKEEDOM LIPIMNCUTT [19-41 337 

Crossing of the King's Highway, wliorc Britlghoro is now. Here he settled and 
spent the remaining years of his Hie. To tlie trade of tanner he added that of 
smith, and could shoe a horse or "upset" the axes of his neighbors with some skill. 
1 le was killed hv a stroke of lightning while shoeing a horse in the summer of 
1697. I le left no will, but his estate, amounting to/ji8<S 15s. 6d., was administered 
to his widow and five children, the eldest son receiving the homestead. 

Childrun of Frehdom and Mary (Austin) Lippinc.ott 

Samuel, born lotli mo. (24) 1684; m.irricd Hope Wills, of Evesham (Mcdford), N. J. As 
eldest son, he inheriled his father's homestead, hut in 1708 sold it to his brother 
Thomas. 
(iQi,) Thomas, born loth mo. (28) 1686; married (1) in 1711 Mary Haines, daughter of John and 
Esther (Borton) Hainf.s (200), who died before 1732; tnarried (2) 2nd. mo. (19) 
1732 Mercy Hugg; married (3) Rachel Smith; died 5th mo. (9) 1757. 

Judith, born 6th mo. (22) 1689; married at Newton Meeting, in 1710, Joseph Stokes, son 
of Thomas and Mary (Bcrnanl) Stokes. 

Mary, born Sept. 29, 1691, married Edmund Peake. 

Freedom, born 12th mo. (6) 1693/4; married 9th mo. (17) 1715, Elizabeth Wills, of 
Evesham, N. J., settled in Cropwell, Burlington Co., N. J. 



[195I THOMAS LIPPINCOTT [1686-1 737I 

AND MIS WIFE 

MARY HAINES [1693-....] 

OF CHESTER, N. J. 

THOMAS LIPPINCOTT, second son of Freedom and Mary (Austin) Lip- 
piNcoTT (194), was born loth mo. (28) 1686, probably in Salem, N. J. 
1 lis father died intestate when Thomas was but eleven years of age, and 
left only a small property, the greater part of which went, apparently, 
to the eldest son Samuel. 

Thomas learned the trade of carpenter, and must have been industrious and 
thrifty, as he soon had accumulated some money. He inherited in 1697 his share 
of ;g50, his grandmother's legacy, and on March 6, 1708, bought the homestead on 
Rancocas Creek from his brother Samuel for ^30 and other considerations. Three 
years later, 8th mo. (24) 171 1, he made a much larger and more important purchase 
of Thomas Stevenson, a tract of 1034 acres extending from Penisaukin Creek to 
Swede's Run, joining the No-se-ne-mcn-si-on (C'innaminson) tract reserved for the 
New Jersey Indians. On the northern border of this tract the village of Westfield 
now stands, taking its name from the meeting-house built in 1800 in Thomas Lip- 
pincott's western field. 

He married (1) at Newton Meeting, loth mo. (19) 171 1, Mary Haines, 
daughter of John and Esther (Borton) Haines (200), who was born June 20, 



338 THOMAS LIPPINCOTT [195] 

1693, at Evesham (Medford), Burlington County, N. J. Soon after he built his 
first house on the newly purchased land in Chester township. This house and the 
second one built in 1800 on the same site by his great-grandson, were occupied by 
Thomas Lippincott and his descendants for one hundred and thirty years. The 
first meeting of Friends in this district was held in this house, and continued to be 
held there until 1800, when the Westfield meeting-house was built. 

He was an active and useful citizen and was repeatedly elected to fill im- 
portant offices in the township of Chester from 1715 to 1743. He was overseer 
of highways in 171 5, constable in 1720 and collector in 1719, 1725 and 1731 to 1733. 

His first wife Mary, who was probably the mother of all his children, died 
before 1732, as he married (2) at Burlington Meeting, 2nd mo. (19) 1732 Mercy 
Hugg. She died and he married (3) Rachel Smith, whom he also outlived. 

He died 5 th mo. (9) 1757, aged seventy-one years. His will, dated July 23, 1755, 
probated October 7, 1757, has provisions as follows, which are interesting because 
they show his determination to found an entailed estate in the English manner. 

" I give unto my son Isaac all that my land situate on the Sweads run [part of the 1034 acre tract, 
and one hundred and fifty acres on] pesnawkin Creek . . . during his natural Life and after his 
decease unto my said Son Isaac's Son being grandson Thomas Lippincott and to his heirs males 
. . . and for Default of such Issue unto the use and behoofe of the Second, third, [to the tenth] son 
Successively one after another . . . forever." 

He bequeathed in the same way all the rest of the land on which he lived, to 
be entailed forever in his son Nathaniel's family. He mentioned three daughters, 
Abigail, Esther and Mercy, to whom he gave thirty pounds apiece, and his grand- 
children Thomas, Isaac and John Lippincott, Mary and Hope Wills, Meribah 
Ruddero, his deceased son Thomas's daughter Phoebe and his deceased daughter 
Patience's two daughters, Hannah and Phoebe Andrews. He also mentioned his 
daughter-in-law Rebecca Middleton, to whom he left fifteen pounds for "services 
Done for" him. His sons Nathaniel and Isaac were executors and John Mat- 
lack (205) was one of the witnesses. 

As the dates of birth of the children have not been found, the following list 
may not be in the correct order. 

Children of Thomas and Mary (Haines) Lippincott 

Isaac, married at Haddonfield Meeting in 1739, Hannah Engle, daughter of John and 

Mary (Ocborn) Engle (202). 
(ig6) Nathaniel, born 5th mo. (2) 1715; married at Haddonfield Meeting, May 4 (or July 12), 

1736, Mary Engle, sister of his brother Isaac's wife; died June 17, 1790. 
Abigail, married Thomas Wills. 

Esther, married at Chester Meeting in 1742, John Roberts. 
Mary, died in infancy. 

Mercy, married Ephraim Stiles, son of Robert Stiles. 
Patience married in 1742, Ebenezer Andrews; died before 1755. 
Thomas, married at Evesham (Medford) Meeting in 1745, Rebecca Eldridge; died before 

1755, as Rebecca married (2) at that date, Middleton. 



NATHANIEL LIPIMNCOTT [196] 339 

|ie)0| NATHANIEL LIITINCOTT | lyis-iygo] 

AND HIS Wll K 

MARY ENGLE [1715-1787] 

OF HADDONFIELD AND WATERFORD, N. J. 

NATHANIEL LIIMMNCOTT, son ot Thomas and Makv (I Iainesj Lippin- 
c.oi r (195). was horn ai C.hesler, N. J., 51I1 mo. (2) 1715. His early life 
was spcnl in tlhester, where his father owned a iarj^e amoiml f)f land. 
He married May 4 (or July 12), 1736,3! the lladdonlield Monthly Meet- 
ing, Mary Engle, daughter of John and Mary (Ogborn) Engle (202) of Eve- 
sham (Medford), N. J., who was born 9th mo. (14) 1716. 

Soon after their marriage they removed to Goshen, Chester County, Pa., and 
settled on lands bequeathed to Nathaniel's mother by her father, John Haines 
(200). Here their sons John and Caleb were born. After a few years' residence 
in Pennsylvania, he returned to New Jersey and purchased of Richard Haines, 
perhaps his great-uncle, a tract of land on the north side of Cooper's Creek. It is 
a few miles east of lladdonfieid and on a road leading thence to Milford, Camden 
County. He lived there for many years, but, before his death, moved to Water- 
ford, Gloucester County, N. J. He was a farmer and acquired considerable 
property. He seems never to have lived on the tract inherited from his father 
and entailed on his eldest son John, but to have passed it at once over to him, as 
he was then twenty years old and married. 

His wife Mary died before him and was buried 12 mo. d) 17S7 in the Friends' 
burial-ground in lladdonlield. Nathaniel died at W'aterford, N. J., June 17, 1790, 
aged seventy-seven. 

His will was made October 8, 1787, and probated August 16, 1790. His pro- 
visions for his wife's maintenance were very minute, but, as she died first, were not 
carried out. They were as follows: 

"Two rooms below stairs in the stone part of my dwelling house . . . and half the cellar 
under the same, the free use of the oven, water at the pump, a cow and a horse at her choice 
and keeping for the same winter and summer, firewood cut and laid at her door fit for her fireplace, 
the garden at the front side of the house fenced in, apples and cyder for her family from the orchard; 
all the above privileges are to continue to her as long as she remains my widow (and no longer), 
. . . the use of as much of my household & kitchen furniture as she may think sufficient to fur- 
nish her rooms, . . . rents and profits of my said home plantation ... to support . . . her 
handsomely, . . . [devises] . . . pewter, china, delf ware and glasses, . . . house and lot in 
fifth street a little above arch street in Philadelphia, which I purchased of Lazarus Pine, . . . my 
clock, ... to the Treasurer of the Preparative meeting of Maddonfield f-ive pounds for the repair 
of the Grave yard belonging to friends at that place, And it is my desire that none of the legacies 
which I h;i\e above given should be paid in any depreciated currency, etc." 

1 he executors were Caleb Lippincott, his son, and Joshua Borton, his son-in-law. 



340 NATHANIEL LIPPINCOTT [196] 

Children of Nathaniel and Mary (Engle) Lippincott 
(197) John, born 6th mo. (31) 1737; married (1), 3rd. mo. 1756, Anna Matlack, daughter of 

John and Hannah (Shivers) Matlack (206), of Haddonfield, who died 11 mo. 

(3) 1762; married (2), nth mo. (4) 1766, Hannah Tilton, daughter of Peter Tilton, 

of Shrewsbury, N. J., died iith mo. (7) 1780. 
Caleb, born 12th mo. (8) 1739/40; married (i) in 1764, Anna Vinicum; married (2) in 1775, 

Zilpah Shinn; married (3), Sarah Lippincott. 
Martha, born 2nd. mo. (8) 1742; married in 1771, Isaac Busby. 

Barzillai, born 8th mo. (15) 1744; "departed this life about the third year of his age." 
Grace, born 6th mo. (17) 1747; married Jabez Busby. 
Seth, born 12th mo. (14) 1749/50; married Hope Wallace; probably died before his father 

as his son Wallace received his portion of Nathaniel Lippincott's estate. 
Mary, born 7th mo. (3) 1753; married Joshua Borton. 

[197] JOHN LIPPINCOTT [1737-1780] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANNA MATLACK [1737-1762] 

OF CHESTER, N. J. 

JOHN LIPPINCOTT, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Engle) Lippincott 
I (196), was born, 6th mo. (31) 1737, in Goshen, Pa., where his parents lived 
I for a few years after their marriage. They returned to New Jersey while he 
J was still young. 

He married at Chester Monthly Meeting 3rd mo. 1756, Anna Matlack, 
daughter of John and Hannah (Shivers) Matlack (206), whose property in 
Chester adjoined his father's. Anna was born 7th mo. (25) 1737. They settled, 
on the death of his grandfather, Thomas Lippincott (195), in the old home on 
Pennesaukin Creek, which was part of Thomas Lippincott's tract of 1034 acres. 

Anna had four sons and died when the last, Aquila, was but a few days old, 
I ith mo. (3) 1762. John married (2), i ith mo. (4) 1766, Hannah Tilton, daughter 
of Peter Tilton, of Shrewsbury, N. J. 

This second marriage is said to have been an unhappy one, and to have em- 
bittered and shortened his life. He made, however, such very careful provision 
for his widow in his will, calling her his "dear and well-beloved wife Hannah," 
that this seems improbable. 

He died at Chester 11 mo. (7) 1780, and was buried in the Friends' burial- 
ground on the tenth of the same month. John Hunt's diary says 
"James Thornton, David Sands, George Dilwyn and many other public Friends were there. It 
was a very open time, the gospel ministry flowed forth freely through the ministers and abundance 
was said to the large gathering of people on this occasion." 

An official testimony to his religious and social worth was issued by the 
Friends, among whom he was an elder. They said 

"he was given up to serve the church according to his abilities, was of a free, open disposition, a 
good neighbor and a man generally beloved." 



I 



JOHN l.ll'PlNCOI I [luyj 341 

His will was dated September 30, 1780, with a codicil of October 10, the same 
year, and was probated December i, 1780. After making provision for his wife 
Hannah about as his father did in his will, he makes minute provision for his family, 
from which we extract the following: 

"1 give and bequeath unto my son I honias Lippincolt the .Mare he now Rides wiih a 
bridle and Saddle, a Feather Bed and furniture and a Large Book Called William I'cnns Se- 
lect Works . . . unto my Son Bar/.iilai ... a Large Book ("ailed GeorRe foxes Journal .... 
1 order my Executors to finish the House where Abraham Johnston now lives that is to build 
a ("himncy lay the floors and Carry up the Stairs and discharge the Kxpencc out of my perso- 
nal Istate ... I do hereby order my Son Thomas Lippincott to pay unto my Son Barzillai 
. . . thf Sum of Fifty five pounds in hard money when he Arivcs to the age of twenty one years 
... 1 give . . . unto my said Son Ihonias all the rest ... of all my lands . . . whereon I 
now dwell with the Buildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging I'o hold to him ... his 
heirs and .Assigns for Ever." 

As he had promised Barzillai's master to provide him with "Cloaths 
during his apprenticeship" he orders his executors to carry out the promise, and 
in a codicil he directs them 

"to deliver up to my Son Barzillai Lippincott my New Gsat and Jackctt to be appraised to him by 
the Appraisers and whatsoever Sum they arc appraised at to be deducted out of the Expenccs my 
Executors would be at to find him Cloaths till he arive at age." 

Childrun of John and Anna (Mati.ack) Lippincott 

Thomas, born 11th mo. (14) 1756; married 2nd. mo. (14) 1782. I.ydia Burr, daughter of 
Joseph and Rachel Burr, of West field, N. J.; died loth mo. (15) 1821. 

John, born 4th mo. (24) 1758. His will was dated Nov. 16, 1789. 
(i()8) Barzillai, born loth mo. (28) 1760; married 5th mo. (27) 1782, Elizabeth Ellet, 
daughter of Charles and Sarah (Wetherbv) Ellet (214); died in 1812. 

Aquila, born loth mo. (22) 1762; married Agnes Inskccp. 

Children of John and Hannah (Tilton) Lippincott 

Abigail, born 12th mo. (15) 1772; was living in 1780 when her father's will was made, but 

died in 1784, aged twelve years. 
Amos, born in 1776; probably died young as he is not mentioned in his father's will. 

[198] BARZILLAI LIPPINCOTT 11760-1812] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH ELLET [1761-1799] 

OF SALEM, N. J. 

BARZILLAI LIPPINCOTT was the third son of John and Anna (Matlack) 
Lippincott {197) and was born loth mo. (28) 1760, at Chester, Bur- 
lington County, N. J., in the old homestead inherited from his great- 
grandfather, Thomas Lippincott (195). When he was about fifteen 
years old, his father, who was a wealthy farmer, indentured him to Charles 



342 BARZILLAI LIPPINCOTT [198] 

Ellet (214) to learn the "art and mystery of" tanning and currying. His 
father died in 1780, leaving him a good property in land and money. 

After serving Charles Ellet for seven years, as Jacob served Laban, 
Barzillai sought a similar reward. When he reached the age of twenty-one, he 
married at Salem Monthly Meeting, 5th mo. (27) 1782, Elizabeth Ellet, daughter 
of Charles and Sarah (Wetherby) Ellet (214), who was born 9th mo. (30) 
1761. 

At the Salem Meeting, 5th mo. (27) 1782, a certificate of removal was granted 
to them to the Haddonfield Meeting. They moved to Camden, where he established 
a "currying and sale shop" near the ferry-house, and for a time did a profitable 
business. A year later, 1783, Charles Ellet died, and left to his daughter 
Elizabeth $700. From the following extracts from the records of the Haddon- 
field Monthly Meeting (i 781-1804) which included Camden, we judge that Bar- 
zillai began soon to incur the criticism of the Friends because of his habits. 

" 14th of 3rd. mo. 1785. Barzillai Lippincott requested a certificate for himself, Elizabeth his 
wife & two children to the Monthly Meeting of Friends at Crooked Run in Virginia, which appear- 
ing a matter of weight and having brought an exercise on the meeting, Joseph Kaighn, Benjamin 
Test, Joshua Evens & Samuel Webster are appointed to tak a solid opportunity with him; en- 
quire into the circumstances & cause of his proposed removal and produce a certificate if they think 
best to next meeting . . . i ith of 4th mo. 1785. Report was made that the Committee appointed 
to visit Barzillai Lippincott have had a solid opporturrity with him to some degree of satisfaction 
but some obstruction appeared respecting his having a certificate at present . . . 8th of 8 mo. 
1785. A testimony of disunion was produced against Barzillai Lippincott and being read, with 
some amendment approved, and signed by the clerk ... 12th of 6 mo. 1786. The Women re- 
quest assistance to prepare a certificate for Elizabeth Lippincott & children to Salem . . . loth 
of 7 mo. 1786. A certificate was produced for Elizabeth Lippincott, wife of Barzillai and her two 
children, Charles and Samuel to Salem, which was read and with some alteration approved and 
signed by the clerk and sent to the women for their signing." 

At this time there was an exodus from the western part of New Jersey to 
the new settlements in the west, and Barzillai was induced by the reports of those 
who had been out there to sell out his business. He obtained about |2,ooo in cash 
from the sale and went alone to Kentucky, where he bought lots in Lexington 
and started a tannery. Not long after, his wife followed on horseback over the 
mountains with her two boys, Charles, but three years old, and Samuel. After the 
long and perilous journey, she arrived at Lexington only to discover that her 
husband had returned east. Exhausted by the fatigue, she rested for awhile, and 
as soon as her health would permit, she started again and made her way back as she 
came, enduring severe hardships and at times nearly prostrated by her anxie- 
ties. Her husband had become intemperate and had lost all in his venture in Ken- 
tucky, but when his wife finally reached her home at Camden, N. J., she found that 
he had been there, and on learning that she had gone west, he had followed her. 
He finally returned to Camden and was for a time the keeper of the prison there. 

In 1799 his wife died of consumption in Camden, aged thirty-eight, and was 



BARZll.I.Al LIPr^lNCOrr ti9«] 343 

buried untlor llie "old oak" there. Her life was shortened by the exposures and 
llarll^hips of her lireadlul journey west and ail that she had been called on to en- 
dure. 

Barziii.ai tiiotl at Salem, in 1812, aged fifty-two. 

Children ui- liAu/iiiAi anh I m/ahi hi (I'm 11) l.ii'riNcon 

Charles Lllot. niarriotl Anulia Dulirc. 

Samuel, niarrii'J Phoebe Kose anJ lived in Texas; ilieii in 1822. 
Jtisiah. 
(ic){)) lnoMAS, born I eb. 6, 171)1 ; married (1) April 15, 1816, I'atilni.l (ur I'atty) Swirr, daughter 
of Dr. Isaac and I'atience (Case) Swift (230), who died Oct. 14, 1819; married 

(2) March 25, 1820, Henrietta Maria Slater, who died Sept. ii, 1820; married 

(3) Oct. 21, 1821, Catherine Wyley l.eggett, who died May 8, 1850; married (4) 
Nov. 27, 1851, l.ydi.i (I .li ri.liikl) Barnes; died April 13, 1869, aged seventy-eight. 

Josiah. 

Sarah, married Robert Cameron. 



[iqqj REV. THOMAS LIPPINCOTT 11791-1869] 

AND Ills WII'E 

PATIENCE SWIFT [1784-1819] 

OF ILLINOIS 

THOMAS LIPPINCOTT was the fourth son of Barzillai and Elizabeth 
(Fu-Let) Lii'pincott (198) and was born in Salem, N. J., l-^bruary 6, 
1791. His mother died when he was a boy of nine years, and he was 
brought up by relatives. He lived in Philadelphia with his uncle 
Charles Ellet until 1812, acting as clerk for him part of that time. Dur- 
ing the War of 1812 he enlisted in a corps of Philadelphia volunteers and was 
dealt with and dropped from the Friend's Meeting in consequence. Some time 
in 1814 he went to Lumbertown in northern New York, where he was employed 
in the store of Jesse Crissey, a dealer in lumber. He was then, according to his 
own statement, a "godless young man and a Universalist." There he came under 
the influence of Patty Swift, a sister of Mrs. Crissey, with whom she was living. 

Ho married (1) at Lumbertown, N. \'., August 15, 1816, Patif:nce (or Patty) 
Swift, daughter of Dr. Isaac and Patience (Case) Swift (230) of Kent and 
Cornwall, Conn. She was born March 13, 1784, so was seven years older than her 
husband. She was always called Patty although her name as given in her lather's 
will was Patience. On the records of the First Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, 
for some unknown reason, it appears as Martha. She lost her parents at the age 
of twenty-two, and took up teaching as a livelihood. She continued this occupa- 
tion in New England and Philadelphia until shortly before her marriage. 

The following year, July 3, 1817, their daughter, AniA Swii 1 Lippincott 



344 REV. THOMAS LIPPINCOTT [199] 

(136), was born, and when she was three months old, they left Lumbertown, 
October 28, to seek a new home in the west, reaching St. Louis, in what was then 
called Missouri Territory, February 17, 1818. Mr. Lippincott's journal gives 
us some idea of the difficulties of travel at that time. They started in a one- 
horse wagon, which contained the three with all their belongings, and went over 
rough roads, sometimes only eight miles a day, never more than twenty-six, 
through Orange County, N. Y., New Jersey, and finally over the Alleghenies to 
Youngstown and Pittsburg, which they reached the twenty-fifth day after starting. 
When they crossed the mountains, Mr. Lippincott writes: 

"Cold blustering weather. Set out at 9 o'clock A. M. and arrived at Dennison's at the 
foot of Laurel Hill 13 miles. Laurel Hill still before me. (20th) Set out from Dennison's to go 
up the dreaded Laurel Hill, about 8 o'clock, after a mile of level road, but very bad traveling, 
came to the mountain. Ascended by the old road, much easier than 1 had calculated, but found 
the hill on the west side much worse than the east." 

They then, December i, 1817, with a party of twenty-five persons, embarked 
on a flat-bottomed boat twenty-five feet long, with a cabin ten feet square roofed 
over, which formed a sort of deck. They evidently carried with them their own 
bedding, for he writes that they contrived to fix one bed for the women and chil- 
dren of the party, "six persons in one bed." The men took turns in watching, as 
Mr. Lippincott records that once he did not sleep for forty-two hours "on account 
of the high winds and the smoky chimney." How much sleep the mothers got he 
does not say. The river was full of ice and they were delayed for days near Ra- 
venna, Ohio, where he tried to communicate with his wife's brother, Dr. Isaac 
Swift of that place. They passed Marietta, the birthplace of the baby Abia's 
future husband, and stopped at Cincinnati, where it is noted in the diary, "Saw 
Mr. Robbins of Connecticut. Very polite and agreeable." This must have been 
Rev. Samuel P. Robbins, pastor of the First Church of Marietta, O., son of Rev. 
Chandler Robbins (167) and uncle of Winthrop S. Gilman (136). They made 
in one day, fifty-five miles, which "is great running and very pleasant." 

December 30, they arrived at Shawneetown, 111., expecting to traverse the 
state of Illinois by land, but the season was so bad that they remained there until 
February 6. They then started out again in a wagon and drove for nine days, 
depending on reaching the cabin of a settler for each night's entertainment. Twice 
they were obliged to prolong their ride because of whooping-cough in the family 
where they intended to stop, but they finally reached the Mississippi on the 17th, 
and crossed the river in a ferry-boat. At St. Louis they were welcomed by Mr. 
Lippincott's brother, Samuel, with whom they staid for a time. They had been 
traveling with a baby less than six months old, by land and water for three 
months and nineteen days. 

Soon after they reached St. Louis they joined the First Presbyterian Church, 
being the twelfth and thirteenth members on its roll. Mr. Lippincott entered 
into business there, but did not stay long, as some time in the summer he formed 



REV. THOMAS LIPPINCOTT [199] 345 

a partnership with C'oloncl F.aston, as I.ippincott & Co., dcalinj^ in f^cMU-ral nu-r- 
chandi^c at Millon, near Alton, Hi. I hey hoarded at (irst in a cahin whicli was 
the only inn, but later in the year moved into a small house. Here they gathered 
every Sunday the twenty or more children of the little settlement for Sunday 
School. This was the first Sunday School held in the State of Illinois. 

Within a few months after his arrival, Mr. Lippincott received a commission 
as justice of the peace, and as there was no minister there he frequently performed 
the marriage ceremony in Millon and tiie surrounding country. 

The picture Charles Dickens drew of Eden in Martin Chunlewitl would not 
be too highly colored as a description of Milton. There was a poml near that was 
a breeder of malaria, and the place was hopelessly sickly. Years afterward, Pati y's 
cousin, Rev. J. M. Sturtevant of Jacksonville, ill., wrote as follows: 

"Our carriage passed througli llie then ruincti little village of Milton. The houses were 
tenantless and in decay. I asked the driver where the people were, lie pointed to the little 
graveyard on the side of the hill, and said: 'They are there.' " 

After one summer spent in Milton, Patty Lippincott became so enfeebled 
that her husband was thoroughly alarmed, and attempted to give her the only 
change of air that was possible. He took her in a buggy on the first of October, and 
drove ten or twelve miles a day into the country back from the river. At first she 
seemed to improve, but when they reached a friend's house on Silver Creek, in 
St. Clair County near Shiloh, she was taken very ill and died October 14, 1819, 
nine days after giving birth to a son, who did not survive her. She was burieil 
in the old cemetery at Shiloh, but no gravestone marked her resting-place, and the 
cemetery itself has been cut in two by a road to Belleville. 

Thomas Lippincott married (2) March 25, 1820, Henrietta Maria Slater, 
daughter of Elijah Slater of Great Harrington, Mass., and Milton, 111. She died 
September 1 1, of the same year, of the same low fever. Mr. Lippincott then re- 
moved to Edwardsville, 111., on account of the unhealthy climate of Milton, and 
was employed in a land agency office and later in the U. S. Land (JlLice. 

He married (3) October 21, 182 1, at Edwardsville, Catherine Wyley Leggett, 
daughter of Captain Abraham Leggett, of New York and Edwardsville. 

In December, 1822, he was elected secretary of the Illinois State Senate. 
He also became editor of a newspaper in Edwardsville and through this medium, 
and in his public life, took every opportunity to aid in the struggle then going on 
in Illinois over slavery. During the winters of 1822 and 1823, there was a proposal 
to call a convention to change the state constitution and thus admit slavery into 
its borders. Mr. Lippincott ardently opposed the convention, and wrote soine of 
the most influential articles in the Edwardsville Spccialor on the subject, which 
contributed to the signal victory won by his party. 

He was elected January 17, 1824, by the anti-convention party to fill a 
vacancy in the Court of the County Cominissioners. During the short term that 
this court survived, the commissioners refused licenses to all the applicants who 
designed to keep saloons. 



346 REV. THOMAS LIPPINCOTT [199] 

He was active and earnest in Christian work and, a few years later, gave 
himself entirely to the work of a missionary. He was licensed to preach October 8, 
1828, and ordained as a Presbyterian minister, October 19, 1829, at a meeting of 
Presbytery at Vandalia. He worked under the Board of Home Missions (having 
always several churches under his charge) until old age prevented him from longer 
carrying on the work. He organized the present Presbyterian Church of Alton, 
June 19, 183 1 , and supplied that pulpit over a year. He was also at the same time, 
a general agent of the Philadelphia Sunday School Union for all Illinois. 

He moved to Carrollton, December i, 1832, where he lived for three years. 
There his eldest daughter, Abia Swift Lippincott, was married December 4, 
1834, to WiNTHROP Sargent Gilman (136). 

In the anti-slavery struggles in Illinois and Missouri, he, as well as his son-in- 
law, was a firm friend of Elijah Lovejoy, of St. Louis (see under 136). His third 
wife died at Middle Alton, May 8, 1850, after a long illness, and was buried at 
Upper Alton. 

He married (4) November 27, 1851, Lydia (Fairchild) Barnes, who outlived 
him. In 1853, they removed to Chandlersville and thence to Duquoin, where 
they lived somewhat longer than at any of their former places of residence. This 
self-denying Home Missionary, working up new fields for his church, of necessity 
moved frequently. He had besides these pastorates, many shorter ones which 
have not been mentioned in this sketch. In 1868, when he was seventy-seven 
years old, he at last gave up active ministerial work, and went, with his wife, to 
Pana, 111., where they lived with his son, Thomas W. Lippincott. 

He died there April 13, 1869, and was buried in Upper Alton beside his third 
wife. 

Children of Rev. Thomas and Patty (Swift) Lippincott 

(136) Abia, born July 3, 1817; married Dec. 4, 1834, at Carrollton, 111., Winthrop Sargent 
Oilman, son of Benjamin Ives and Hannah (Robbins) Oilman (135), of Marietta, 
Ohio; died March 2, 1902, at Washington, D. C. 

Children of Rev. Thomas and Catherine Wyley (Leggett) Lippincott 

Sarah Louisa, born at Edwardsville, May 12, 1823; died July 1 1, 1833, at Carrollton. 

Charles Ellet, born at Edwardsville, Jan. 26, 1825; married Dec. 25, 185 1, Emma W. 
Chandler, daughter of Charles and Mary (Carroll) Chandler, of Chandlers- 
ville, Cass County, III.; was a physician, and for many years in public life; Brigadier- 
General in the Civil War, Door-Keeper of the House of Representatives of the Thirty- 
Ninth Congress and later Auditor of the State of Illinois; died in Quincy, 111., Sept. 
II, 1887. 

Mary Jane, born at Edwardsville, Nov. 2, 1826; married Nov. 2, 1852, Charles W. Saunders; 
lived in DeWitt, Iowa, and died April 18, 1901. 

William Leggett, born at Edwardsville, June 18, 1828; died at Waverly, 111., March 6, 1845. 

Alexander Lockwood, born at Edwardsville, July 13, 1830; died at Alton, June 15, 1852. 

Elizabeth Todd, born at Carrollton, June 22, 1833; died July 1 1, 1837, at Upper Alton. 

Abraham Leggett, born at Upper Alton, Aug. i, 1835; married Nov. 1, 1859, Penelope P. 



REV. THOMAS LIPPINaJlT [199] 347 

Fountain; was woumli-d before N'icksburg, May 22, 1863, and died in Duquoin from 

the effects in tlie Oclohcr following. 
Thomas Winthrop, born at Upper Alton, Dec. 24, 1837; married Oct. 31, i860, Martha Ann 

Bird, daughter of Rev. William II. Bird; has lived in I'ana. III., and Boscobel. Wis. 
George Allen, horn at Marine, 111., I'cb. 17, 1845; died .April 21. 1844. 
Sarah Mizabelh, born at Marine, III., March 5, 1845; married Oct. 24, 1867, Abraham Cal- 

\in Bird, son of Rev. William II. Bird; lives in Milwaukee, Wis. 
Julian Post, born Oct. 27, 1847; married March 12, 1874, Clara Adams, daughter of Professor 

Samuel and Mar\' j. (.Mmilton) .'\danis; is living at Jacksonville. 111. 

|2oo-aJ RICHARD HAINES I....-1582] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARGARET [....-... .] 

OF ENGLAND AND EVESHAM, N. J. 

RICHARD HAINES (or Haynes) lived at Aynho on the Hill, on the borders 
of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, England, lie married Margaret 
, date unknown, and all we know of his occupation is that he was 

called a "husbandman" in a deed of i()82. 
He became a member of the Society of Friends sometime prior to the 4th mo. 
(June) iS, 1676 O. S., when the birth of a daughter was recorded at the Banbury 
(Oxfordshire) Monthly Meeting. On the 5th mo. (July) 5, 1679 O. S. he signed the 
certificate of removal of his neighbor John Borton (200-B), who with his family 
was emigrating to New Jersey. F^iciiard HAiNr;s' eldest son John (200) either 
accompanied or followed the Borton family and afterwards married John Borton's 
daughter Esther. 

Richard Haines was evidently induced by the reports received from his 
son John to follow him to the new province of West New Jersey in America. 
Edward Byilinge, an English Quaker, had joined with John Fenwick in the purchase 
of Lord Berkeley's share of West Jersey, and Richard Haines either bought or 
received as a grant from Byilinge, two tracts for one hundred acres there. The 
deeds are now in possession of one of his descendants, Mr. Reuben Haines of Ger- 
man town. Pa. They are dated April 20, and 21, 1682, and are endorsed 

"lor Richard liayns, an O.xfordshirc ffriend at Graves lind ... or on board Richard Diamonds 
ship . . . [The consideration named was] out of the good will and kindness for the truths sake he 
h.Tcl and bearcth to the said Richard Hayns." 

He embarked with his wife and children in the ship "Atnity," Richard Dia- 
mond, Master, and they sailed from the Downs April 23, 1682. He died during the 
voyage, but his wife and children arrived in safety. His 3'oungest son Joseph 
was born on shipboard, but whether before or after the father's death we do 
not know. They joined the eldest son in West Jersey and settled in Evesham, Bur- 
lington County. 



348 RICHARD HAINES [200-A] 

The widow Margaret married (2) 3rd. mo. (6) 1685, Henry Bircham, of 
Buck's County, Pa. 

Children of Richard and Margaret ( ) Haines 

(200) John, born in Aynho on the Hill, England; married (i) loth mo. (10) 1684, Esther Bor- 

TON, daughter of John and Ann ( ) Borton (200-B), who died in 1719; 

married (2) in 1722, Hannah (Whitall) Wood; died in November, 1728. 

Richard, born in Aynho on the Hill; married Mary Carlisle. Three of their children 
married children of William Matlack (204). He is mentioned in the will of his 
brother John, and died in 1746. 

Thomas, born in Aynho on the Hill; married in i6g2 Elizabeth Austin, said to have been a 
sister of Francis Austin, who married Mary Borton, daughter of John Borton 
(200-b) and in that case also probably a sister of Freedom Lippincott's wife 
(194). He died in 1753. 

William, born in Aynho on the Hill in 1672; married in 1695, Sarah Payne (or Paine); died 
in 1754. 

Mary, born in Aynho on the Hill, 4th mo. (18) 1676. 

Joseph, born on the ship "Amity "in 1682; married (i) about 1703, Patience ; mar- 
ried (2) in 1721, Elizabeth Thomas, of Nottingham, Chester County, Pa.; settled in 
Maryland. 

[200] JOHN HAINES [....-1728] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ESTHER BORTON [1667-17 19] 

OF ENGLAND AND EVESHAM, N. J. 

TOHN HAINES, the eldest son of Richard and Margaret ( ) Haines 

I (200-A) was born at Aynho on the Hill, on the borders of Northampton- 
I shire and O.xfordshire, England. He was probably only a boy when he 
J emigrated with his father's friend and neighbor, John Borton (200-B), 
to West New Jersey, in 1679. 

The Bortons settled at Evesham and after a time John Haines induced 
his father Richard (200-A) to bring his family to the new country. Richard 
had bought land in Evesham in 1682 before leaving England, but died on the way 
over. John purchased land for himself on the south side of Rancocas River, 
then called Northampton. The deed of 100 acres was recorded nth mo., 1683, 
and we suppose that he was by that time twenty-one years of age. 

The following year, he married loth mo. (10) 1684, Esther Borton, 

daughter of John and Ann ( ) Borton (200-B). The witnesses to the 

marriage were Margaret and Thomas Haines (probably his mother and brother) 
and Ann Haines. Esther Borton was born 7th mo. (25) 1667, and so was but 
seventeen at the time of her marriage. 

They settled on the tract of land above mentioned and he became a success- 



JOHN IIAINHS [200] 349 

ful farmer and mill-owner. There is a tradition in tlie family that he lived in a cave 
in the biults on the Rancocas River, but it is not probable that it was his only 
home, although no mention of any house is found in his will. I he log houses built 
and occupied by his brothers William and Richard, on the other side of the river, 
are still standing, and in use. 

John Haines bought in 1691, 50 acres near his home, and 5th mo. (21) 1702, 
965 acres in Chester County, Pa., from the executors of Thomas Lloyd. I his 
latter tract is now in the borough of West Chester, south of Gay Street, and it con- 
tinued in the Haines and Matlack families many years. 

In 1706 he was one of the signers to a petition from the proprietors and 
purchasers of West Jersey, who were all (Quakers, to Lord (^ornbury, then 
governor of New York (which included West Jersey), who, desiring to curry favor 
with the l-^piscopalians of New York, was very severe on all other sects, and 
especially on the (Quakers. 

He bought in i7iomore land in Goshen Township, Pa., of Isaac Morris and 
David Lloyd, where his son John afterwards settled. 

His wife Esther died in 1719, having been the mother of twelve children, 
most of whom grew up. She was said by the Friends to have been a "zealous 

woman." He married (2) Hannah (Whitall) Wood, widow of Wood and 

daughter of John Whitall, by whom he had no children. 

John Haines died at Evesham in November, 1728. His will, dated Novem- 
ber 4, probated November 21, 1728, gave to his 

"dearly beloved wife Hannah Haines, the use ... of that part of my plantation whereon 
1 now dwell . . . during the time of her widowhood, and if she sees cause to remove . . . 
my will i>, that my son Josiah Haines do pay unto my said wife forty shillings a year . . . Josiah 
Haines . . . farm and Plantation containing about 400 acres of land . . . saw mill and land 
thereunto belonging . . . Jonathan . . . plantation . . . containing about two hundred 
and forty acres of meadow ground . . . grandson John Haines . . . seventy acres of land . . . 
called Haylanding . . . son Caleb Haines . . . full equal half of the above saw mill . . . son 
Jonathan ... all my part of the above mill pond or the land that said pond of water covers, 
that is to say, after the owners of said mill will let it go down and the water out of said pond . . . 
son Caleb, twenty-five acres of land ... to my above said sons ... all my lots ... of cedar 
swamps with the reversion of my proprietary rights to lands in West Jersey . . . daughter Re- 
becca Matlack . . . daughter Esther . . . Evans . . . sons John . . . and Isaac . . . and 
my daughter Mary, the wife of Thomas Lippincott ... all the remaining part of my said land 
purchased of Morris and Loyd and containing three hundred acres of land, etc." 

Children of John and Esthhr (Borton) Haines 

John, born in 1685; married (1) in 1709, Elizabeth Satterthwaite; married (2) in 1728, 
Jane Smith; married (3) Ann Ashmead; lived at Goshen, Fa., on part of the land 
purchased by his father in 1710, and signed a petition in 1732, as a resident there. 

Jonathan, born 1688; married ist mo., 1711, at Newton Meeting, Mary Matlack, daughter 
of William and Marv (Hancock) Matlack (204). He died before 1731, as his 
widow married (2), 5th mo, 1731, Daniel Morgan. 



350 JOHN HAINES [200] 

Isaac, born in 1690; married in 1714, Catherine David; was living in Goshen County, Pa., 

in 1732. 
(195) Mary, born June 20, 1693; married loth mo. (19) 171 1, at Newton Meeting, Thomas 

LiPPiNcoTT, son of Freedom and Mary (Austin) Lippincott (194); died before 1732. 
Caleb, born in 1695; married in 1719, Sarah Burr. 

Esther, born in 1697; married in 1715 at Evesham Meeting, Thomas Evans. 
Hannah, born in 1699; probably died before 1728, as she is not named in her father's will. 
Joshua, born in 1701, died in 1714. 

Josiah, born in 1703; married in 1723, Martha Burr, daughter of Henry Burr. 
Rebecca, born in 1705; married in 1722, Joseph Matlack, son of William and Mary 

(Hancock) Matlack (204), so brother of her brother Jonathan's wife Mary. They 

were living in Goshen, Pa., in 1732. 
Abigail, born in 1708, died in 171 7. 
Phebe, born in 1710; married in 1726, at Haddonfield Meeting, John Burrows, son of John 

Burrows (or Burroughs). 

[200-B] JOHN BORTON [ ..-1687] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN [....-1688] 

OF ENGLAND AND EVESHAM, N. J. 

JOHN BORTON lived in England at Aynho on the Hill, a parish on the 
borders of Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, twenty miles south of the 
town of Northampton. John Haines (200-A) came from the same place, 
as well as Daniel Wills, one of the most prominent Friends in West 
New Jersey. 

In Besse's Sufferings of Friends in England we find these notices of him: 

" In December 1660 John Borton of Aino (and others) were taken out of their own houses 
by soldiers and committed for refusing the oaths . . . Anno 1665. In this year also John Borton 
and others had their goods taken by destress for a fine of 4 shillings each imposed for 4 weeks 
absence from their parish church." 

He married, probably about 1660 to 1665 (as their eldest son was married in 
1681), Ann . They lived at Aynho on the Hill until 1679, when they emi- 
grated to West New Jersey with their children. This was only a few years after 
John Fenwick had made the first settlement of Friends there, and was many years 

prior to William Penn's colony. John and Ann ( ) Borton brought with 

them the following certificate of removal from the Monthly Meeting at Barton, 
Oxfordshire. 

"To all friends or any other persons whom it may concern. 

Whereas the bearer hereof, John Borton of Aynoe belonging to Aderbury Meeting in ye 
County of Oxon, doth now intend to leave this, his native country of England, and to goe with 
Ann his wife and his family; for the Isle called New Jersey; these are to certerfie all whom it may 



JOilN I'.OKTON |20()-nl 



35' 



conccrnc that we whose nnnics arc hereunto suhscrihccl have known yc said John and Ann Rorton 
these many years and that they have walked honestly among us, hving in the fear of (iod and in 
obedience to the blessed truth revealed in this our day and have been of a good savor to friends and 
to their neighbors in ye village where they dwell and also serviceable to the truth in their place 
and therefore their intentions being laid before us at our monthly meeting at Harton in yc said 
county of Oxon the 5th day of ye 3rd month 1679. W'c and other friends found freedom in our- 
selves to give this testimony concerning them, Witness our hands. 

Richard Treadwell Timothy Burbcr Jr. 

Richard Parkes Thomas iMarcer 

Bray Uoiley Richard Haines [200- a] 

Christoph' Barrett John Butcher 

Ralph Hill James Treppes" 

&c &c. 

John Borton was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Mt. Laurel 
(formerly Evesham), Burlington County, N. J. He bought a large tract on the 
south side of Northampton or Rancocas River, just hclow the present village of 
Centreton, extending southwards two or more miles and west of Masonville. This 
he called Hillsdown Plantation. The buildings were on a high elevation over- 
looking the surrounding country. Portions of this original Borton Tract remained 
in possession of the family as late at 1882. From a letter from Mr. C. 11. Engle of 
Mount Holly, N. J., we take the following: 

"On the west side of the railroad at Masonville stands the ancient house built of logs, that 
was moved in 1852 from off the Borton lands. It no doubt is the house occupied by John Borton the 
emigrant. It has been covered outside with boards but inside can be seen the old logs, as I lately 
saw the interior. A person now living near told me he moved it there ... It is now used as a 
store and dwelling." 

He was one of the signers, March 3, 1676/7, of the "Grants and Concessions" 
of West New Jersey, the first constitution of the settlers, which was later incorpor- 
ated into the permanent laws of the Colonial Government. He also served on the 
first grand jury of Burlington County in 1684. 

John Borton died at Hillsdown in 1687. His will, dated 5th mo. (28) and 
proved nth mo. (14) 1687, had the following provisions: 

"I give to my son John that Setlement called llilsdown . . . being in quantity 300 Acres 
and somewhat more together with house. Barn and all other Out houses with Garden, Orchard 
. . . Except one Third part thereof; which I give to my dear Wife Anne Bourton ; Or five Pound a 
Year w'*' shee will due her Natural life and Widdowhood . . . to my son John a Two and thirtieth 
part of a Propriety thorowout y' County and one ^Oak of Oxen ... to my Sonne William y' Set- 
lement fronting upon Northampton River Northward . . . Three Lotts upon Burlington Island 
. . . Two and Thirtieth part of a Propriety etc. ... to my Grandchildren ten shillings apiece 
... All y* rest of my Cattle & Goods I give to my Wife and six daughters . . . One third part to 
my Wife etc." 

His widow Ann died 9th mo. 1688. 



352 JOHN BORTON [200-B] 

Children of John and Ann ( ) Borton 

Ann, married loth mo. (6) 1681, to Thomas Barton, of Essisconk Creek; died loth mo. (16) 

1688. 
John, married at Salem Meeting, 3rd mo. (27) 1717, Ann Darnelly; died 4th mo. (13) 

'759- 
William, married 2nd mo. (20) 1699, Hannah Coale (or Cole). 
(200) Esther, born 7th mo. (25) 1667; married loth mo. (10) 1684, John Haines, son of Richard 

and Margaret Haines (200-a); died in 1719. 

Elizabeth, married 8th mo. (16) 1684, John Woolman. 

Mary, married 7th mo. (15) 1699, Francis Austin, of Evesham (now Medford). 

Jane, living in 1687, as appears from her father's will. 

a daughter, living in 1687, as appears from her father's will. 

[201] ROBERT ENGLE [....-1696] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JOAN HORNE [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND EVESHAM, N. J. 

IT appears from Robert Engle's will that he came from Melborne, a small 
town in Cambridgeshire, about nine miles south of the University town, 
but the family is undoubtedly of German origin. We do not know what 
year he emigrated, but suppose it to be about 1682 or 1683, as in Revel's 
Book of Surveys in the Secretary of State's office at Trenton, N. J., there is a re- 
cord of land surveyed for him as early as 1683. He had a brother, Paul Engle, who 
settled at Germantown, Pa. 

He married at Burlington Open Court, 5th mo. (4) 1684, Joan Horne: the 
record taken from the oldest Book of Marriages in the office of the Secretary of 
State, being as follows: 

"The Marriage between Robert Ingall and Joan Horne being first published according to 
order was solempnized ye fourth of ye fifth month called July 1684 before Robert Stacy Justice. 

Thomas Revel 
Thomas Butcher 
John Day 
Elizabeth Day." 

Of these witnesses, John Day was his life-long friend and executor of his will, 
Elizabeth Day a "minister among friends" and Thomas Butcher a neighbor living 
in the same township. 

Soon after he had located his first land in Evesham, N. J., he bought rights 
to one hundred acres in Bucks County, Pa., but sold it again two years later with- 
out locating it. After his marriage he settled on the land first surveyed to him in 
Evesham township, where he spent the rest of his life, probably shortened by the 
hardships of a pioneer. 



KolW Iv I I N(>l I [2()i| 353 

llcdiocl at F.vcsham, May 21, ]Cm)C). His will, ilated April ^, probali-d luni* 
I, 1696, lias these provisions: 

"I gi\o iiiilo my son julin Innlc . . . all my house land aiiil plantation bcinn . . one 
lumilroil and lifty acres, when he comes to the age of twenty . . . the younj; uray colt to be his 
own presently after my decease; . . . unto my wife Joane Ingles the young hauld horse besides 
one third of my goods and chattels and my will is that my said wife shall have the use of all my 
i'slate soe long as she keeps herselfe A widdow . . . for the bringing up of my son . . . and that 
he shall learn to write and Read . . . and if my son shall die before he conies to the Age of twenty 
years then the one half . . . shall be for my wife . . . and the other half for my two brcthcren 
Peeler Nevell and Henry Ncvell of Milborn in Cambridgeshire in old Lngland their heirs and 
Assigns forever . . . And if my wife marry . . . then the use of my Estate and the bringing up of 
my son shall be at the Discretion of John day and John Sharp both of the Gjunty of Burlington, etc." 

The guardians were also executors, and signed the letters of administration, 
with Freedom Lippincoi t (194). Their bond was for £^'^2 in silver. I he es- 
tate inventoried £\j6 13s. 6d. He signed his name to the will "Robert Ingle," 
but his son alwavs spelled it "Engle," which has continued to be the family name. 

His widow Joan married (2) (before her son attained the age of twenty) 
gth mo. (23) 1703, Henry Clifton, of Philadelphia. She died before 1727 as, 4th 

mo. (151 1727, Henry Clifton married (2) Sarah ( ) Drum, of Philadelphia, 

and in 1730 married (3) Sarah ( ) Maule, all three of his wives being widows. 

Children of Robert and Joan (Horne) Engle 

(202) John, married at Evesham Meeting, lolh 010.(4) 1707, Mary Ogborn, daughter of Samuel 
and Jane (Harvey) Ogborn (203), of Burlington County; died iithmo. (10) 1721/2. 



/--I 



[202| JOHN ENGLE |... 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY OGBORN [....-....] 

OF EVESHAM, N. J. 

JOHN ENGLE, son of Robert and Joan (Horne) Engle (201), was born 
at Evesham, N. J., probably about 1685. He was perhaps ten years old 
when his father died. His mother married (2), before he was twenty, Henry 
Clifton, of Philadelphia, but it does not appear that he accompanied her 
to her new home. He lived on the property inherited from his father, all rights 
to which his mother had forfeited by her second marriage, and managed his prop- 
erty under the guardianship of his father's two friends, John Day and John Sharp. 
He married at Evesham Monthly Meeting, 10th mo. (4) 1707, Mary 
Oc.r?oRN, daughter of Samuel and Janf. (Harvey) Ogborn (203). Mary's father 
had died in 1694, and her mother was at this time married to her third husband, 
Nathaniel FitzRandolph, of Woodbridge, N. J. Among the fifteen witnesses to 
themarriage record are Joan (Horne Engle) Clifton (John Engle's mothen.John 



354 JOHN ENGLE [202] 

Sharp, his guardian (andhis mother-in-law'sfourthhusband), and John Haines (200). 

They settled on his inherited property, and his short hfe was spent in farming 
there. One of the earliest of the Byliinge transactions was a transfer by "Thomas 
and Joan Ward to Hugh Sharp of America a nineteenth part of ninety-hundredths 
of a tract in West New Jersey, a portion of the Fenwick purchase." One-fourth 
part of this was sold by Hugh Sharp on January 18, 1715, to John Engle. The 
next year John sold a small part of these purchased rights, but reserved 312 acres 
for himself. He also acquired other lands, as several surveys for him are found in 
the old records. He was a surveyor of highways for Evesham in 1 720. 

He died at Evesham i ith mo. (19) 172 1/2, when he could not have been more 
than thirty-six years old. His will, made the day of his death, proved ten days 
later, 1 ith mo. 29, is in part as follows: 

"I give unto . . . my son Robert Engle all that my plantation whereon I now dwell . . 
when he shall attain the age of twenty-one years . . . unto my son John Engle all that my tract of 
land lying in the said township etc. . . . my share of the sloop be sold and the money be equally 
divided among my said daughters . . . unto my son Robert ... all my shares ... of property 
which are due with the reversion . . . unto [a posthumous child] all that my land ... in Glou- 
cester County . . . if said child be a son . . . if . . . a daughter, then . . . the same be sold and 
divided among my daughters when they shall come to their respective shares, etc." 

The estate was a large one, the inventory of personal property alone being 
;£6o5 i6s. The child born after his death being the daughter Hannah, twenty- 
three years later the land mentioned above was advertised by Robert Engle in 
the Pennsylvania Gazette of October 18, 1744, as a "Tract of Land containing 
1400 acres etc" to be sold at public vendue November 13, following. 

His widow Mary married (2) at Haddonfield Meeting, in 1726, Jonas Ketle, 
as the name is spelled in her mother's will (203), or Jonas Cattle, as it reads in the 
records of the Friends' Library in Philadelphia. 

Children of John and Mary (Ocborn) Engle 
Robert, born 10th mo. (2) 1708; married 5th mo. (17) 1728, Rachel Vinicum, daughter of 

William and Sarah (Stockton Jones) Vinicum; died in August, 1774. 
Jane, born in 1710; married (1) in 1729, John Turner; married (2) in 1741, William Albert- 
son; married (3) in 1749, as his third wife, Samuel Nicholson, son of Joseph Nichol- 
son; married (4) in 1753, Thomas Middlcton; died a widow 5th mo., 1761, it is said, 
five days after her last husband, having taken cold riding on horseback in her duty 
as nurse. She was buried at Moorcstown.' 
John, married i ith mo. (1) 1737, Hannah Middleton. 
(ig6) Mary, born gth mo. (14) 1716, married May 4 (or July 12), 1736, Nathaniel Lippincott, 
son of Thomas and Mary (Haines) Lippincott (195); was buried 12th mo. (1) 1787. 
Hannah, born probably in 172 1/2; married at Haddonfield in 1739 Isaac Lippincott, son 
of Thomas and Mary (Haines) Lippincott (195), and so a brother of her sister 
Mary's husband. 

' "jane had four husbands, her mother Mary (Ogborn Engle) Ketle had two, her grandmother Joan 
(HoRNE Engle) Clifton (201) two, her grandmother Jane (Harvey Ogborn Hampton Fitz Randolph) Sharp 
had four, making twelve husbands in all that these four women of one family made happy." — From a letter of 
Charles H. Engle, April 23, iQoo. 



SAMUEL OGIiORN [203] 355 



[203J SAMUHL OGBORN 1 -1094] 

AND HIS WIIE 

JANE HARVEY ( . -1731] 

OF BURLINGTON, N. J. 

NO record has been louiul ul ilu- linu- when Samuij. Ogdorn came to this 
country. He lived in lUirlin^lon (.oiinly, was probably a farmer, ami 
certainly owned properly there. John Ogborn, a farmer who had his 
cattle-marks recorded in Trenton, N. j., in i().S4 and was town-clerk of 
lUirlington in 1701, may have been his brother. 

S,\MULL Ogborn married Jam-: IIakvly, a sister of Peter llar\e>. Peter 
Harvey married Sarah Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis, of Buggbrook, West 
New Jersey. 

Samuel Ogborn died at Burlington in November, 1694. His will, dated 
November 4, and probated December 6, 1694, named his wife Jane as sole executrix, 

"giving unto her power to Sell & Dispose of all or antiy p" of my Estate both Reall and pcrsonail 
as shee shall See occasion for the maintenance of her selfe \- my saiJ ('hiUlrcn ... I do appoynt 
my Brotherinlaw I'eter Harvey to he trustee Desiringe him to be assistant to my Saide Lxecutri.x, 
etc." 

He did not mention his children by name. 

His widow Jank had married (2) before May 12, 1698, as his second wife, 
John Hampton. She joined him on that day in a deed to John Borradaili, of a lot 
in Burlington "formerly belonging to Samuel Ogborne former husband of Jane 
Hampton." She had a son Joseph by this husband. John Hampton was promi- 
nent among the early pioneers, and died at Freehold, Monmouth County, in 1702, 
leaving a legacy to Sarah and Mary Ogborn, "children of wife Jane before our 
marriage." 

Jane married (3) at Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, 4th mo. (12) 1707, Na- 
thaniel FitzRandolph. Among the witnesses to her marriage were her three 
children, Samuel, Mary and Sarah Ogborn. She seems to have had a son by this 
marriage, Benjamin FitzRandolph. Her third husband died in 1714, and in his 
will, dated May 5, 1713, and proved May 12, 1714, he left a legacy to his "son- 
in-law Joseph Hampton." 

Jane married (4) at Haddontieid Monthly Meeting, loth mo. (24) 1719, 
)<)hn Sharp, of Evesham, a prominent and useful citizen and lifelong friend of the 
family. 1 le was one of the executors of the will of Robert Engle (201 ), guardian 
of Jane's son-in-law John Engle, was a witness to John's marriage, and to that 
of his widowed mother Joan (Hornf.) Engle to Henry Clifton. Among the 
witnesses to this fourth marriage were John and Mary (Ogborn) Engle (202) and 
William and Hannah (Coale) Borton (see 200-B). 

John Sliarpdied in 1729 and his widow Jane died in i2lh mo. 173I/2. Her 



356 SAMUEL OGBORN [203] 

will, dated Buckingham, Bucks County, Pa., August 8, 1729, and probated Decem- 
ber 13, 1731, has, among others, the following provisions: 

"I give ... to my son Samuel Ogborn the sum of 8 pound proclamation money' . . . 
to my son Joseph Hampton 12 pound and to my son-in-law Edmond Kinsey 5 pound ... to 
my son-in-law Jonas Ketle 5 pound and to my son Benjamin Fitzrandle twenty pound and also 
one bed and 2 pairs of sheets, 2 pillows & 2 pair of pillow cases, i diper table cloth, 3 blankets, 
one birdeyed coverlidd,one silver spoon, one great Bible, one great looking glass, one pair iron doggs; 
and to my granddaughter Jane Engle, great pewter dish ... to my daughter Mary Ketle 25 
pound ... to my daughter Sarah Kinsey 25 pound; if any money remains, let it be given to my 
two daughters & Jo. Hampton ... to granddaughters 7 pound in silver & gold, twenty shillings 
a piece each ... to Mary ...&... Elizabeth Kinsey . . . one trunk ... all my horses & 
mares be sold or valued, and the value of them to pay all charges ... by funeral expenses etc. 
... if anything remains of value ... I hereby leave it to Edmond Kinsey ... I hereby make 
. . . my son-in-law Edmond Kinsey & Joseph Fell my Sole & whole Executors etc." 

Children of Samuel and Jane (Harvey) Ogborn 

(202) Mary, married (i) lothmo. (4) 1707 John Engle, son of Robert and Joan (Horne) Engle 
(201); married (2) in 1726, Jonas Ketle. 
Samuel, was living in 1729 when his mother's will was made. 
Sarah, married Edmund Kinsey; was living in 1729, when her mother's will was made. 

[204J WILLIAM MATLACK [1647-....] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY HANCOCK [1665-1728] 

OF ENGLAND AND CHESTER, N. J. 

WILLIAM MATLACK came from Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, 
England, about seven miles southeast of the city of Nottingham. 
He was probably born about 1647 or 1648, as he was about thirty 
years of age when he emigrated in 1677. 
Hewas one of the passengers in the ship "Kent," Gregory Marlow, Master, the 
first that brought settlers to West New Jersey. Among his fellow passengers were 
Daniel Wills, Thomas Olive, and the other commissioners sent over by the proprie- 
tors of the new colony. Nearly all were of the Society of Friends. There is a tra- 
dition that while the "Kent" was coming down the Thames, King Charles 1 1 went 
past them in his pleasure barge. He asked where they were bound and being told 
West New Jersey, he asked further whether they were all Quakers and gave them 
his blessing. On the 14th of August the same year, they sighted land at Sandy 
Hook and dropped anchor there, while the commissioners went up to New York 
to pay their respects to Governor Andros. As he held his authority from the Duke 

'This seems to besocalled from the proclamations issued by Queen Anne in 1704, and by some of the pro- 
vincial governors later, attempting to fix the values of money passed in the Colonies. A great deal of clipping was 
done, and the coinage was depreciated, and finally passed by weight. 



W ILLIAM MATLACK [20^] 357 

of York over all that part of the country, the commissioners were in troiil-ile with 
him at once, liut by some concession they were allowed lo go on to their destina- 
tion, and sailed up the Delaware River as far as Rancocas Creek, where some 
of the passengers were landed. W'ii.i.iam Mati.ac.k, however, went on with the 
(lommissionors in a small boat to (.".hygoes Islantl, and was the first to land (ui the 
shore where is now the city of Burlington. The other emigrants lound their way 
up to the new seltlomcnt after suffering many prixalions. 

lie came over as servant' to Daniel Wills and after his arrival appears to 
have served Thomas Olive for four years. I le was a carpenter and built or helped 
to build the first two frame houses erected in Burlington, one for John Woolsion, 
the other lor Thomas Gardner, both finished in i^-cS. In this latter the friends held 
their meetings for many years. He also helped to build Thomas Olive's corn-mill, 
the first of the kind in West New Jersey. His name appears as one of the signers 
at Burlington, 10th mo. (5) 1678, of a petition of Thomas Olive and others in favor 
of Henry Jacobs, tenant. 

He married in .March, 1681, Mary Hancock, a sister of Timothy Hancock, 
with whom she came over in the ship "Paradise," Captain Hvele. She is said to 
have been sixteen years old at the time, and William Matlack is said to have 
paid her passage monev, so that she came in free. The brother and sister came from 
Brayles in Warwickshire. 

William bought in 1684 of Thomas Olive a one hundred acre tract on Penis- 
aukin Creek in Chester Township, fUirlington County, the consideration being 
"four years service and £} current country pay," and built a house upon it. 
The greater part of this tract is still owned by his descendants, having been in the 
familv for over two hundred vcars. Dr. A. M. Stackhouse, a descendant, writes 
that near this house Tallaca, the Indian chief, signed a contract with John Roberts, 
Timothy Hancock and William Matlack, whereby in consideration of "one match 
coat, one little runlet of rum, and two bottles of rum" he agreed to defend them in 
their rights from all other Indians. 

Timothy Hancock, his brother-in-law, bought about the same time, one 
hundred acres adjoining William's piece, and in his house "worship was set up" 
by the T'riends in 1685, so it appears that he and his sister were also of that sect. 
Later, in 1695 William purchased this tract of his brother-in-law, and a hundred 
acres more of Thomas Olive, giving him in all three hundred acres of land. 

William Matlack was one of the overseers who laid out the highway in 
Chester in 1698, and held the office for many years. He was constable in 1696, and 
1719, and collector in 1726. In 1727 as one of the grand jury, he signed a petition 
to King George II, beginning "We of the Grand Jury being of the people called 

' "The term 'servant' was .ipplicd to several kinds of service. It covered farm and house workers, to- 
gether with persons who came out attending to the business of their principals in t'ngland. These were agents, 
as we should say. Then apprentices, and those contracting their labor were called servants. Lechford notes in 
detail many contracts of apprenticeship, and almost always one contractor is a 'servant.' Contracts brought many 
over who worked out their passage money in apprenticeship." — Economic and Social Hi ilory of New England, \620- 
1749,84. By William B. vVeeden. 



358 WILLIAM MATLACK [204] 

Quakers." In 1701 he purchased about one thousand acres of land from Richard 
Heritage, situated in Waterford and Gloucester townships, Camden County (then 
Gloucester County), lying on both sides of the south branch of Cooper's Creek, 
near the White Horse Tavern. In 1717 he bought two hundred acres more in 
Waterford and Delaware townships. 

December 10, 1720, he made a deposition in the court of common pleas in 
Burlington County, in which he gave his age as about seventy-two. He said that 
he came 

"to Burlington about the latter end of October 1677 with his then master Daniel Wills, one of the 
commissioners for laying out the lands in the Western division of New Jersey and several others in 
the first boate that came there to settle the said Towne of Burlington, etc." 

In 1722 he sold his plantation to his son William, who gave back a life-lease 
in it. For some reason this was not satisfactory and in 1729 William Matlack, Sr., 
leased it back again to the same son, the consideration being £<o in money, and 10 
pounds of woo] and a bushel of winter apples yearly. 

His wife Mary died i ith mo. (20) 1728, aged about 63, if, as tradition says, 
she was si.xteen when she married in 1681. She may have been buried in the 
Matlack burying-ground near Haddonfield, where her husband was later interred, 
although it is said that her body rests in the Friends' graveyard at Moorestown, 
N.J. 

The date of William's death is not known, but it is supposed to have occurred 
at the home of his son John about 1729. It is said that 

"he died in his bed in his ninetieth or ninety-first year, and would have lived longer if his tools 
had not been hid away from him. When he could not have them he went away like a snuff of a 
candle." 

William and Mary lived to see their youngest child the mother of seven 
children. All of their nine children grew up and married, five of them married 
twice and five of them married into the Haines family. 

Children of William and Mary (Hancock) Matlack 

(205) John, married (i), 3rd. mo. (20) 1708, at Burlington, N. J., Hannah Horner, daughter 

of Isaac and Lydia ( ) Horner (207) of Northampton, N. J. ; married 

(2) in 1721, Mary Lee, daughter of Francis and Lee; died in 1765. 

George, married (i) in 1709, Mary Foster; married (2) Mary Hancock; settled on a five 

hundred acre tract given him by his father in 1714, in Waterford Township. 
Mary, married (i), ist mo. 171 1, Jonathan Haines, son of John and Esther (Borton) 

Haines (200); married (2) 5th mo., 173 1, Daniel Morgan. 
William, born 12th mo. (2) i6go; married Qth mo. (17) 1713 (Friends' Records 1709), 

Ann Antrim (or Antrum), daughter of John and Francis Antrim; died 7th mo. (25) 

1730. 
Richard, married (i), nth mo. 1721, Rebecca Haines, daughter of Richard and Mary 

(Carlisle) Haines, of Evesham and granddaughter of Richard and Margaret 



W II.IIAM MAI LACK (20.41 359 

( ) Haines (joo-a); married (2), loih ino. 1745, Mary Cole. Mis faihcr gave 

him ilio two hundred acre tract he had bc)U){ht in 1712. in Watcrford and Delaware 
townships; he settled there in 1721, and dieil there in 1778. 

Joseph, married at ("hester Meeiing. 6ih mo. 1725 (or 1722), Kehecca I laincs, daughter 
of John and Lsthkr (Borton) IIainp.s (200), a sister of his sister .Mary's husband; 
removed to Chester Co., Pa. 

Timoths', married (1), 3rd. mo. 1720, at I hiddonfield Meeting, Mary Haines, daughter 
of Richard and Mary (Carlisle) Haines, a sister of his brother Richard's first wife; 
married (2), ist mo. 1730, at lladdonlield Meeting, Martha liurr Haines, another 
daughter of Richard above; was left by his father the remaining part of the large tract 
in Waterford lownsjiip bought of Richard Heritage. He staid there after he was 
married for ;i linu' but sold it in 1726 ami removed to Haddonfleld. His son 
Timothy was a prominent citi/en. a colonel in the Revolution, and lost his stand- 
ing in the Friends' Meeting in consequence, was also secretary to the Continental 
Congress, in Philadelphia, where his portrait hangs in Independence Hall. 

Jane, married Irvin, and removed to Chester Co., Pa. 

Sarah, married loth mo. 1721, Carlisle (or ('arlyle) Haines, son of Richard and Mary 
(Carlisle) Haines, and brother of her brother Richard's Cirst wife, and of both wives 
of her brother Timothy. 

|2o=,] JOHN MATLACK [ -176s] 

AND HIS WII-E 

HANNAH HORNF.R [1686-....] 

OF CHESTER AND WATERFORD, N. j. 

JOHN MATLACK, the eldest son ol William and Mary (Hancock) Mat- 
lack (204), was born probably about 1682, in (■hester, Burlington County, 
N. J. His carlv life was undoubtedly spent on his father's farm in 
(.hester township. 

In 1705 he purchased of Francis Collins, two hundred acres of land in Water- 
ford township, on the "north side of the most northerly branch of the main south 
branch of Cooper's Creek." 

He married (i),3rd mo. (20) 1708, in Burlington, Hannah Horner, daughter 

of Isaac and Lydia ( ) Horner (207), of Northampton, N. j. Hannah was 

born 1 ith mo. (16) 1686. They settled on the tract of land in Waterford mentioned 
above, about three miles east of Haddonfield. He built a house there which was 
his home until he died, all of his twenty-two children being born there. It must 
have been well built, as it lasted for one hundred and fifty years, only being pulled 
down a few years before 1877, when Clement wrote his notes on the Matlack 
family. 

John Matlack's marriage, while perfectly legal, was not according to the 
Friends' manner, as, loth ino. (12) 1715, he "made acknowledgement of his offence 
in marrying his wife contrary to the method settled among friends." His wife Han- 
nah died after having borne him three children, and he married (2) in 1721, Mary 



360 JOHN MATLACK [205] 

Lee, daughter of Francis and Lee, who came with her parents from Eng- 
land. They had nineteen children, but we have only the names of ten of them. 

After the death of his mother in 1728, his father, William Matlack, is said 
to have lived with him, and to have died not long after, at his house in Waterford 
township. 

John Matlack died in 1765. His will, dated February 26, was probated 
March 14, 1765. He gave to his sons Isaac, John, the heirs of his son Jacob, his 
daughters Hannah Maxell, Keziah Heritage, widow, Esther French, Sarah Brown- 
ing, and the heirs of his daughter Bathsheba, each five shillings as they had already 
received their shares during his lifetime. To Benjamin and Ephraim he gave 
tracts of land, and to his daughter Lydia Matlack his "chest of drawers and spinning 
wheel, and seven pounds current money." The residuary legatees were his two 
daughters Lydia Matlack and Mary Hillman. The executors were his "esteemed 
friend Nathaniel Lippincott (196) and his son Caleb Lippincott." 

Children of John and Hannah (Horner) Matlack 

Isaac, born istmo. (14), 1708/9; married in 1733, Rebecca Bates, of Gloucester County, N.J. 
Jacob, married in 1733, Ruth Woodathall, of Burlington County; died before 1765. 

(206) John, married in 1736, Hannah Shivers, daughter of John and Sarah ( ) Shivers 

(209); died in 1774 or 1775. 

Children of John and Mary (Lee) Matlack 
Keziah, married at Chester Meeting in 1743, Benjamin Heritage, son of Joseph and 

Hannah (Allen) Heritage. 
Hannah, married at Chester Meeting 8th mo. 1737, John Maxfield (or Maxell). 
Abigail, married in 1741, Thomas Stokes, son of Thomas and Deliverance (Horner) Stokes 

and grandson of Isaac and Lydia ( ) Horner (207). 

Bathsheba, married 4th mo. 1756, Ezekiel Lippincott; died before 1765. 

Lydia, married in 1767, Benjamin Graysbury. 

Sarah, married (i) John Rowand; married (2) before 1765, Joseph Browning. 

Esther, married (1) Jonathan French; married (2) Vespasian Kemble. 

Benjamin, married Jane Cheesman. 

Ephraim, who inherited his father's homestead. 

Mary, married in 1761, Joab Hillman. 

[206] JOHN MATLACK, JR. [. ..-1774] 

AND HIS WIFE 

HANNAH SHIVERS [..,.-....] 

OF WATERFORD AND HADDONFIELD, N. J. 

JOHN MATLACK, son of John and Hannah (Horner) Matlack (205), 
was born at Waterford, N. J., about 171 1. He received his portion of land 
in Waterford from his father, probably at the time of his marriage. 
He married in 1736, Hannah Shivers, daughter of John and Sarah 
( ) Shivers (209), and settled on the land mentioned above in the township 



JOHN MATLACK, JR. [2<>(>] 361 

ot W'aterloril. Sctnu'linio laUr hr removal i<i 1 laciil<)n(iL'ld, although it appears 
ho rotaiiu'ii his inti'ivst in "a certain saw mill situated in the Township of Water- 
lord" as woll as lands ilicri- which are specified in his will. 

lie died al lladdonlield in 1774 or 1775. His will, dated May 24. 1774, 
probated March 22, 1775, has the following provisions: 

"Item I Give and Bequeath unto my lieloveil Wife Hannah all my Hdusehold Grxids and 
Kitchen Kurniture . . . my house and Lands where I now live and the I'rivilidgc to Gut her fire 
wood on the Twenty Acres of Waterford, . . . unto my Grandsons Thomas, John, Barzillai, 
and Aquiilai, l.ippencotts the Sum of Twenty I'uunds Proclamation Money each in One \'ear Next 
the Same shall desend to him or them as af*, . . . unto my daughter Amy lillis . . . plantation 
Situate in the fownship of Waterford, . . . to my daughter I lannah Gilibs . . . my share ... of 
a Gertain Saw Mill, ... I further Give unto my said daughter Hannah the Sum of four Hundred 
Pounds Proclamation Money, . . . unto my daughter Sarah ... all the aforesaid House and 
Lands where I now live . . . and all that Tract or Twenty Acres of Land . . . in . . . Waterford, 
unto my said daughters .Amy and Sarah, ... all that my Piece of Cedar Swamp Situate near 
Long a Coming (sic), etc." 

Children of John and Hannah (Shivers) Mati.ack 

(107) Anna, born 7th mo. (25) 1737; married at Chester Monthly Meeting, 3rd. mo. 1756, John 
LiPPiNCOTT, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Engle) Lippincott (196); died nth mo. 

(3) '762. 
Hannah, married Edward Gibbs. 
Amy, married in 1756, William Ellis, Jr. 
Sarah, married John Middleton. 



[207] 



ISAAC HORNER | . - | 

AND HIS WIFE 

■ LYDIA [1659-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND NORTHAMPTON, N. J. 



ISAAC HORNF.R probably came from England, but the first record of him 
is found in Northampton township, N. J., which now includes the town of 
Mt. Holly, and joins Evesham on the northeast. It is the record of the 
marriage of his daughter Deliverance to Thomas Stokes, and was made in 1 704. 

Isaac Horner married about 16S0 Lydia , who w^as born about 1659. 

He died probably about 1709, as a census taken of the township gives the names and 
ages of his wife and unmarried children, but omits mention of him. From this 
census we get the dates of birth of the younger children, in his will, which is not 
dated, but was probated September 5, 1709, he mentions his wife Lydia, who was 
executrix, his daughters," Deliverance Stoakcs wife of Thomas Stoakes," "Hannah 
Matlack wife of John Matlack," and Rachel, and his sons Isaac, Jacob and Bar- 
tholomew. 

Children of Isaac and Lydia ( ) Horner 

Deliverance, married in 1704, Thomas Stokes, son of Thomas and Mary (Bernard) Stokes, 



362 ISAAC HORNER [207] 

who came over in the "Kent" with William Matlack (204). Deliverance's son 
Thomas married in 1741, Abigail Matlack, daughter of John and Mary (Lee) Mat- 
lack (205). 
(205) Hannah, born iith mo, (16) 1686; married in 1708, John Matlack, son of William 
and Mary (Hancock) Matlack (204), and died before 1721. 

Rachel, born in 1690; married in 171 1, Joshua Humphreys. 

Isaac, born in 1695; living in 1709. 

Jacob, twin with Isaac, living in 1709. 

Bartholomew, born in 1700; married in 1721 Elizabeth Wills. 



[209J JOHN SHIVERS [....-1716] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH [....-. ...] 

OF ENGLAND AND WATERFORD, N. J. 

TOHN SHIVERS was an early emigrant to West New Jersey, and must have 
I come over as a servant' with some one, as his name is not on the Usts of 
I passengers. He was called a butcher, probably from the fact that he was one 
J in the old country as he could hardly havecontinued that occupation in the un- 
broken forests where he settled, it is possible that he carried meat for sale to 
Philadelphia, which was the nearest settlement of any size. 

Hemarried, probably about 1690 to 1692, Sarah . In 1692, he bought 

of Mordecai Howell a large tract of land in Waterford township, on the north side 
of Cooper's Creek, on which Howell had built, or was about to build, a mill. The 
next year John Wright, an owner of adjoining land, released to John Shivers the 
privilege of flooding the meadow for the use of his saw-mill. On this tract he 
built the house in which he lived until his death. The house was occupied after 
his death by his son John, who kept a tavern there, as it was on the ferry road 
leading out of Evesham and other parts of Burlington County to Philadelphia. 
Parts of the house occupied in 1877 by Richard Shivers, are said to have been 
taken from the one built by John Shivers, and the site is the same. 

He purchased also other lands, among which was a tract of two hundred 
acres bought from Anthony Sturgiss in 1699, in which he and Henry Johnson had 
undivided half shares. 

He died intestate January 13, 1716, leaving a large estate. An inventory 
was taken February 12, and was filed February 18, 17 16, by his widow Sarah. 
There is some doubt as to the names and marriages of his children, as there was 
no will, but the following list is thought to be correct. 

Children of John and Sarah ( ) Shivers 

Samuel, married 3rd mo. (22) 1723, in Burlington Monthly Meeting, Martha (or Mary) 
Deacon, daughter of George Deacon; settled in Newton Township on the property 
' See note on William Matlack (204). 



JOHN SIIIN'IRS [200] 363 

his father boiiqht <if Aiiihim)' Siur^jiss in ifK)(> and was surveyor of highways there 
in 1724; ri'nu)\eii to Cricnwiih, (ilouccslcr County, where he became wealthy and 
a prominent citi/en; dicil in 1771. 

John, marricii in t736, Mary (IcnuMit, of (iloucestcr County ; remained on the homestead 
and kept a ta\orn there. I he property is still in the possession of his descendants. 

Mary, married in 1732, Thomas Bates, probably a son of Joseph Hates. 
(206) Hannah, married in 1736, John Matlack, son of John and Hannah (Mornir) Mat- 
lack (205); died after 1775. 

Josiah, marrieil in 1729, .Ann R.iies of Gloucester County, N. |. 

|2i;J CHARLHS ELLET | ..-....] 

AND HIS WIIE 

ELIZABETH [....-. .1 

OF IRELAND AND NEW SAI.EM, N. j. 



T 



HE name Ellet is supposed to have been originally Elliott and there is a 
tradition in the family that Charles Ellet came from Ireland with his 
wife and two children, when his son was ten years old. His wife's 

name was Elizabeth . 

He was a merchant at New Salem, N. J., and he traded at Greenwich, N. J., 
Dutch Creek, Del., and in Connecticut. I le and his wife are said to have been lost 
at sea returning from New York to New Salem, N. J., while his children were still 
young. A John Ellet who may perhaps have been a brother, made an application, 
3 mo. (7) 1722, to the Burlington Meeting for a certificate of retnoval to the 
Nottingham Meeting in Pennsylvania. 

Children of Charles and I'li/ahi ih ( ) LIllet 

(214) Charles, born in Ireland: married (1) Jan. 22, 1757, Sarah (W'ethlrby) Austin, widow 

of Austin and daughter of Iuimund and Elizabeth (I'i.edoer) Wetherby 

(221), who died in 1767; married (2) Hannah Carpenter, daughter of Judge Preston 
and Hannah (Smith) Carpenter; died in 1783. 
Elizabeth, married April g. 1768, Andrew .McCullom of Salem, N. J. 

I214I CHARLES ELLET, JR. [....-i/Svl 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH (WETHERBY) AUSTIN [1729-1767] 

OF SALEM, N. J. 

CHARLES ELLET, Jr., was the only son of Charles and Elizabeth 
( ) Ellet (213) and it is said came from Ireland with his 
parents when ten years of age. They probably died before his marriage. 
He married (i) January 22, 1757, Sarah (Wetherby) Austin, daughter 
of Edmund and Elizabeth (Pledger) Wetherby (221) and widow of 



364 CHARLES ELLET, JR. [214] 

Austin, whose sister, Sarah Austin, was the wife of Commodore Barry. His wife 
Sarah was born June 6, 1729. 

They hved, during their brief married hfe, on the property, "a house and lot 
of eight acres," in Mannington, Salem Co., bequeathed to them in Edmund 
Wetherby's will. It was possibly given Sarah to occupy on her first marriage, 
as after their deaths it was to go to her son Samuel Austin. She died September 
24, 1767. 

Charles Ellet married (2) in 1768, Hannah Carpenter, daughter of Judge 
Preston and Hannah (Smith) Carpenter, and great-granddaughter of Thomas 
Lloyd, governor of Pennsylvania under William Penn. 

He was received into the Friends' Meeting at Salem, 12th mo. (25) 1769, 
with his two children under age. He was a tanner and had a tannery at Salem, 
N. J. Barzillai LiPPiNCOTT (198) was apprenticed to him for seven years to 
learn the trade. Just before his death Barzillai married his daughter Elizabeth 
and continued the business. 

He was evidently a man of more than usual business ability, as in addition to 
his tannery, he owned a large amount of land or farm property, which he operated 
successfully. 

He died at his home in Mannington township in 1783, and was buried in 
Salem "beneath the oak tree." His will, dated November 12, 1777, with a codicil 
of June 14, 1783, was probated December 15, 1783. He left a large property to his 
son-in-law, i. e. step-son, Samuel Austin, who also inherited the house in which 
Charles Ellet had been living. He divided his other real property between 
his four sons John, Thomas, William, and Charles. He left his daughter Elizabeth 
in the will £1000, but considering it too large a proportion after her marriage, he 
reduced it to ;^700. He left to his daughter Sarah, ^200, and in the codicil, to his 
two daughters Rachel and Mary who were born after the date of the will, he gave 
£200 apiece. The wife, the step-son, and all the children except Elizabeth, were 
made residuary legatees, and Hannah and Samuel Austin were the executors. 
The witnesses were Edmund Wetherby (221), Judge Preston Carpenter and others. 
The inventory amounted to £2,'^^^. 2s. 4d. 

His widow Hannah married (2) Jedediah Allen, and died in 1820. 

Children of Charles and Sarah (Wetherby Austin) Ellet 

(198) Elizabeth, born Qth mo. (30) 1761; married in 1782, Barzillai Lippincott, son of John 
and Anna (Matlack) Lippincott (197); died in 1799. 

Children of Charles and Hannah (Carpenter) Ellet 

John, horn 2nd mo. (30) 1769; married Mary Smith, daughter of William Smith. 

Sarah, born nth mo. (15) 1770; married Joseph Reeves. 

Thomas, born 3rd mo. (2) 1772; was living at the date of his father's will. 

Samuel, born ist mo. (16) 1774; died 7th mo. (15) the same year. 

William, born 7th mo. (3) 1775; married Elizabeth Taggert. 

Charles, born 3rd mo. (4) 1777. 



I.IIAI^I I S III I I. JU. [214I 365 

liaiinah, twin with Charles, died the same day. 
ILmnah, born isi nio. (3) 1770; died ()th nio. (<)), ilic same year. 
Rachel, burn otii nio. (r2) 1780; married James Wainwright, of Maryland. 
Alary (or Margaret), born lolh nio. (23) 1782. 

[220J JOHN WHTHHKBY | ........J 

AND MIS Wire 

YEARNS [....-....] 

OF pf.nn's NHCK, N. J. 

TOIIN W'FTIIF.RBY, the emigrant ancestor of the family of W'etherby, 
I purchased in 1735 of William Ponn a tract of land containing five hundred 
I and lifty acres at Fenn's Neck, Salem (bounty, N. J., lying along the Uela- 
J ware River. 

He is said to have married Yearns, whose parents lived at Finn's 

Foint. It is possible that she belonged to the Swedish Colony which antedated 
John Fenwick's by some twenty or thirty years, and settled along that part of the 
Delaware River. They had the two children given below and perhaps more. 

The date of John Wkmikkby's death has never been found, nor have we any 
further record of his life or occupation. 

('hi: r)RiiN OF John and (Yearns) Wetherby 

(221) Edmund, born Feb. 8, 1701; married Elizabeth Pledger, daughter of John and 

Pledger (224); married (2) Martha {'ledger, sister of Elizabeth, died Nov. 4, 1766. 
Ilenr)-, mentioned in his brother Edmund's will; was living in 1760. 

[221] EDMUND WETHERBY [lyoi-iybOj 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH PLEDGER [1700-. . .] 
OF penn's neck, N. J. 

EDMUND WETHERBY, the eldest son of John and (Yearns) 
Wetherby (220), was born February 8, 1701, at Penn's Neck, Salem 
County, N. J. lie evidently inherited property from his father at that 
place. 
He married (1) about 1728, Elizabeth Pledger, daughter of John and 

Pledger (224), who was born February 18, 1700. By her he had two 

children, Sarah and Edmund. She died before 1743, and In- married (2) her sister 
Martha Pledger, who survived him, but left no children. 

From his will it appears that he was a man of considerable means, and was 
probably a lawyer as well as farmer. 



366 EDMUND WETHERBY [221] 

He died November 4, 1766, aged sixty-five. His will, dated July 5, 1760, was 
probated December 27, 1766. Some of the provisions are as follows: 

"Item, I Give unto my beloved Wife Martha (over and above what the Law allows her) 
the best Bed and Furniture in my House and her Horses Bridie and Saddle. Item 1 Give unto 
my brother Henry Wetherby the Sum of Ten Pounds and also the Gray Horse, item I Give unto 
my Son Edmund Wetherby my high Dusk or Scrutour [i. e. escritoire] & my Law Books, Clock, 
riding Mare Saddle & Bridle, and all my wearing Apparrel. Item, it is my Will that my wife 
do keep the Clock while she remain my Widow. Item ... I give unto my Son Edmund Weth- 
erby and my daughter Sarah Elliott, [the residue] my Daughter Sarah to have two parts thereof 
and my son Edmund one part. Item 1 give . . . unto Charls Elliott and my daughter ... all 
that House and Lott of Land . . . whereon they now live during their natural lives and after 
their Dec^' I give ... all the above s** House . . . unto my Granson Samuel Ashton [Austin] 
Item I give . . . unto my son Edmund Wetherby all that plantation whereon he now 

lives, etc." 

Children of Edmund and Elizabeth (Pledger) Wetherby 

(214) Sarah, born June 6, 1729; married (i) Austin, married (2) Jan. 22, 1757, Charles 

Ellet, son of Charles and Elizabeth ( ) Ellet (213); died Sept. 24, 1767. 

Edmund, born Oct. 26, 1733; married (i)in 1755, Phoebe Quinton; married (2) Ann Gibbon, 
daughter of Nicholas and Ann (Grant) Gibbon; married (3) Jane Skeer; was sheriff 
of the county in 1744, commissioner of the Loan Office, member of the General Free 
Assembly of West New Jersey for the Salem tenth in i776_and 1786, judge and justice 
of the peace; died in March 1796. 

L223] JOHN PLEDGER [....-1694] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND SALEM, N. J. 



I 



N the Salem Monthly Meeting Records we have the following specific note, 
which is also found in the Records of Births and Deaths, 1686-1798, in the 
Friends' Library in Philadelphia. 

"John Pledger of Portsmouth in Hampshire intending to transporte himselfe and his 
family to the province of West New Jersey shiped himselfe abord the shipp called the Joseph and 
Benjamin the masters name was Mathew paine bound to Maryland the said John pledger arived 
at West new Jersey the 13th day of the first month in the year 1674/5 . . . Elizabeth pledger the 
wife of the Abovesaid John pledger and Joseph pledger their sonn who was born the fourth day 
of the sixth month 1672 were shipped abord the shipp called the griflin Robert GriflTin being master, 
bound for Delaware river who arrived in the said river the 23rd day of the 9th month at or near 
New Salem in the year 1675 . . . John Pledger the sonn of John Pledger by Elizabeth his wife was 
borne in West New Jersey in the county of New Salem the 27th day of the 9th month 1680." 

From this it appears that John Pledger came first to the colony in the 
"Joseph and Benjamin" and that his wife followed in the "Griifith" (or "Griffm") 



JOHN rij.iJt.i.K [22i\ 367 

with John Fcnwick, the founder of the colony. 1 here has been some confusion 
about their emigration which these records settle authoritatively. 

John PiiiDonR had married in 1671, Elizabeth , and was living in 

Portsmouth, Hampshire, F.ngland, where he was a ship-carpenter, lie had be- 
come acquainted with llippolite Leievre, a French Huguenot ol St. .Martin in the 
Fields, London, and they had together purchased in the fall of 1674, of John 
Fenwick, 6000 acres in Packa-go-mack, or what is now known as .Mannington 
I ownship, N. J. Lefevre had become a Friend while in England. It is not known 
whether John Pledger settled on this tract or not, as he owned a large amount of 
land. 

His name appears March 3, 1676/7, as one of the signers of the document 
calk'd "Concessions & Agreements of the Proprietors & Freeholders of the Prov- 
ince of West Jersey." In 1682 and 1684, he was a member "for Salem tenth" of 
the Assembly called by Jennings, who was deputy for Governor Edward Byllinge. 
This Assembly convened first in 1681, and "agreed on certain fundamentals in 
government and passed a number of laws." 

He was a member of Fenwick's Council and one of the ablest of the emigrants 
of the Fenwick Colony. In the Friends' records we find John and Elizabeth 
Pledger as witnesses at the wedding of John Battle at Salem, 9th mo. (20) 1687. 

He died at his home in Mannington 1 ownship near the village of Salem, 
in 1694. His will was dated 8th mo. (17) and probated probably the same month 
(28) 1694. He left all his property to his wife and designated portions to be 
given to his two sons after her death. 

"If cither of my Children lu' ondia-tifull to my wife, and doc render himself unworthieof the 
portion that I Doc Intend to leave him then 1 Doe Give power to my wife to take away part 
or all if she please of ye land yt I intended to give to him And Give it to him yt is most worthy 
of it. if iny wife continue herself a widdow & have need of Mainetaineance Then I give her power 
to sell any pt or parcel! of my land, as her need may require But my request to my children is yt 
they be duetifull to my wife iSc live wth her & Assist her & love one another, and then I ihinck 
there will not be need of selling nor altering ye given portions of land to my (children. . . item, 
I Give to my servt Joseph Nicholes five pounds currt money of this river when he is at ye age of 
one & twenty years And I Desire if he be honest & deseruing y' it may be doubled or more, . . 
Item, I Give fourty shillings to frends towards repaireing of the Meeting house at Salem. . . I Doe 
give one half of my personal! Fstate to my son Joseph. . . & \c other half to my son John Pledger, 
and I desire Frends of Truth, 1 meane frends w'^'' arc rcprochfully called Quakers, belonging to 
Salem Meeting. That they have a Concerne on them for my son John & receive him. That he 
may be at yor tueition my frends, & I desire my son Joseph to pay & deliver to frends yt will be 
appointed to be in trust for my son John & all the personal! Estate Yt 1 have Given him wthin 
a ycarc if they demand it, and I Desire frends at yor monthly Meeting to appoynt a man or two 
to OITiciatc & to demand & receive for my son John the Goods & Chatties yt I have left him till 
he is of Cappassity or of Age to dispose of himself & w*" I leave him. If friends by their In- 
spection doe find that my two sons doc love & agree. Then it may be meet y" they live to together 
but lett it be by the ord' of frends and while he is un"*' their tueition. he maybe placed by 
them." 



368 JOHN PLEDGER [223] 

He also gave his son John twenty pounds. The will is very confused, and 
reads as if written or dictated by a very old man. 

John Pledger was buried in Salem with the most prominent of the early 
colonists, "in the yard under the oak tree." This sacred spot near the meeting 
house, has belonged to Salem Monthly Meeting for two centuries, and the old white 
oak, still standing, in 1876, was then twenty feet in circumference. Under it also 
were buried Charles Ellet, Jr. (214), and his daughter Elizabeth (Ellet) Lip- 
piNcoTT (198). 

Children of John and Elizabeth ( ) Pledger 

Joseph, born in England, 6th mo. (4) 1672; married in 1695, Mary ( ) Hurley, widow 

of Henry Hurley. At the marriage Joseph gave bonds of ^£40, to be paid to his step- 
daughter, Sarah Hurley, "when she is married or comes of age." He died in July, 
1697. 

(224) John, born in Salem, N. J., 9th mo. (27) 1680; married (1) , married (2) in 

1731, Hannah ( — ) Champness, probably widow of James Champness; died in 

■743- 

[224] JOHN PLEDGER, JR. [1680-1744] 

OF SALEM, N. J. 

JOHN PLEDGER, the second son of John and Elizabeth ( ) Pledger 

I (223), was born 9 mo. (27) 1680, soon after the arrival of his parents in 
I West New Jersey. 
J He probably married (i) about 1699, but the name of his first wife and the 
record of their marriage has not been found. All his children were of this first 
marriage, and the eldest one was born in February, 1700. 

In 1727, he built what is known as the Pledger Homestead, which remained 
in the family for nearly two hundred years, and was still standing in 1888. It is a 
large brick dwelling and had originally a double roof. It is situated about a mile 
from Salem in the township of Mannington, on the Netherland farm left him by 
his father, as his portion of the 3000 acres John Pledger, Sr., and Hippolite 
Lefevre bought of John Fenwick. 

He married (2) in 1731, Hannah ( ) Champness, probably widow of 

James Champness, son of Nathaniel Champness, of Salem. At the Salem Meeting, 
loth mo. (27) 1 73 1, they declared their intentions of marriage and were proposed 
the second time nth mo. (31) 1731. At that meeting a committee was 

"appointed to see that the Widow Champness children may be justly dealt with according to what 
personal estate was left by their father at his decease," 

John Pledger to give security for the same. 

Another record of the Salem Meeting says that "John Pledger is appointed 
to get a hearse made." 



JUllN PLi:i)GlK, JR. [224\ 369 

He died at his Iinnic, prnhalilv about 17.}.). I lis will, niadr Dcci-mbcr 30, 
1743, was not probated. 1 Ic left to his daughter iWartha and her husband Ij)MUND 
Wetmerby (221) and to their heirs the homestead and other property. As Martha 
had no ciiiKlren, her step-children, who were also John Pi.idc.i k's gramichildren, 
got no share in the estate, and the land soon passed out of the family, lie left 
an ample provision to his wife, also 

"a New Bed and I uriiilurf (lli;il is lo say) tlu- lUJ in tlir little Chamber and the Bedstead and 
Calico Curlins in tlic L;rcat ChamlnT . . . lu-r riding Horse and Saddle the peace of Worstcad she 
is making and an Iron Pot and pot Hooks . . . Item, my will is that my said Loving wife shall 
have the free Priviledge & Use of the Inner Room and Inner Seller of the said dwelling House 
During the Term of her Natural Life and if it should happen that the Persons who shall live in the 
other part of the said House should refuse to let her have the Priviledge of going through the 
House to the said Room and Seller that then she shall have the Liberty of makeing a front Door 
to the Room and likewise a Door to the (teller where she shall think proper . . . Item, I give unto 
my Daughter Elizabeth Casperson the Sum of five pounds . . . unto my Grand (Children Joseph 
Pledger, Sarah Pledger and Dorothy Pledger . . . five pounds each . . . unto my Grand Children 
John Redstricke, Joseph Redstricke and Pledger Redstricke . . . five pounds each, etc." 

The executors were Edmund Wetherby and his second wife, Martha 
(Pledger) Wetherby, who was the only surviving child. 

Children of John and Pledgi^r 

(221) Elizabeth, horn Feb. 18, 1700; married Ed.mund Wetherby, son of John and 

(^■ earns) Wetherby (220); died before 1743. 
Martha, born in 1701; married after her sister Elizabeth's death, her brother-in-law, 

Edmund Wetherby, mentioned above; died in 1767. 
John, married in Salem Meeting, in 1732, his second cousin, Mary Johnson, daughter of 

Robert and Margaret (Pledger Scirs) Johnson, and great-granddaughter of John 

Pledger (223); he must have died before his father. 

Elizabeth, married Casperson, named in her father's will. 

, (a daughter), married Redstricke, as named in her father's will. 



SWIFT ANCESTRY 

OF 

ABIA SWIFT LIPPINCOTT 

[136] 



[226] WILLIAM SWIFT [....-1643! 

AND HIS WIFE 

JOAN [....-1663] 

OF ENGLAND AND SANDWICH, MASS. 

WILLIAM SWYFT, as the name is spelled in the earliest records, is said 
by Savage to have come from Bocking (Barking), Essex, England, 
to America in the "great Boston immigration" of 1630 and 1631. 
The Barking parish records were, unfortunately, burned about the 
time of the Restoration, so that no exact information as to his descent from 
Swyfts of that place can be procured. 

William Swift married before coming to America Joan , and prob- 
ably all of his children were born in England. He settled first in Watertown, Mass., 
where he was one of the proprietors of town lands. The first record we find is 
April 7, 1635, "Willm Swifte promiseth to gyve XXs towards the care of . . . 
his late servant, infirme & lame." The name is omitted in the record. 

In the "Third Great Dividends of Town Lands" July 25, 1636, he drew No. 
14, a forty-acre lot, and later, February 28, 1636/7, he drew a five-acre lot in " Beaver 
Brook Plowlands." 

In 1636, he mortgaged his house and lands in Watertown to John Haines, 
attorney for Andrew Coleman in England. William Swift had given his name as 
joint security in a matter in which Roger Spring was the principal debtor.' Early 
the following spring (1637), he sold this house and land to Thomas White, of 
Sudbury, either taking in exchange or buying land at Sudbury. He perhaps 
lived there for a while before going to Sandwich, for this "messuage and tenement" 
in Sudbury was a part of his estate and was mortgaged to a Mr. Burton. 

August I, 1637, "Mr. Richrd Browne & Goo Willi: Heathe have power to 
examine . . . Swiftes case, about his man," which would seem to imply that he 
found difficulty in paying the twenty shillings he promised for " care." 

'Col. Rec. Mass., Sept. i, 1640. 



W ill, I AM SWII I [226] 371 

I Ic was one ot the early seniors of Sandwich, Mass., going there a little later 
than the first party ol which Iiiomas TuiM'iiR (235) was one. The farm he then 
bought was the largest in the town, and was, in igcjo, still in possession o( one of his 
descendants, Shadrach !•". Swift. 

William Swift died at Sandwich, probably in 1642/3, as the records 
read: 

"In Probate office Plymouth William Swyft, Samlwich, 1643, — Administralion by Joanc 
his wile . . . January 29, 1642/3 the inventory was shown at Court. Amount ^72. lis. 7 
March 1642/3 Joan administratrix of the estate of her husband William Swyft of Sandwich to pay 
debts as far as the estate will amount uiilo by e()iiai proporiion ... It payed 6s. 8d. to 
the/." 

Joan Swift survived her husband twenty years or more, and became identi- 
fied with the yuakers, who at this time obtained a foothold in Sandwich, although 
the laws against them were very severe. l"or the crime of entertaining a Ouaker, 
although but for fifteen minutes, a fine of fjj, or a year's pay of a laboring man, 
was exacted, and for holding a meeting the preacher was fined 40s., every one 
present 40s. and the owner of the house the same. It appears that Joan was fined 
10 shillings in 1660, "for being at (Juaker Meeting" with ten other people. I ier son- 
in-law, Daniel Wing, was one of the leaders of the (Quakers in the troubles which 
resulted in the resignation of Mr. Leverich, the first minister at Sandwich. Until 
1658 the church was left without a pastor and Mr. Richard Bourne and .Mr. Thomas 
TupPER (235) carried on the services (see under No. 235). 

Joan died at Sandwich November 26, 1663. Her will was made 8th mo. (12) 
1662, and the inventory was filed loth mo. (25) 1663/4, amounting to ;£io5.6s. 
1 he will reads: 

"1 do gi\e uni(i Daniel Winges his son Samuel and John, a mare foal of a year old. item, 
I give unto my grandchild ll.mnah Swift, the old mare, if she he alive, if not the next to her. 
item, I give unto my grandchild i^xperience Allen a chest with drawers and my Bible, item, I 
give unto my two grandchildren Hannah Swift and IZxperience Allen, all my linen and my pewter 
to be equally divided between them. Item, i give unto Mary Darbey my wearing clothes. Item, 
I give unto Hannah Winge the eider my best hat and forty shillings to her daughters, to be divided 
amongst them, item i give unto Jedediah .Mien and Experience Allen the third part of my 
Estate, this house and garden being part of the third: i give unto my son William's children 
each of them a mare foal, my debts being discharged and my funeral being paid I give the rest 
of my estate to my son William whom i mal<e my executor." 

ChILDRKN of Wlll.lA.M AND JoAN ( ) SwiFT 

Hannah, married Nov. 5, 1641, I")aniel Wing, son of Julin and Deborah (Batcheior) Wing, 
of Sandwich; diet! Dec. 1, 1664. and her liu^lianil married (2) Sept. 2, 1666, .Anna 
Ewer. 

Esther (or Easter), married in 1645, Ralph Allen, son of George Allen, of Sandwich. 
(227) William, married Ruth ; died in January, 1706. 



372 WILLIAM SWIFT, JR. [227] 

[227J WILLIAM SWIFT, JR. [....-1706] 

AND HIS WIFE 

RUTH [...,-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND SANDWICH, MASS. 

WILLIAM SWIFT, son of William and Joan ( ) Swift (226), 
came to America with his parents from Bocking (Barking), Essex, 
England, when he was very young. He Hved with them first in 
Watertown, Mass., moving to Sandwich about 1637 to 1640. 

In 1643, he was enrolled at Sandwich as "able to bear arms," i.e., he was aged 
between si.xteen and sixty. This shows that he was born not later than 1627. 
The same year, 1643, he was a member of the Sandwich Military Company com- 
manded by Lieutenant John Blackmer. 

He married about 1650 Ruth , by whom he had eleven children. He 

held various town oifices from this time. In 1652 he was on the grand jury, in 
1655 surveyor of the highways, in 1660 and 1668 constable and from 1668 he was 
selectman for eleven years. He was licensed to keep an ordinary in Sandwich 
"for entertainment of strangers" in 1669. 

In 1670, he, with Thomas Hinckley (185) and others were in a syndicate 
which agreed to buy all the tar made in Sandwich, ordered by the Court to be 
sold only in the Colony. He represented Sandwich as deputy to the General 
Court in 1673, 1676, 1677 and 1678, and was one of the commissioners appointed 
by the Court July 13, 1677, "to hear and determine all claims against the Colony on 
account of the late war" (King Philip's). From this it would appear that he was a 
man of influence and prominence in public life, both in the town and the Colony. 

He died at Sandwich about January, 1705/6. His will, made December 15, 
1705, was probated January 29, 1705/6. In it he gave to his wife Ruth £50, and 
to his son Josiah his homestead, "excepting that piece of land about the picket 
clifts" which he gave to three sons of his deceased son William, viz: Thomas, 
Josiah and Ebenezer, "not to be sold or in any way disposed of but to the Swifts." 
He gave to his son Jireh ;£20 "in moveables" and the rest of his moveables were 
to be divided equally between his four daughters, Hannah Tobie, Temperance 
Bourne, Hester Gibbs and Dinah Perry. To his grandson William, another son 
of William, he gave 20s. The witnesses were "Thomas Gibs (233), Samuel Gibs," 
brother of Thomas, and James Stewart. 

Children of William and Ruth ( ) Swift 

Hannah, born March 11, 1651; married —f—'^-'"Tobey. 
Ruth, born in 1652, died in infancy. 

William, born Aug. 28, 1654; married EHzabeth ; was a carpenter; died at Sand- 
wich in May, 1701, and mentioned his wife Elizabeth in his will. 



W ILLIAM ^W II I, jK. [227] 373 

Fphraini, horn June 6, 1656; inarrii-il Sarah ; was a carpenter and cooper; died at 

Sandwidi about 1742. as his will was probated Feb. 17 of that year. -;-^ 

Mary (or Maria), born April 7, 1659; Tiiarricd Feb. 6, 1677, Shubaell Smith, son of Rev, 
John Smith; probably died before 1705 as she is not mentioned in her father's will. 

Samuel, born Aug. 10, 1662; married Mary — ' ; died at Sandwich, .May 25, 173}. 

(228) JiRi 11, born in 1665; married (1) Nov. 26, 1697, .Auk.aii ('.inns, daughter of Iiio.mas and 
Alich (Warri.n) fjinns (233) of Sandwich; married (2) Nov. 19, 1741, Mary Bessc; 
died April 3, 1749. 

Temperance, married Deacon Timothy Bourne, of Sandwich. 

I'sther (or Hester), married J<ihn Gibbs. 

Dinah, married Jan. 11, 1704, I'zra Perry. 

Josiali, married (i) April 19, 1706, Mary Bodfish, daughter of Joseph Bodtish, of Barn- 
stable, Mass.; married (2) June 23, 1718, Experience Nye; his will was proved in 
'757- 

[228I JIREH SWIFT |i665-i74q] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ABIGAIL GIBBS [ ...-....] 

OF SANDWICH AND WAREHAM, MASS. 

JIREH SWIFT, the fourth son of William and Ruth ( ) Swift (227), 
was born at Sandwich in 1665, and was admitted a townsman there in 1696. 
lie married (1) November 26, 1697, Abigail Gibbs, daughter of Thomas and 
Alice (Warren) Gibbs (233), of Sandwich, the date of whose birth is un- 
known. 

JiREH Swift was one of the company or syndicate from Sandwich which 
bought the lands at Wareham from the original proprietors. He was also, in 
171 5, one of the selectmen at Wareham. It is probable that he did not live there, 
but held this office on account of his large interest in real estate. He was one 
of the selectmen of Sandwich in 1722 and, as such, represented the town with 
Eliakim Tupper (237) at a meeting at Plymouth, November 6, 1722, "to adjust 
bounds between Plymouth & Sandwich." On the list of "Heads of families of 
Sandwich" in 1730, we fmd his name and that of his son Jabez. 

In 173 1 there appears again to have been some disaffection or trouble in the 
Sandwich church (see 266), and a petition to the Court was signed by Jireh Swift 
and others to remove the minister, which read in part as follows: 

"That great dissatisfaction was conceived at ihe conduct of the minister Mr. Fesscnden, 
that the aggrieved had called in council seventeen churches to advise, which said council had laid 
Mr. Fesscnden under censure and advised his removal, but that he and the church refused to sub- 
mit and that the petitioners not being able with a good conscience to sit under his ministry, pray 
for a division of the parish, etc." 

The court did not grant the petition, which was dismissed. 

A document found among the papers of Eldad Tupper, brother of Eliakim 
(237) and son of Thomas Tupper (236), is interesting in this connection as it 



374 JIREH SWIFT [228] 

shows that Jireh Swift and Eliakim Tupper at once took active measures to 
build another meeting-house, and that they were leaders of a considerable party. 

"Whereas we Jireh Swift and Eliakim Tupper of Sandwich have received two promissory 
notes of a number of the dissatisfied, namely Eldad Tupper [brother of Eliakim] Joshua Blackwell 
Jr., Thomas Smith, Samuel Blackwell, Thomas Swift, William Swift the younger, [nephew of Jireh] 
Zacheus Burge, Josiah Swift [brother of Jireh] Mordecai Blackwell. Ichabod Smith, Jacob Burge, 
in which notes they promise to pay us each and every man of them the sum affixed to his name, 
that is to say: The said Eldad Tupper 24 pounds, the said Joshua Blackwell Jr. 4 pounds, the said 
Thomas Smith 4 pounds, the sd. Samuel Blackwell 8 pounds, the sd. William Swift the younger one 
pound 4s. the said Thomas Swift 4 pounds, the sd. Zacheus Burge 4 pounds, the said Josiah Swift 
10 pounds, the sd. Mord. Blackwell one pound 4s. the sd. Ichabod Smith one pound 4s. the sd. 
Jacob Burge 8 pounds, all amounting to the sum of 69 pounds 12s. Know ye, that we, the sd. 
Jirah Swift and Eliakim Tupper, do hereby promise that in case we do not lay out the said sum 
or sums in buying or procuring boards, clapboards, shingles, and work for enclosing or finishing 
the meeting house, then the said notes to be void and of none effect, or to be returned to them 
again: Otherwise to stand and remain in full force and virtue, as witness our hands this 13th day 
of April A. D. 1732. 

Jireh Swift 
Eliakim Tupper" 

Jireh Swift was fence and field viewer in Sandwich in 1737 and constable 
there the next year. His wife Abigail died sometime after 1725, the date of her 
father's will (see 233), and he married (2) November 19, 1741, Mary Besse, of 
Wareham, by whom he had no children. He probably moved soon after to Ware- 
ham, as he died there April 3, 1749, aged eighty-four. 

His will, dated March 29, 1744, was probated April 3, 1749. It is rather 
peculiar, as the division of his estate is so unequal among his children. He may 
have provided for the older ones during his lifetime, or there may have been some 
disagreement owing to his second marriage so late in life. He bequeathed to his 
wife a variety of household effects, 

" liberty to live in the west end of my house, during the term that she remains my widow,'and two 
hundred pounds in good bills of old tenor, ... I give to my son Jabez, . . . Zephaniah . 
Nath' . . . Jirah Swift . . . Job . . . Silas Swift, Five shillings old tenor, . . . unto my son Isaac 
Eighty pounds old tenor ... my daughter Alice Crocker, . . . Susannah Isham one shilling old 
tenor. . . my daughter Abigail Hamond . . . C^ daughter Abigail Swift . . . C* son Jirah Swift 
. . . five pounds old tenor, . . . Catherine Curby [probably a grandniece] twenty shillings old 
tenor, ... to my son Rowland, to his heirs and assigns forever, all my lands . . . that I have in 
Wareham, together with all my right which I have in the Muddy Pond Cedar Swamp . . . also all 
my right in Sandy Pond land lying in the township of Plymouth . . . And my will is that if . . . 
Rowland should die without leaving any issue . . . then his share above given to be equally 
divided among my sons ... to my son Rowland all my moveable estate both within doors and 
without . . . together with all my housing & outhousing, my part of the mill, the privilege that 
I have in the stream, with all my bond cS: book debts, etc, I do hereby . . . ordain my son Row- 
land Swift to be my sole . . . Executor of this my last will and testament." 

Children of Jireh and Abigail (Gibbs) Swift 
Alice (Ales), born July 23, 1698; married Nov. 21, 1721, James Crocker, son of Jonathan 



i 



JIREH SWIl-T [22H] 375 

and llannali (i lowlaiul) (rocker, of Uarnstable; removed to Connecticut and died 
at West Chester, Conn., Jan. 17 (or July 15), 178}. 

Susannah, born Oct. 6, i6<)(): married W-c. 1 1, 1730, Joseph Isham (or Isum), of Sandwich. 

Jabez, born March 16, 1700/1: married Oct. t), lyz'). .Abigail Pope, of Sanilwich; in 1743 
removed to Kent, l.itchlield County, (jinn., where he was deputy to the (ieneral 
Court from 1757 to 1760. His son,c;eneral lieman Swift, served in the Kevulution, 
and commanded the regiment in which his cousin Dr. Isaac Swift (230) was surgeon. 
Jabez died at Kent, Nov. 2, 1767. 

Zephaniah. born .March 6. 1702/3; married Sept. 30, 1725, I.ydiaChipman, daughter of Hon. 
John and Mary (Skill) Chipman; was of Sandwich in 1725, constable at Plymouth 
(,\gawani) in 1728, of Lebanon, Conn., in 1739, of Ooton in 1743, of Lebanon again 
in 1746 and died at Derby, Conn., May 9, 1781. 

William, born Jul\- 5, 1705; married (r) Keziah , who died March 23, 1735/6; mar- 
ried (2) .Abigail lUirgess, of Sandwich; died in November, 1748. 
(220) Naiiianiel, born March 14, 1707/8; married Sept. 14, 1730, Abia Tuppf.r, daughter of 
Eliakim and Joanna (Ginus) Tupper (237), of Sandwich; died at Warren, Conn., 
March 13, 1790. 

Jireh.born Nov. 23, 1709; married Oct. 9, 1730, Deborah Hathaway; lived at Acushnet near 
New Bedford, and was known as Deacon Jireh; died at New Ik-dford, ALirch 16, 1782. 

Job, born at Wareham, Oct. 3, 171 1; married Jan. 20, 1733/4, at Wareham, Sarah Black- 
well of Sandwich; was a selectman at Sharon, Norfolk County. Mass., in 1765. on the 
Committee of Safety in 1774, delegate to the Provincial (^.ongress in 1774/5; with 
his three sons served in the Revolution; died at Sharon, l"eb. 14, 1801. 

Silas, born .Aug. 2, 1713; married Oct. 16, 1735, Abigail Tupper, daughter of I-iiakim and 
Joanna (Gibbs) Tupper (237), and sister of his brother Nathaniel's wife; lived at 
Lebanon, Conn., with the exception of two or three years spent at Winiiham, Conn.; 
died at Lebanon, Sept. 24, 1794. 

Abigail, born July 26, 1715; married Hammond. 

Isaac, born May 3, 1720; married in 1749 Susanna (Keith) Ames, of Bridgwater, widow 
of Solomon Ames and daughter of Samuel Keith; settled in Bridgwater and died- 
there, Nov. 22, 1811. 

Rowland, born March 24, 1721/2; married Dec. 5, 1745, .\Lary Dexter, of Wareham; lived 
for a time in Wareham, but later removed to Lebanon, Conn., where he died, Feb. 
13. 1795- 

[229] CAPTAIN NATHANIEL SWIFT [1708-1790] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ABIA TUPPER [1713-1782] 

OF KENT, CONN. 

N.VrUANIF.l. SWIFT, son of jirf.ii and Abigail (Gibbs) Swift (228), was 
born March 14, 1707/8, al Sandwich, Mass. He married there September 
14, 1730, Abia Tupper, daughter of Eliakim and Joanna (Gibbs) Tupper 
(237), who was born November i, 171 3. After considerable research 
I have not been able to discover whether Nathaniel's and Asia's mothers were 



376 CAPTAIN NATHANIEL SWIFT [229] 

related, but they probably were. The name Abia, a very unusual one, was carried 
down for five generations, in the Swift, Lippincott and Oilman descendants. 

Nathaniel remained in Sandwich perhaps until 1740, but lived also in Ply- 
mouth and Rochester, Mass., before removing to Connecticut. In 1745 we find 
him in Kent, Litchfield County, Conn., on the tax list, assessed on a valuation of 

In 1755 he was commissioned by the General Court at Hartford as follows: 

"Mr. Nathaniel Swift to be Capt. of the 2nd Co. of the Trainband in the town of Kent & or- 
der that he be commissioned accordingly." 

He appears to have served also in the War of the Revolution, as he was a 
Revolutionary pensioner with the rank of lieutenant. Just what his service was, 
however, has not been ascertained. 

The following record of a Town Meeting in Kent in 1774 shows that he was 
recognized there as one of the local leaders of the movement for independence. 

"At a meeting 26 Oct. 1774: voted & made choice of Capt. Nathaniel Swift moderator: 
voted that this meeting having taken into consideration the alarming situation of the American 
Colonies now burdened with the Yoke of ministerial oppression by those unconstitutional & 
oppressive acts of Parliament, the Boston Port Bill & the ever to be detested Quebec Bill en- 
grosses our greatest attention & esteeming the General Congress now sitting in Philadelphia & 
committee of correspondence in each town through the colonies the most likely method to preserve 
our invaluable privilege, both of a civil as well as religious nature, from the stroke of impending 
ruin & hand them down inviolable to the latest posterity — We do heartily acquiesce in the wise 
& glorious effort for the preservation of liberty, etc." 

Several deeds are on record which mention him as of Kent, but there is one 
in 1773 which gives him as Captain Nathaniel Swift of Cornwall. This is not 
far from Kent, and perhaps he lived there in his later life, as his name is on the 
roll of the Cornwall church membership in 1783. His wife Abia died April 4, 
1782, at Warren, Conn. At the age of eighty-two he died March 13, 1790, also 
at Warren, probably at the home of his son Nathaniel. 

Children of Captain Nathaniel and Abia (Tupper) Swift 

Innominatus, born in April, 173 1 ; died three days after. 

Rufus, born in Plymouth, Nov. 24, 1734, died in infancy. 

Joanna, born in Rochester, July 17, 1737; died young. 

Abigail (or Abiah), born in Kent, Nov. 12, 1748; married Dr. Peleg Sturtevant, of Warren, 

Conn, (see 199). 
Nathaniel, born in Kent, Sept. 18, 1749; married Dec. 21, 1769, Sarah Thomas; lived at 

Warren and was a deputy for Warren to the General Court for nineteen sessions, 

from 1786 to 1810; died at Warren, Dec. 4, 1825. 
(230) Isaac, born in Kent, Feb. 27, 1753; married Jan. 3, 1775, Patience Case (or Cass), daughter 

of Moses and Phoebe (Peters) Case (245), of Hebron, and Kent, Conn.; died at 

Cornwall, Conn., July 29, 1802. 
Rufus, born Oct. 3, 1756; died Dec. 16, 1760. 



I)K. ISAAC SWll-I [230] 377 

[2301 DR. ISAAC SWIFT li7=,i-iSu2j 

AND HIS WIl 1; 

PATIENCE CASE [1754-1808] 

OF KENT AND CORNWAI.I., CONN. 

ISAAC SWIFT, the youngest son of Captain Nathaniel and Abia (Tupper) 
Swift (229), was horn at Kent, l.iuiificKl (".oiinty, ("i)nn., I-ohniary 27, 1753. 
He was educated as a physician, lie niairietl, January 3, 1775, I'aiii-.nce 

Case, daughter of Moses and Phoebe (Peters) Case (245) of Hebron and 
Kent, ('onn., who was born December 17, 17^4- 

\\ hen the Seventli Regiment was raised by the Connecticut Assembly in 
July, 1775, Dr. Isaac Swift became surgeon's mate, under Colonel Charles Webb. 
Hewas stationed at various points along the Souml until September 14, when, on a 
requisition from Washington, tiie Regiment was ordered to the Boston camps and 
assigned to Sullivan's Brigade on Winter Hill, to the left of the besieging line. 
There it remained until the expiration of their term of enlistment, December, 1775. 
It was reorganized the following year as the Nineteenth (k)nlinentals, but Dr. 
Isaac Swift was no longer connected with it. 

His next armv service was probably when he was again commissioned as 
surgeon's mate, January 1, 1777, and assigned to the Seventh Regiment of the Con- 
necticut Line, commanded by his cousin. General Heman Swift. This regiment was 
raised, January i, 1777, for the new Continental Line to continue through the 
war and went into the field early in the spring at Camp Peekskill, N. V. Dr. 
Swift was promoted to be full surgeon August 6. In September they were 
ordered under McDougall to join Washington's army in Pennsylvania and were 
engaged in the battle of Germantown, October 4, when they suffered heavily. 
The following winter they were at Valley Forge. The dreadful suffering endured 
there by Washington's army has called forth the admiration of their countrymen. 
Cold, hunger and disease produced so much sickness that the log-huts used lor hos- 
pitals were overcrowded and many died from the exposure incident to the poverty 
of their equipment. Dr. Swift's experience that winter must have been a most 
difficult and trying one. The following spring, i\lay i, 1778, he resigned from the 
service, probably on account of broken health. 

After his return from the war he appears to have settled in Cornwall, a little 
to the south of Kent and in the same county. He was deputy or representative 
for Cornwall to the General Court of Connecticut, from 1792 to 1799. 

He died at Cornwall, July 2q, 1802, aged forty-nine. His will was dated 
July 23, 1802, and is partly as follows: 

" I give and devise unto my loving wife Patience, tfie use and improvement of all that 
part of my real estate called my homestead, including the Millard lot. containing about forty-five 
acres situate on each side of the road leading from Kent to Cornwall, together with my dwelling 



378 DR. ISAAC SWIFT [230] 

house, barn and outhouses standing on the same and five acres of woodland on that part of my 
farm called the Kent lot, during her natural life. Also ... one horse saddle and bridle and all 
my household furniture ... the use and improvement of two cows, two oxen, thirteen sheep and 
all my farming utensils as long as she shall remain my widow ... To my two sons each an equal 
share of my estate, what I have before given Adoniram being considered as part of his portion 
I do give and devise unto each of my daughters, Abiah Patience and Lura each an equal share with 
each other and in value half the amount to each, that each of my two sons Adoniram and Isaac 
shall have of my estate, what I have before given Abiah being considered as part of her portion of 
my estate." 

The executors were his brother, Nathaniel Swift, of Warren, Conn., and Dr. 
John Raymond, of Kent. The first distribution, including an appraisal of what had 
been previously received by the heirs, was not made until June 5, 1804, when the 
distributors. Ward Eldred, Adonijah Carter, and Judah Eldred, brought in their 
report to the Litchfield Court. Under this, Patience, who was later the wife of Rev. 
Thomas Lippincott (199), received a part of the Kent lot and $1 1.38 in money. 

His widow. Patience, died at Warren, Conn., October 29, 1808. 

Children of Dr. Isaac and Patience (Case) Swift 

Adoniram, born in 1776; married Nov. 9, 1805, Lodemia Peck, of Cornwall; died at Rich- 
field, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1837. 

Abiah, born Sept. 18, 1778, married Jesse Conklin Crissey, lived at Lumberland, N. Y., and 
from 1834 to 1840 she was living as a widow at Monticello, N. Y. 
(199) Patience (or Patty), born March 13, 1784; married Aug. 15, 1816, Rev. Thomas Lippin- 
cott, son of Barzillai and Elizabeth (Ellet) Lippincott (198); died Oct. 14, 
1819. 

Lura, married Dexter. 

Isaac, born Jan. 30, 1790; married Jan. 15, 1818, at Ravenna, Ohio, Eliza Thompson, 

daughter of M and Polly (Campbell) Thompson, of Pittsfield, Mass.; was a 

physician and went in 1815 to Ravenna, where he died July 14, 1874. His son, Hon. 
Henry A. Swift, of St. Peter, Minn., was governor of Minnesota in 1863. 

[232] THOMAS GIBBS [-.,..] 

OF ENGLAND AND SANDWICH, MASS. 

THOMAS GIBBS must have been one of the early emigrants from England, 
as he was among the first settlers of Sandwich, Mass. The name of his 
wife has not been ascertained, but Savage thinks that he was married 

twice. 

He was at Sandwich in 1639 when the town was incorporated. In 1643, 
his name appears on the list of those able to bear arms, which included all the 
men between sixteen and sixty years of age. There was a town meeting in 
1644, at which they voted to repair the meeting-house. Thomas Tupper (235) 
received the subscriptions, partly in corn, and Thomas Gibbs was the third largest 



THOMAS GIBBS [232] 379 

giver. F.dmund Freeman ami Thomas Dexter each gave ten shillings and Thomas 
GiBBS nine shillings. 

He was also upon the list ol iwcnty-two subscribers to a mill built by Wil- 
liam Swirr (227) and others. The town gave /;2o,and the rest was raised among 
the people. The following year (1635) his name appears third on the list of sub- 
scribers to the new meeting-house, and there is but one larger gift than his. He 
was one of six men who gave £1 to this object, and in 1617 he was one of eight 
who gave £\, and over, towards the minister's support. 

His name appears on the record of the proprietors of the common lands in 
i6sS. In 1675, by the vote of the town, a list was made of those who "had the 
privileges of the town" and he, with the Tupi'iiRS and Swihts, was included. On 
July 15, 1678, he took the oath of fidelity. 

I le died, intestate, probably at Sandwich, but the date is unknown. It must 
have been about 1693, as the division of his estate between his three sons, John, 
Thomas, and Samuel, was made April 14, 1693. The name of his wife is not given, 
but the sons agree to maintain her. One of the witnesses was Thomas Tuim'lr 
(236). Freeman, in h'\s History of Cape Cod, says of h'\m,{ha\. his descendants were 
almost innumerable. 

Children of Thomas and Gibbs 

John, liorn Sept. 12, 1634: married Flizabeth ; died April 30, 1725. 

(233) Ihomas. born iMarcii 23, 1636; married IJec. 23, 1674, Alicl Warrun, dauj^hlcrof Nathan- 
ill and Sarah (Walker) Warren (234), of Plymouth, Mass.; died Jan. 7, 1732/3. 

Samuel, born June 23, 1639; married (1) ; married (2) March 5, 1676, Patience 

Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler; died Nov. 19, 1732. 

Sarah, born .^pril 12, 1652; married at Sandwich, Dec. 17, 1675, f-^benezer Nic, son of 
Benjamin and Katherine (Tupper) Nie (Nye), and grandson of Thomas and Ann 
( ) Tupper (235); settled at North Falmouth, Mass. 

Job, born April 15, 1655; married April 28, 1697. Judith Bates, of Agawam. 

Bethia, twin with Job. 

Mary, born Aug. 12, 1657. 

[233J THOMAS GIBBS, JR. [1616-1731! 

AND HIS WII-E 

ALICE WARREN [1656-....] 

OF SANDWICH, MASS. 

THOMAS GIBBS, second son of Thomas and Gibbs (232), was born, 
according to the town records of Sandwich, March 23, 1636. 
I le married December 23, 1674, Alice (or Ellis) Warrfn, daughter 
of Nathaniel and Sarah (Walker) Warren (234), of Plymouth, .Mass. 
She was born August 2, 1656, and so was twenty years younger than her husband 
He may have married before, but we have no record of it, nor of any earlier children 



380 THOMAS GIBBS, JR. [233] 

than the ones given below. He appears to have had five sons and three daughters, 
as named in his will, but the town records give the date of birth of two only and 
the marriage of three. 

We have less information about him than we had of his father, but we find 
that he took the oath of fidelity at Sandwich in 1681 and was on the list of freemen 
June 25, 1702. 

He died at Sandwich, January 7, 1732/3, aged ninety-five. His wife Alice 
evidently died several years before him as she is not mentioned in his will, which 
was dated June 23, 1725, and probated January 19, 1732/3. In it he mentioned his 
son Thomas as principal heir and executor, also his sons Cornelius and Warren and 
his daughter Abigail, and the children of his daughters Bethia and Sarah. A be- 
quest reads: "If my sons Ebenezer and Jabez or either of them return from be- 
yond sea to have £10." 

Children of Thomas and Alice (Warren) Gibbs 

Bethia, born Dec. 10, 1675; married ; and died before 1725. 

(228) Abigail, married Nov. 26, 1697, Jireh Swift, son of William and Ruth ( ) Swift 

(227); was living in 1725. 

Thomas, born Jan. 28, 1679; married (i) Oct. 22, 1713, Joanna Swift, daughter of Wilham 

and Elizabeth ( ) Swift and granddaughter of William and Ruth ( ) 

Swift (227); married (2) in 1726/7, Dorothy Jenkins; died in 1746. 

Cornelius, married Nov. 9, 1716, Meribah Perry; died in 1748. 

Warren, was living in 1725. 

Ebenezer, "beyond sea" in 1725. 

Jabez, "beyond sea" in 1725. 

Sarah, married , and died before 1725. 

[234-A] RICHARD WARREN [....-1628] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ELIZABETH [. . . .-1673] 

OF ENGLAND AND PLYMOUTH, MASS. 

RICHARD WARREN is said to have been a merchant in Greenwich, 
Kent, England, before coming to New England. He was a passenger in 
the "Mayflower," which sailed from Plymouth, England, September 6, 
1620. He did not belong to the Leyden Company, but joined the Pil- 
grims from London. He was the twelfth signer of the Compact framed by Elder 
William Brewster in the cabin of the "Mayflower" while it was lying in Cape Cod 
harbor, which is called the first platform of civil government in the new world and 
the foundation of our Republic. 

As is well known, the Pilgrims made their first landing in the harbor of Cape 
Cod, but decided to go further north in the hope of finding a better water supply 
and harbor. They sailed to Plymouth Bay and on Wednesday, December 6, 1620, 



i<l( IIAIv'l) WARREN [234-A] 381 

a party of ten iiicii ot wliich Riciiakd Wakkiin was one, set ofT (or what tliey called 
a "Third Discovery." While reconnoitering along the shore, they had their first 
encounter with tiic huiians, wlun, as Bradford describes it, 

"Captain Wilis Siaiiciisii, JKuinf; a sna|ihancc [a hand-gun] ready, niadi- a shot; and afu-r him 
anoliicr. . . . The cry of our enemies was dreadful; especially when our men ran out to recover 
their arms. [They had laid them down to have their breakfast.) I heir note was after this man- 
ner, "Woath! Woach! Ha! Ila! tiach! Woach!" 

Although shot at by a quantity of arrows, of which they took eighteen from the 
ground, no one was hurt. The landing at Plymouth Rock of the i'ilgrims was 
on noceniber 21, the birthda\' of New Fngland. 

Richard W.^RRi^N had manicil in l-.ngland, date unknown, {-Ilizabhth ,' 

but she did not accompany him in ihe "Mayflower," a fortunate circumstance when 
wo consider that, in the first year after landing, fourteen of the eighteen wives 
of the Pilgrims died of tiie disease (probably a form of scurvy) which carried away 
more than half of the little colony. Elizabeth came three years later (in 1623) 
in the ship "Anne," with her five daughters. This was the third emigration of Pil- 
grims to Plymouth. 

In the division of lands to those who came over in the "Mayflower," Richard 
Warren received two acres "on the north side of the town; next adjoining to 
their gardens which came over in the I'orlune." i lere he was near John Alden and 
Captain Miles Standish. This was in March, 1623, and in the following fall, among 
those who came in the "Anne," he received five acres "on the other fthe east) side 
of the town; towards the Eel River." Here he made his home in what was later 
known as Wellingsly, or Hobshole. 

Although he survived the first fatal winter he lived but a few years afterwards 
and died at Plymouth in 1628. Morton, in his New HiiglaiiJ Memorial, speaks of 
him as 

"Grave Richard Warren ... a man of integrity justice & uprightness of piety, & serious religion 
... a useful instrument during the short time he lived, bearing a deep share in the difTiculties 
and troubles of the plantation." 

His widow Elizabeth appears to have been a woman of great force and good 
social position, as she is spoken of as "Mistress Elizabeth Warren," a designation 
by no means common. She is also one of the rare instances in early colonial times 
of continued widowhood. 

In 163s, her servant Thomas Williams was prosecuted bv the General Court 
for 

"Speaking profane & blasphemous speeches against ye majestic of God. . . There being some 

dissention between him iS: his dame, she after other things exhorted him to fear God & doe his 

duty." 

She brought up her large family of children, and was evidently thrifty and a good 

• In the H'iirren Gentiilogv by n)r. j. C. W.irrcn, her name is given as Elizabeth Juall of St. Botolphs, 
Aldgate, England. Tlii.s, however, has since been founJ In lie an error. 



382 RICHARD WARREN [234-A] 

manager as we find her name among the first purchasers of Dartmouth, and she 
was able, at the marriages of her daughters to give each, as her marriage portion, 
certain lands at Eel River and Willingsly which she deeded to their husbands. 

She died at Plymouth, October 2, 1673, "aged above ninety years . . . 
haueing liued a godly life, came to her graue as a shoke of corn fully ripe." 

Children of Richard and Elizabeth ( ) Warren 

Mary, born in England; married in 1628, Robert Bartlett, a fellow passenger in the "Anne;" 
he died in 1676, aged seventy-three, and she died soon after. 

Ann, born in England about 1612 (a deposition of 1672 gave her age as sixty); married 
April 19, 1633, Thomas Little, of Plymouth and later of Marshfleld. 

Sarah, born in England; married March 28, 1634, John Cooke, eldest son of Francis Cooke. 
Both father and son were "Mayflower" passengers. John was a deputy for many 
years, a deacon of the Plymouth church, but later became an adherent of Roger 
Williams, and removed to Dartmouth, Mass.; was there identified with the Bap- 
tists; died at Dartmouth, Nov. 23, 1695. Two of their daughters married sons of ^ 
Philip Taber (66). 

Elizabeth, born in England; married about 1635 or 1636, Sergeant Richard Church, who 
came with Winthrop to Boston, but removed to Plymouth in 1633, and served in the 
Pequot War; she died at Hingham, Mass., March 4, 1670. 

Abigail, born in England; married Nov. 8, 1639, Anthony Snow of Plymouth, later of 
Marshfleld, who died in 1692. Abigail survived him. 
(234) Nathaniel, born in Plymouth, N. E., about 1624; married Nov. 19, 1645, Sarah Walker; 
died in 1667. 

Joseph, born in Plymouth, N. E., before 1627; married about 1651, Priscilla Faunce, sister 
of ruling elder Thomas Faunce, and daughter of John and Patience (Morton) Faunce, 
passengers in the "Anne;" was deputy for many years, and a member of the Council 
of War in 1675; lived for a time in Taunton, Mass., and died at Plymouth. His will 
was made May 4, 1689. 

[234] NATHANIEL WARREN [1624-1667] 

AND HIS WIFE 

SARAH WALKER [....-1700] 

OF PLYMOUTH, MASS. 

NATHANIEL WARREN was the son of Richard and Elizabeth ( ) 
Warren (234-A). According to a deposition made October 15, 1661, 
he was then thirty-seven years old, so he was born about a year after his 
mother arrived at Plymouth in the ship "Anne." His father died when 
he was but four years old and he was brought up by his mother. 

He married November 19, 1645, Sarah Walker, who may have been either 
^•\P_ the daughter of James Walker of Taunton, or of Richard Walker of Lynn, Mass., in 
1630, later of Woburn, who was born in England in 1582. 



NATIlANIll. WAKKHN (234I 383 

His home was at F.cl River and he also owned land in the vicinity of the 
present Summer Street, Plymouth, near what was lormerly called i'rcnce's liotlom, 
bounded by the lown Brook and the ministerial lands. This last was probably 
the land granted to him, June 5, 1662, in consideration of his bein^ one of the first 
children born in the Colony. 

He was also the owner of lot five, in the Namasket or Middleborough pur- 
chase, had rights in Punckalecsctl on Scconnott River (now in Rhode Island) 
and grants at Agawam and Manomett Ponds. 

He served as a member of the Plymouth military company in 1643, was a 
surve\()r of highways in 1654, selectman in 1667, and deputy to the General Court 
of Plymouth seven years, in 1657, 1658, 1659, lOOt), 1OO3, 1OO4, 1665. 

He died at Plymouth between July and October, 1667. His will was dated 
June 29, 1667, and had a codicil of July 16, the same year. In it he named his 
wife Sarah, and "children diverse of them being young," and his daughter Hope 
being "lame and impotent." He appointed his brother Joseph Warren, Thomas 
Southworth and Lieut, l-'phraim Morton "intervisors." In the codicil or "supple- 
ment" he mentioned his mother "mistress Elizabeth Warren" and his sisters Mary 
Bartlett, Sr., Anis Little, Sarah Cooke, Elizabeth Church and Abigail Snow. I he 
inventory of his estate was taken October 21 , 1667, and amounted to/^47^. Later 
on January 9, 1689/90, Richard, Nathaniel and Jabez Warren, Elizabeth Green, 
Sarah RIackwell, Thomas and Alice (Warren) Gibbs (233), and Jonathan and 
Mercy (Warren) Delano, join in a conveyance of lands formerly owned by their 
father Nathaniel Warren, deceased, to their brother James Warren. 

The widow, Sarah (Walker) Warren, died at Plymouth, November 24, 1700. 

Childrkn of Nathaniel and Sarah (Walker) Warren 

Richard, born in 1646; married Sarah ; removed after King I'hilip's war to Namas- 
ket or the Middicborough purchase, and settled on the land granted his father; 
died Jan. 23, 1696/7, and his widowwas granted administration of his estate March 18, 
of the same year. 

Jabez, born in 1647; and is said to liave been drowned at sea April 17, 1701. 

Sarah, born Aug. 29, 1649; married John Blackwell, of Sandwich. 

Hope, born March 7, 1651 ; mentioned as lame in her father's will. 

Jane, born Jan. 10, 1652/3; married Sept. 19, 1672, Benjamin Lombard, of Barnstable, 
Mass.; died I'eb. 27, 1683. 

tllizabeth, born Sept. 5, or 15, 1654; married William Green, of i'l\ mouth. 

(233) Alice, born Aug. 2, 1656; married Dec. 23, 1674. Thomas Gibbs, son of Thomas and 

Gibbs (232), of Sandwich, Mass.; died before 1725. 

Mercy, born Feb. 20, 1657/8; married Feb. 26, 1678, Lieutenant Jonathan Delano, son 
of Philip and Fsther (Dewsbury) Delano; who was one of the purchasers of Dart- 
mouth, a selectman and deputy. 

Mary, born March 9, 1660. 

Nathaniel, born March 19, 1662; married I'hcbc Murdock;died Oct. 29, 1707. Mis widow 
married (2) Thomas Gray, of Plymouth. 

John, born Oct. 23, 1663, died young. 



384 NATHANIEL WARREN [234] 

James, born Nov. 7, 1665; married in 1687, Sarah Doty, daughter of Edward and Sarah 
(Faunce) Doty; was sheriff of the county in 1699, and judge of the court of com- 
mon pleas from 1700; was deputy from 1697 until 1715; captain of the Plymouth 
County Militia in 1712, died Jan. 29, 1715, and his widow married (2) in 1726 John 
Bacon, of Barnstable. His grandson, General James Warren, was president of the 
Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1779, and a friend of General Washington. 



[2}^] THOMAS TUPPER [1578-1676] 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN [1586-1676] 

OF ENGLAND AND SANDWICH, MASS. 

WHILE we know nothing about the ancestry of Thomas Tupper, beyond 
the belief that he came from Sandwich, Kent, England, he probably 
belonged to the Tupper family which originated in Germany and 
France. They were Lutherans and lost all their property and 
became scattered during the reformation period. The name was "Tout perd" 
in France, "Toupard" in the Netherlands, while in Germany it was "Toppfer" 
and among the Puritans of England and New England it became "Tupper." The 
principal branch of the English family originated in Guernsey, and another set- 
tled in Sandwich, Kent.' 

Thomas Tupper emigrated with his wife Ann, and one child Katherine 
to New England in 1636 or earlier, and went first to Lynn, Mass. He could have 
staid there but a very short time, as he was one of the original grantors of Cape Cod, 
and founders of the town of Sandwich there. 1 1 is probable that the town was named 
by him. In the Plymouth Colony Records we find this under date of April 
3, 1637: 

"It is also agreed by the Court that these ten men of Saugust [Lynn] viz: Edward Free- 
man, Henry Feake, Thomas Dexter, Edwd Dillingham, William Wood, John Carmen, Richd Chad- 
well, William Almy, Thomas Tupper and George Knott shall have liberty to view a place to sitt 
downe & have sufficient land for threescore families, vpon the conditions propounded to them 
by the Governor and Mr. Winslow." 

In 1640 he received six and one-half acres in the division of meadow lands 
at Sandwich, was on the grand jury and the same year was made a freeman. He 
was a member of the military company in 1643, and from 1644, almost continu- 
ously until his death, he represented Sandwich as deputy in the General Court 
of Plymouth Colony. His service was altogether for seventeen years. He was 
also town-clerk and selectman. At this time the marriage ceremony was only 
performed by magistrates, but, for some reason, he was licensed to marry "in Sand- 

'Palronymica Britannica. Lower, London, 1840. 



THOMAS TUPPfiR [235] 385 

widg" in i6!;o. The license was, however, revoked March 7. 16s 3/4, "for not 
causing I-.dward Perry of Sandwich to he orderlv married." \Vc judge that it was 
a common law marriage, as the General Court appears to have had further trouble 
with Perry, and later, he was fined /J5 for refusing to have his marriage ratified 
before Mr. Prince, and the penalty was to be enforced at every session of the ('ourt 
until it was ratified and confirmed. 

When the troubles in the Sandwich church culminated which led to the resig- 
nation of Mr. Leverich, referred to under William Swiit (226), there was no set- 
tled minister in the town for several years. Thomas Tupper, or (Captain Tuppi.r. 
as he was then called, undertook to conduct the services. The friends of Mr. 
Leverich protested, but Tupper appears to have had the government with him. 
Without ordination and withal somewhat of a fanatic, no objection was made to 
his services by the Court. His efforts to bring out his hearers by imposing heavy 
fines for not attending the services, and his prophesying, do not seem to have 
met with the approval of some of the best people of the town. Finally, weary of 
dissension, the opposition, including those who had been accused of favoring the 
Quakers, discontinued their meetings, and a curious compromise was effected, 
which secured a comparatively peaceful condition. It was agreed that Mr. 
Richard Bourne, another layman of recognized moral worth, should conduct the 
services with Captain Tupphr on Lord's Days. The one who had the majority of 
adherents present at a meeting should officiate that day. This, undoubtedly, 
brought out a good church attendance of both parties, which seem to have been 
quite evenly divided. This state of things continued until Rev. John Smith be- 
came the settled minister, both parties uniting in the call about 1658. 

From this time, Captain Tupper and Richard Bourne devoted much of their 
time to the work of "gospelizing the Indians." Tupper's public duties had 
brought him into contact with the Indians and his interest in their spiritual wel- 
fare is shown by his earnest cfTorts on their behalf. A meeting-house built in the 
English fashion, of good and lasting material (the first of the kind in New England), 
was put up at Judge Samuel Scwall's expense, under the supervision of (.aptain 
Tupper, at Commassekunkanetor Herring Pond, between Sandwich and Plymouth. 
This was the field of his efficient labors among the Indians, and the church was for 
many years cared for by his descendants. Freeman says: 

"Onthatliill wiicrc Judge Sewalj built his Indian meeting house and wlicrc the Indian graves 
are many, a statue should be raised to Richard Bourne and Tliomas Tupper. Sandwich men who 
sacrificed themselves for their fellowmen ... No Cape tribes joined Philip in King Philip's 
War, in fact many Cape Indians served against Philip. This good fortune was chiefly due to the 
Christian missionaries like Richard Bourne, and Thomas Tupper of Sandwich, Thornton of 'Sar- 
mouth, Treat of Eastham and the Mayhews [sec 238] of Martha's Vineyard." 

Thomas Tupper died at Sandwich, March 28, and was buried March 30, 1676. 
"aged 98 years and 2 months." His wife Ann survived him and died about two 
months later, June 4, 1676, "in the 90th year of her age." 



386 THOMAS TUPPER [235] 

Children of Thomas and Ann ( ) Tupper 

Katherine, born in England; married Oct. ig, 1640, Benjamin Nye; lived to old age and 
was a member of the Sandwich church in 1694; was called "Goodwife Nye." 
(236) Thomas, born in Sandwich, Jan. 16 (or May), 1638; married Dec. 27, 1661, Martha May- 
hew, daughter of Governor Thomas and Jane ( Payne) Mayhew (238); 

he died in May, 1706. 

[236] THOMAS TUPPER, JR. [1638-1706] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARTHA MAYHEW [1633-1717] 

OF SANDWICH, MASS. 

THOMAS TUPPER was the only son of Thomas and Ann ( ) Tupper 
(235), and was born January 16, 1638, at Sandwich, Mass. He married 
December 27, 1661, Martha Mayhew, daughter of Governor Thomas 

and Jane ( Payne) Mayhew (238), by whom he had eleven children. 

She was born about 1633, at Watertown, Mass. 

He entered upon public duties at an early age and his life was a most useful 
one. He was receiver of excise in 1667 and 1669, also constable in the latter year, 
and selectman nine years in all, between 1673 and 1689. His term of office co- 
incided for several years with that of William Swift, Jr. (227). He was also 
deputy for Sandwich to the General Court of Plymouth in 1673, and from 1679 
almost continuously to 169 1. In 1675 he was town clerk and on a committee to 
collect the minister's salary. 

At the time of King Philip's War (1675) he was a member of the Council of 
War, serving from this time on. In 1679 select courts were "allowed in each town 
and jurisdiction" and those commissioned to hold court in Sandwich were Mr. 
Edward Freeman, John Blackwell and Thomas Tupper. In 1680 he was com- 
missioned lieutenant of the Sandwich Militia and was chosen captain, July, 1687, 
which office he still held in 1690. 

When the new charter of 1692, incorporating Plymouth as a part of Massa- 
chusetts Colony, went into operation, Thomas Tupper was chosen the first deputy 
from Sandwich to the General Court of Massachusetts. 

After the death of his father Thomas Tupper, Sr. (235), in 1676, he fell heir 
to the estate, which included a large tract of some of the best land in the town. 
He operated this farm, and took his father's place in the ministry among the In- 
dians, until his death. In 1693 he had a church of one hundred and eighty mem- 
bers at Herring River. Mather says: 

"Mr. Thomas Tupper also has given an account of one hundred and eighty Indians unto 
whom he does dispense the word, concerning whom he has charitable hopes that they do (and that 
with zeal & sincerity) embrace the gospel." 



THOMAS TUPPIR, JK. [236] 387 

He died at Sandwicli in May, 1706. His will was datcil ■'two and Iwcniiclh 
[lorn I 1706." He is called captain in the Probate Record. He f^ave to his "lov- 
ing wile Martha" the use during her lile ol the homestead and other land, and 
divided the rest of his estate between his sons liuiAKiM, Thomas, Israel, IchalvKi, 
|{idad and Medad, the lands and meadows lying in Sandwich "only to be possessed 
bv them alter the decease o( my sd wile or as she shall onler." I le also provided 
for his only daughter Bethia by requiring Israel, Ichabod, KIdad and Im.iakim 
each to pay her "seven pounds and ten shillings," and gave her the privilege of 
living in the homestead until she should marrv, which she did the year after her 
father's death. The homestead linally was to go to Ia.iAKiM, who was the youngest 
son. Ichabod had borrowed thirty pounds from Eliakim and paid some debts of 
his, and the will provides, with the minute attention to detail that one finds in most 
of the wills of that time, that "he the sd Ichabod Tupper do pay to and reimburse 
my son Eliakim that thirty pounds which the sd I'liakim hath paid or is to pay to 
Richard C.ooper of Plimouth tor the sloop that Ichabod hail of him antl do pay 
what other money that the said Eliakim hath or shall pay of sd Ichabods debts" 
before Ichabod could inherit certain parts of the property. 

His widow Martha died at Sandwich, November 15, 1717. 

Children of Captain Thomas and Martha (Mavhew) Tupper 

Martlia, born Oct. 13, 1662; ciiod Nov. 1, 1680. 

Thomas, born Aug. 11, 1664; married Mary ; died at Stoughton, Mass., after 

1706. 
Israel, born Sept. 22, r666; married Aug. 31, 1704, i!li/abetii Bacon, daughter of Nathaniel 

and Sarah (Hinckley) Bacon and granddaughter of Governor Thomas and .Mary 

(Richards) Hinckley (185); was living in Sandwich in 1730, and was called Deacon 

Israel Tupper. 
Elisha, born March 17, 1668; Savage says of him that he was "a soldier in 1690 in Gallop's 

abortive service against Quebec to please Sir William I'hipps." (See Nos. 65, 

139, 140-A, 156.) He probably died before 1706, as he is not mentioned in his 

father's will. 
Jane, born .April 28, i672;diedin 1673. Her name is written in the Sandwich records "lare" 

and it may be Sara. 
Ichabod, born Aug. 11, 1673; married (1) Mary Tinkham, by whom he had six children 

between 1712 and 1725; married (2) Hannah Tinkham. 
Eldad, born May 31, 1675; married Dec. 30, 1701, Martha Wheaton; was for a number of 

years deputy to the General Court and succeeded his father in ministering to the 

Indians; died Sept. 15, 1750. 
Medad, born Sept. 22, 1677; married Hannah ; was for fifty years the oldest male 

member of the First Church of Sandwich; died there Feb. 20, 1773, aged ninety-six 

years. 
Ann, born Dec. 14, 1679; married in 1698, Benjamin Gibbs. 
(237) Eliakim, born Dec. 29, 1681 ; married about 1707, Joanna Gibbs. 

Bethia, born .April 25, 1685; married in 1707, Ezra Perry, son of Ezra Perry. 



388 ELIAKIM TUPPER [237] 

[237] ELIAKIM TUPPER [1681-....] 

AND HIS WIFE 

JOANNA GIBBS [. ,..-....] 

OF SANDWICH, MASS. 

ELIAKIM TUPPER, the youngest son of Thomas and Martha (Mayhew) 
TuppER (236), was born December 29, 1681, at Sandwich, Mass. He was 
about twenty-four years of age when his father died in May, 1 706. He mar- 
ried about 1707, Joanna Gibbs, probably a relative of Abigail Gibbs.wHo 
married Jireh Swift (228), though not a sister. 

He was selectman at Sandwich in 1718, and was present at a meeting held 
to discuss a question of the bounds between Plymouth and Plimton. He was 
also selectman in 1722 with Jireh Swift (228) and with him went to Plymouth 
in November, 1722, to attend a meeting there in reference to the establishment of 
bounds between Plymouth and Sandwich. 

In 1732 he was also associated with Jireh Swift in the effort to secure a 
new meeting-house, when they and their party could not "with a good conscience" 
sit under the ministry of Mr. Fessenden (see 228). 

Eliakim and his brother. Deacon Israel Tupper, both of Sandwich, purchased 
land in Plymouth, February 3, 1726/7, from John and Mary (Bartlett) Barnes. 
Whether Eliakim ever settled there is not known, but we find no further record of 
him in Sandwich. His son Eliakim appears to have bought land and a house in 
Plymouth in 1635 and to have lived there for a time before settling in Lebanon, 
Conn. 

Eliakim did not go with his son to Connecticut, but probably lived somewhere 
in the vicinity of Sandwich and Plymouth until his death. No record of his death 
or that of his wife has been found, nor any will or probate record. 

Children of Eliakim and Joanna (Gibbs) Tupper 

Ruth, born June 30, 1708; married June 29, 1732, Jabez Dunkin, of Sandwich, Mass. 

Anne, born April 9, died Aug. 17, 1710. 

Eliakim, born June 20, 171 1; married (1) March 28, 1734, Mary Bassett, daughter of William 

and Abigail Bassett, of Sandwich; married (2) Sept. 7, 1753, Martha ( ) Clark, 

of Simsbury, Conn. A record of him in Sandwich says: "Nicholas Drew of Ply- 
mouth sells to Eliakim Tupper Junior mariner of Sandwich dwelling and bakehouse 
in Plymouth." He removed to Lebanon, Conn., about 1740, and was deacon, captain 
and representative, etc.; removed to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, in 1754, and died there 
in 1761. His will was probated March 20, of that year. Eliakim Tupper, M. P. 
for Digby, Canada, is said to have been his great-grandson and another descendant 
is Sir Charles Tupper. 
(229) Asia, born Nov. i, 1713; married Sept. 14, 1730, Captain Nathaniel Swift, son of Jireh 
and Abigail (Gibbs) Swift (228); died April 4, 1782. 



KLIAKI.M IL I'l'l R [237] 389 

riias, horn Ocl. 12, 171S; niarricil Sept. 4, 1740. Jcrusha Spraguc; went to Lebanon. Omn . 

with Ills brother I liaUini about 1740 aiul lali-r to Nova Scotia. Ills wife dinl al 

lupperville, Anapolis County, N. S., in 1795, ami he died May 14, 1800. 
Ahif^aii, horn Aug. 13, 1717; married Oct. 16, 1735, Silas Swift, son of Jiriji and AnK.Aii. 

(GtBBs) Swift (228), and so brother of her sister Abia's husband; lived at Lebanon, 

("onn., where she died Feb. 15, iStt. 
Thomas, horn Nov. 21, 1719. 
Hannah, horn Aug. 23, 1721. 
Joanna, born March 24, 1722/3, died April 6, 1723. 
Joanna, horn April 26, 1724; married Oct. 15, 1749, Roland Ellis, son of Malachi and Jane 

(RIackwell) I'lhs, of Sandwich, Mass. 
Nathaniel, born .'\prii 24, 1726. 

Deborah, born March 24, 1727/8; marriLci Jonathan Newcomb. 
Charles, horn Dec. 28, 1729. 
Solomon, born Oct. 17, 1731 ; married Oct. 13, 1754, Ahia West, of Stafford, Conn. 

I2^,S-A] MATTHEW MAYHHVV l....-ibi4J 

AND HIS \VI1I£ 

ALES BARTER [....-1586] 

OF TISBURY, WILTS, ENGLAND 

Till-; small town of Tishury, Wiltshire, thirteen miles west of Salisbury, ap- 
pears to have been the birthplace of the l.nglish ancestor of Thomas 
Mayhew (238), according to the latest research on the subject. It is 
interesting to note that he was exactly contemporaneous with Rev. Wil- 
liam NoYES (1) of Cholderton, a parish eleven miles from Salisbury to the north. 
Communication was then difficult between places even as near as Cholderton and 
Tisbury, or we might easily believe that the Noycs and Mayhews were acquainted, 
hi the town of Dinton, only a few miles from Tisbury, are a "county family of 
considerable distinction [of Mayhews], whose pedigree is recorded in the Harleian 
manuscripts, Nos. iiSi, 1443, deposited at the British Museum."' On a letter 
now in the Connecticut Archives, written by Governor Mayiiew, he used a seal 
with arms similar to those of the Dinton family, 

"with a mullet for dilTerence, . . . indicating that he was descended from the third son of the 
armorial grantee. These facts taken in connection with the bestowal by Mayhcw of the names 
of Tisbury and Chilmark on two adjoining towns on Martha's Vineyard,"' 

gave the clue that made Tisbury the centre of investigation by Dr. Charles Ed- 
ward Banks, who was preparing a History of Martka'i I'imyard, and from his 
notes we take the following interesting family story. 

In the parish register of Tisbury is the marriage of Matthew Maow f.Mayhew) 
in these words: " 1587 Octo 2 Mathew Maow and Ales Barter," and the births of 

' T"** English AnctilryojCm. Tbomai Mayhrw, by Charles Edward Banks, ,M. D., 3. 
'Ibid., 3. 7. 



390 MATTHEW MAYHEW [238-A] 

his children are to be found there also. The name is variously spelled, "Maoh, 
Maho, Mayoo, Mayhoe, Maio, Mayhow and Maow." The father of Matthew 
Mayhew is unknown, but, in examining wills at Somerset House, Dr. Banks found 
that of his sister Agnes, who died unmarried about 1612, and left to her nephew 
"Thomas the son of my brother Matthew five pounds." Another sister, Alice, 
married John Bracher of Tisbury, and we have noted the fact under (164) that it 
is thought that Mary Brazier, who married Nathaniel Robbins (164), was a 
descendant of this Alice. 

Matthew Mayhew's will was made August 31, 1612, and proved June 27, 
1614, so that he probably died the latter year. We extract the following: 

"I Mathew Maihew of Tisbury in the county of Wilts yeoman . . . I . . . bequeath to 
the p'ish Church of Tisbury iii^ vi'^ . . . to the poore people of the foresaid Tisbury ii^ iiii"* ... to 
my Sonne Thomas Maihew Forty pounds of good and lawfull monie of England where of twenty 
pounds to bee paid him by my Executor w"'in one whole yeare after my decease and the other 
twenty pounds . . . fewer pounds evy year untill the sume of twenty pounds bee paid . . . unto 
my Sonne Edward Maihew six and forty pounds . . . unto my daughter joane Maihewe six and 
forty pounds . . . unto my daughter Alice Maihew six and forty pounds . . . unto my daugh- 
ter Katherine Maihew six and forty pounds . . . after the same manner . . . w'*' are p'^scribed 
for . . . my other two daughters portions. All the rest of my goods ... I give . . . unto my 
Sonne John . . . whom I make my . . . sole executor ... I do constitute . . . John Bracher of 
Tisbury Edward Bracher of Tisbury Richard Langly of Noreham and John Gilbert of Deny Sutton 
ov'seers ... etc (signed) The Marke of Mathewe Maihewe." 

Children of Matthew and Ales (Barter) Mayhew 

Elizabeth, born May i, 1589, probably died young. 
John, born Jan. 17, 1501. 
(238) Thomas, baptized April 1, 1593; married (1) before 1621, Martha Parkhurst; married (2) about 

1632, Jane ( ) Payne, widow of Thomas Payne of England; died, probably, 

March 25, 1682. 
Jone, born Feb. 8, 1595/6. 
Alice, born Dec. 18, 1598. 
Katherine, born March 15, 1599/00. 
Edward, born April 14, 1602, probably died young. 

[238] GOVERNOR THOMAS MAYHEW [i 593-1682] 

AND his wife 

JANE ( ) PAYNE [....-... .] 

OF ENGLAND AND EDGARTOWN, MASS. 

THOMAS MAYHEW, son of Matthew and Ales (Barter) Mayhew (238-A), 
was born in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, as the following extract from 
the baptisms in the Parish Register shows : " 1 593 April i , Thomas, son of 
Mathew Maho." When he was thirteen he received a bequest of five 
pounds from his maiden aunt, Agnes Mayhew, of Tisbury. 



GOVEF^NOK IllOMAS MAMII W I23H] 391 

lie married (1) in l-,iii;laiKi heUire 1O21, Martha I'arkluirst, and had one son 
Thomas. He was a merchant in Southampton for a time and his wile probably 
tlied there. 

He and his son Thomas, a lad of ten years, came to New Ivngland in 1O31 
and settled at Watertown, Mass., where he was made freeman, lie married (2) 

about 1632, Jane ( ) Payne or Faini-., widow of "Thomas i^aine late of l-on- 

don Merchant" who had come over from England with her two children, Jane and 
Thomas. Thomas Paine, Jr., was born February 28, 1631, and inherited an estate 
in 1639, in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, T'ngland. Governor Winthrop ap- 
pointed as his attorneys for seven years, Richard Payne of Abington, Berks, gent; 
John Shepard of'Totness; Edward Barker of Yarnbrook, Northamptonshire; and 
|ohn Gook of Wantage, England. When this period was ended, in 1647, 1 homas 
Paine chose his step-father, Thomas Mayhew, and his mother Jane, as his guard- 
ians. 1 he witnesses to this instrument were Philip Taber (66) and Peter Eoul- 
ger, who was later associated with Tristram Coifin (147-A) in Nantucket. 

For thirteen years Thomas Mayhew received many important appointments 
from the General Court of Massachusetts, and was deputy from 1636 to 1644, ex- 
cepting 1642. He built the first bridge over the Charles River, was the proprietor 
of the mill, fishing weirs, and owned for a lime the Oldham and Bradstreet farms 
in Cambridge village, now Newton, in the Court records we find 

"October 17, 1643, Mr. Mavht-w is granted 300 acres of land in regard of his charges 
about the bridge by Watertown mill and the bridge to belong to the country." 

In 1 64 1 Thomas Mayhew obtained for himself and his son Thomas, a deed 
or patent for Martha's Vinevard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands from the 
agents of Lord Stirling and Sir Terdinando Gorges. It recites: 

"Its agreed, That the Governnit that the said Thomas Mayhew and Thomas Mayhew his 
Sonne and their assinees shall sett up, shall bee such as is now Established in the Massachusetts 
aforesaid, [with] as much Priviledge, touching their Planting, Inhabiting and Enjoying of all 
and every Part of the Premises as the Patent to the I'atentees of the Massachusetts aforesaid and 
their associates." 

He began a colony of English families in the islands and sent with them his 
only son Thomas, then but twenty-one years of age. A church was organized at 
once and Thomas Mayhew, Jr., became its pastor, ministering to the resident In- 
dians as well as to the English colonists, in 1657 the Indian converts numbered 
about three thousand. 

Governor Mayhew followed his son and settled in Edgartown, in 1647, when 
he became governor of the Colony, the" Lordship of the Isles" remaining in the fam- 
ily until 1710. In 1657 Rev. Thomas Mayhew went to England to get help there for 
his "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen," and took with 
him his step-brother and brother-in-law, Thomas Paine. They sailed from Boston 
in November, 1657, but the ship was never heard of again, and must have foundered 



392 GOVERNOR THOMAS MAYHEW [238] 

at sea. As it was impossible to find any one to carry on his son's work, Governor 
Mayhew, although seventy years old, gave himself up to "gospelizing the Indians" 
and continued this missionary work until his death. As the result of their teach- 
ing, it is interesting to notice the attitude of the Indians at the time of King 
Philip's War, fifteen years later, when they refused to join with the tribes of the 
main land, and patrolled the shores of the Island, protecting the white settlers. 

in 1659, Governor Mayhew sold the Island of Nantucket to Tristram 
Coffin (147-A), Thomas Macy, a cousin of the Mayhews, and others as men- 
tioned on page 246 and also under the sketches of Hon. Peter Coffin (162), 
page 278, and that of Edward Starbuck (162-A), on page 280. 

Governor Mayhew died, probably March 25, 1682, in the ninetieth year of 
his age. In Experience Mayhew's book, called Indian Converts, he states that 
his great-grandfather preached on the Sunday before his death, fell ill the same 
evening and died in six days. The work among the Indians was carried on for 
several generations by his descendants. 

Children of Governor Thomas and Martha (Parkhurst) Mayhew 

Thomas, born in England about 1621 ; married his step-sister Jane Payne or Paine, daughter 

of Thomas and Jane ( ) Payne of England. He was the first missionary to 

the Indians in New England, and of him Mather says in his Magnalia, " His reputation 
for piety, his natural gifts, besides the acquired by his education (having attained 
no small knowledge in the Latin & Greek tongues & being not wholly a stranger to 
the Hebrew) soon occasiond his call to the ministry among that handful . . . The 
first Indian imbracing the motion of forsaking their Gods & praying to the true 
God was called 1-a-coomes. . . This worthy servant of the Lord continued his 
painful labours among them until 1657 . . . many hundred men and women were 
added to the church." He was lost at sea in 1657. His widow Jane married (2) 
Richard Sansom. Rev. Thomas Mayhew had three sons: Matthew, a preacher; 
Thomas, a judge; and John, also a preacher, whose son Experience married Thankful 
Hinckley, daughter of Governor Thomas and Mary (Smith Glover) Hinckley (185). 

Children of Governor Thomas and Jane ( Payne) Mayhew 

(236) Martha, born about 1633; married Dec. 27, 1661, Thomas Tupper, son of Thomas and 

Ann ( ) Tupper (235); died Nov. 15, 1717. 

Hannah, born June 15, 1635; married (1) Thomas Daggett, of Watertown; married (2) 

Captain Samuel Smith; died about 1720. 
Bethia, born Dec. 6, 1636; married (1) Thomas Harlock; married (2) Lieutenant Richard 

Way. 
Mary, born Jan. 14, 1639/40; probably died young. 



THOMAS 1M11I.15RICK [242-A] 393 

[242-Al THOMAS PHILBRICK | -looyj 

AND HIS WIl-E 

ELIZABETH [. . . -1664] 

OF ENGLAND AND IIAMI'iON, N. II. 

THOMAS PHILBI^K.K (or Piui. brook) is supposed to have come from 
Lincolnshire, England, to this country about 1630. He married his wife 
Elizabeth before leaving England and probably all his children 

wore born there. 

1 le is said to have been a mariner in early lilc, and the master of a vessel in 
the old country. On his arrival in New England he settled in Watertown, Mass. 
In 1636 his home was on what is now the nortlnvest corner of Belmont and Lexing- 
ton Streets, and he lived there until he removed to I lampton, N. II. 

The second summer after the settlement of Hampton (1639) his second son, 
John Philbrick, moved there, followed soon after by his brothers Thomas and James. 
In i()4S, Thomas Philbrick, Sr., sold his property of eight lots and a house at Wat- 
ertown to Isaac Stearns, and in 1650 or 1651, went to Hampton, taking his wife and 
unmarried daughters. He bought land there in 1661 from John Moulton, which 
joined the farms of his son James and his son-in-law John Cass (242). 

Elizabeth Philbrick died at Hampton, 12th mo. 19th day, 1663, i. e. 
Eebruary 19, 1664. Thomas died at the same place in 1667. In his will, maile in 
March, 1664, he calls himself "very aged" and mentions his sons James, John and 
Ihomas, and his daughters Elizabeth Garland, Martha, wife of John Cass, Hannah 
and Mary. 

As the dates of birth of his children have not been ascertained, the order given 
below is that in which they are mentioned in the will, and is probably not correct. 
Some of the daughters were perhaps older than Thomas, the youngest son. 

Childrf.n of Thomas and Elizabeth ( ) Philbrick 

James, born in England; married (1) Jane Roberts, daughter of Thomas Roberts of Dover, 
N. H.; married (2) Ann Roberts, sister of his first wife; was a prominent citizen of 
Hampton and was drowned in Hampton River, Nov. i6, 1674. 

John, born in England; married Ann (probably Palmer); with his wife, their daughter Sarah, 
and five others, went in a little sloop for a shopping excursion to Boston and were 
"all swallowed up in the Osian soon after they went out of the harbor 20th 8th mo. 

'657" 
Thomas, born in England in 1624; married (1) in 1647 Ann Knapp.dau^jhlerof Deacon \\ illiam 

Knapp, Sr.,of Watertown; married (2) .Sept. 22, 1669. Hannah (Erench) White, widow 

of John White, of Haverhill, and daughter of Edward and Ann French, of Hampton; 

was a deacon in i66g, selectman and deputy in 1693; died Nov. 24, 1700. 
Elizabeth, born in England; married (1) in 1642, Thomas Chase, son of Aquila Chase; 

married (2) Oct. 26, 1654, John Garland; married (3) Feb. 19, 1664, Judge Henry 

Robey; died Feb. 11, 1677. 



394 THOMAS PHILBRICK [242-A] 

Hannah, born in England, probably unmarried. 

Mary, born in England; married (i) about 1648, Edward Tuck, son of Robert and Joanna 

Tuck; married (2) James Wall; died Oct. 28, 1702. 
(242) Martha born probably in Watertown, Mass.; married (1) in 1647, John Cass, who died 

April 7, 1675; married (2) Nov. 30, 1676, William Lyons, of Rowley, Mass. 

[242] ' JOHN CASS (OR CASE) [....-167s] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARTHA PHILBRICK [....-... .] 

OF ENGLAND AND HAMPTON, N. H. 

JOHN CASS was the emigrant ancestor of the family of Cass in this country, 
and Savage says he was in Hampton, N. H., as early as 1644.' 
He married in 1647 or 1648, Martha Philbrick, daughter of Thomas 
and Elizabeth ( ) Philbrick (242-A), of Watertown, Mass., and 

later of Hampton, N. H. 

In the summer of 1648 he sold land in Hampton to Anthony Taylor and four 
years later bought a house and lot in the same place of William English. April 5, 
1664, he bought of Rev. John Wheelright, brother-in-law of Anne (Marbury) 
Hutchinson (17), a farm on the south side of Taylor's River, and removed there. 
He died suddenly April 7, 1675. His will, dated May, 1674, mentions his wife 
Martha, and his children Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Abigail, Mercy 
and Mary. 

His widow Martha married (2) November 30, 1676, William Lyons of Rowley, 
Mass. 

Children of John and Martha (Philbrick) Cass 

Martha, born Oct. 4, 1649; married March 27, 1667, John Redman, son of John and Margaret 

( ) Redman, of Hampton, who was deputy in 1722; probably died before her 

father. 
Joseph, born Oct. 5, 1656; married (i) Jan. 4, 1677, Mary Hobbs, daughter of Morris (or 

Maurice) and Sarah (Easton) Hobbs; married (2) Elizabeth (Green) Chase, widow 

of James Chase and daughter of Judge Henry Green. 
Samuel, born July 13, 1659; married Dec. 7, 1681, Mary (or Mercy) Sanborn, daughter of 

William and Mary (Moulton) Sanborn; lived in Ipswich, Mass., in 1700, for he had 

a seat assigned him in the meeting-house then. 
Jonathan, born Sept. 13, 1663. 

'Amongthe descendants of John Cass is Capt. Jonathan Cass of Exeter, N. H., who served with distinction 
in the Revolution, and was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. He married in 1781 Mary Oilman, daughter of 
Theophilus and Deborah (Webster) Oilman, a granddaughter in the fifth generation of the emigrants Edward 
and Mary (Clark) Oilman (130). They followed Joseph Oilman (134) to Marietta, Ohio, and settled 
there. Their son, Hon. Lewis Cass, pursued his studies, begun at Exeter Academy, in Marietta. He was an intimate 
friend of Benjamin Ives Oilman (13s), to whom he was doubly related, descending both from the Oilman 
and Cass families. He was Secretary of War and Oeneral in the U. S. Army under President Jackson, Ambassador 
to France, U. S. Senator, Democratic candidate for President when Zachary Taylor was elected, and Secretary 
of State under President Buchanan. 



JOHN CASS [242J 395 

Elizabciii, horn June 4. 1666, prob.ibly died yoiin^. 
Mercy, born Aug. 1, 1668, was living al llie lime of her father's death. 
(243) Ebenezer, born July 17, 1671, married March 13, 1690, Patience Draper, daughter of 
James and Miriam (Stanfield) Draper (246) of Roxbury, Mass. 
Abigail, born Jan. 11, 1674, mentioned in her father's will. 
Mary, mentioned in her father's will. 

L243I HBENEZER CASS (or CASE) [ibji-. \ 

AND Ills WH-B 

PATIENCE DRAPER [1668- .] 

OF ROXBURY, MASS., LEBANON AND NORWICH, CONN. 

EBENEZER CASS, the youngest son of John and .Mariha (Philbrick) 
Cass (242), was born July 17, 1671, at Hampton. In 1686 he joined the 
colony organized in West Roxbury, SufToIk County, Mass., to take pos- 
session of the new plantation at New Roxbury, Conn., which later was 
called Woodstock. He was certainly then but fifteen, although in Larned's History 
of IViudhcDii County, Cl., his name is in the list of settlers of Woodstock, and it adds 
"none of the proprietors were under nineteen years of age; a few unmarried." 

In the division of land at Woodstock, Ebenezer Cass and John Chandler, Sr. 

(probably Deacon John, a son of William and Chandler, 169), drew lot No. 

10, and in a later division, he drew land at " the south end of Plaine Hill, bounded 
east by common lands." In these records the name is sometimes spelled Cass 
and sometimes Case. 

lie appears to have returned to West Roxbury, Mass., and married there, 
March 13, 1690, Patience Draper, daughter of James and Miriam (Stanfield) 
Draper (246) of Roxbury. Patience was born August 17, 1668, and "took hold 
of the covenant" October 21, 1688. They probably remained in Roxbury for a 
time, as two of his children were born there in 1691 and 1693. 

He evidently bought large amounts of land in New Roxbury or Woodstock, 
as January 1 1, 1702/3, he deeded his "mansion or house and barn and 51 J acres" 
in Woodstock, "neare the meeting house," for £1 15, and July 10, 1703, another plot 
of twenty-two acres of land and meadow for £\6 and March 7, 1708, a house and 
about fifty-three acres of land for £93. 

About 1708 he removed to Lebanon, Conn., his first purchase of land there 
being June 14, 1708. He is called in the record, "Ebenezer Cass of New Rocks- 
bury Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England." He must 
have owned land in other places as well, as he is mentioned as one of the later 
settlers in Franklin, Conn. This town was not incorporated until 17S6, but was 
originally part of Norwich township, then known as West Farms. 

In the Norwich Land Records we find a succession of deeds of land, all in the 
west (or second) Society of Norwich (West Farms). March 19, 1722/3, he bought 



396 EBENEZER CASS [243] 

of Jonathan Royce of Norwich forty-five acres at a place formerly called Sunaman- 
suck on "the road that goes to Windham," and in part payment gave two hundred 
acres of land "part in Lebanon part in Hebron." He sold this piece May i, 1725, 
to Samuel Murdock for £360. He then bought, October 27, 1725, of Joseph Dow- 
ner, Jr., of Norwich , for £60, a tract of eighteen acres, " by the highway from Norwich 
to Windham," in the township of Norwich. This he sold November 20, 1725, to 
his son Moses Cass (244). April 4, 1726, he bought back from Samuel Murdock 
the forty-five acre tract mentioned above, paying £360 again. He also bought 
December 9, 1727, of the heirs of "Thomas Leffingwell late of Norwich," ten acres 
for £60. He deeded this also to his son Moses, July 5, 1728. He deeded April 
7, 1729, one twenty-fourth part of a large tract in the township of Middleton and 
Colchester, to John Wallsworth, of Groton and Joseph Tracy, of Norwich, and an- 
other twenty-fourth to the same men on April 24, 1729. 

The last deed on record in Norwich is of September 7, 1730, in which he deeds 
his forty-five acre tract, which he had bought and sold and bought back in the years 
1722, 1725, and 1726, as recorded above, to Ebenezer Smith, of Norwich for ;^450. 
This was probably his homestead, and after its sale he may have gone back to Le- 
banon or Hebron. 

The date and place of his and his wife's death have not been found. If they 
died in Hebron, there is little hope of ever finding any record, as the earliest vital 
statistics of Hebron are illegible. Miss Perkins, in Old Houses of Norwich (p. 146), 
says: "A Mrs. Case is said to have died in Norwich in 1764, aged 104, who was per- 
haps the aged mother of Moses Case." 

Children of Ebenezer and Patience (Draper) Cass 

Mary, born in Roxbury, Mass., July 20, 1691; married in 1710, Samuel Wright, son of Abel 
Wright, of Springfield, Mass.; was living in Norwich, Conn., in 1724. 

Jonathan, born in Roxbury, Mass., Sept. I, 1693; married Nov. 13, 1718, Bathsheba Williams, 
daughter of Park Williams. 
(244) Moses, born about 1695; married in Lebanon, Conn., Jan. 23, 1717/8, Mary Hoskins; mar- 
ried (2) Mary ; died at Hebron, Conn., Sept. 6, 1741. 

[244] MOSES CASE [1695-1741] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY HOSKINS [....-1739] 

OF HEBRON AND NORWICH, CONN. 

MOSES CASE, the youngest son of Ebenezer and Patience (Draper) 
Cass (243), was probably born at Woodstock, Conn., about 1695. While 
his father's name appears in the records as Cass, his is generally spelled 
Case, and from this time on the family name is written Case. 
MosEs married (i) at Lebanon, Conn., January 23, 1717/8, Mary Hoskins, 
whose parentage is unknown. As the name is written in the records with the long s, 
it has been sometimes erroneously read Hopkins. 



MOSES CASE [244] 397 

Thcv remained but a few years in Lebanon, allhougli their first child was 
born there in 1721. November 7, 1722, Nathaniel Pratt, of Say brook, conveyed to 
Moses Case of Lebanon one hundred acres of land in I lebron. Conn., partly in that 
township and partly in the township of Lebanon, and on this they settled for a 
short time and iiere two more children were born. 

They removed to Norwich, Conn., perhaps about 1725, probably settling on 
the tract of eighteen or twenty acres "by the highway from Norwich to Windham" 
which his father, Lbenezer Cass, had deeded to him November 20, 1725. The 
following month, December 24, 1725, he purchased of Amos Stickne, of Norwich, 
twentv-one acres "lying on the middle hill in Norwich" for £<yO. Three acres of 
tiiis he sold to Andrew Downer, of Norwich, April 15, 1726, for £^<j, and the rest to 
Nathaniel Baker, April 4, 1728. July 5, 1728, Ivbenezer Cass deeded to his son 
Moses the ten acres in "the west society of Norwich" bought of the heirs of Mr. 
Letfmgwell. All these lands were in that part of Norwich known as West Larms, 
which was later incorporated into the town of Franklin. 

Moses Case was admitted a freeman in Norwich September 13, 1726. Two 
more children were born to them there, one in 1727 and one in 1730. September 3, 
1 730, he conveyed to John Hutchings, the land in the west society which he bought 
of his father. This probably marks the time of his return to Hebron, where we 
find the record of the birth of his later children and where he remained until his 
death. 

His first wife, Mary Hoskins, died, probably, about 1739, and he married (2) 
Mary ,by whom he had a son, Eliphalet,as appears from his will, and a daugh- 
ter, Mary, born after his death, mentioned in the Hebron Records as "daughter of 
Moses Case decest." 

He died at Hebron, September 6, 1741. His will, made two days before his 
death, September 4, mentioned his wife Mary, his sons Moses, and Josiah, and his 
daughters Patience, Lois and Hannah. He left the latter their portions, "when 
they arriue at the age of eighteen," and as Patience had had "well near one hundred 
pounds" he left two-thirds of his "house moveables" to be divided between his 
younger daughters, Lois, Alice and Hannah. He left to his son by his second wife, 
Lliphalet, five pounds, to be paid to him when Josiah came of "full age, twenty-one 
years." 

His widow married (2), before 1744, Hutchins, perhaps the John 

Hutchings to whom Moses Case sold his Norwich property, who is called Dr. John 
Hutchins and was a tailor and veterinary. The records say: "September 14, 1744, 
Mrs. Mary Hutchins late widow of Moses Case of Hebron Deed presented the above 
will to tile Court." 

Children of Moses and Mary (Hoskins) Case 

Mary, born in Lebanon, May 20, 1721, probably died young. 

Patience, born in Hebron, April iQ, 1723; married March 8, 1739, David Barber, son of 
Davit! and Hannah (Post) Barber; died July 18, 1748. 



398 MOSES CASE [244] 

(245) Moses, born in Hebron, July 20, 1724; married Aug. 16, 1744, Phoebe Peters, daughter 
of John and Mary (Marks) Peters (252), of Hebron, died before 1797. 

Lois, born in Norwich, Nov. 3, 1727; married July 15, 1744, Thomas Rowley, son of Samuel 
and Elizabeth (Fuller) Rowley. 

Alice, born in Norwich, Dec. 17, 1730; married Jan. 12, 1748, Captain Stephen Barber, son 
of David and Hannah (Post) Barber, and so a brother of her sister Patience's hus- 
band; died Oct. 28, 1814. 

Hannah, born in Hebron, March 12, 1735/6; married Feb. 26, 1756, Eldad Post. 

Josiah, born in Hebron, Feb. 2, 1738; living at the time of his father's death. 

Children of Moses and Mary ( ) Case 

Eliphalet, mentioned in his father's will. 
Mary, born in Hebron, April 6, 1742. 



[245] MOSES CASE, JR. [1724-1797] 

AND HIS WIFE 

PHOEBE PETERS [1728-1773] 

OF HEBRON AND KENT, CONN. 



M 



OSES CASE, the eldest son of Moses and Mary (Hoskins) Case (244), 
was born July 20, 1724. While his parents lived on the farm, part of 
which lay in Lebanon and part in Hebron township, his birth is re- 
corded in Hebron, Conn. His parents moved to Norwich when he was 
a mere babe, but when he was six years old they returned to Hebron. 

He married in Hebron, August 16, 1744, Phoebe Peters, daughter of John 
and Mary (Marks) Peters (252), of Hebron, who was born June 30, 1728. 

In the town records his name and those of his children are given as Cass 
more frequently than Case. 

About 1753 he removed to Kent, Conn., and from the records there it appears 
he was a farmer. He purchased one tract there of one hundred acres, September 
22, 1753, and another October i, of the same year, and in both deeds he is mentioned 
as of Hebron. The last sale of land in Kent made by him was in 1778. 

His wife Phoebe died at Kent February 11, 1773, and he probably died in 
the same place before 1797, the time that his estate was probated. November 29, 

'797. 

"Dr. Isaac Swift [230] of Cornwall and Herman Carter of Kent, heirs at law on right of their respec- 
tive wives, of Moses Cass late of S. Kent, deceased, requesting letters of administration on the 
estate of sd. deceased, who they say, now lately died intestate." 

The Court, however, appointed the only surviving son, Aaron Cass, as adminis- 
trator, and required bonds from him. Objection was made by 

"Nathaniel Hatch, Dr. Isaac Swift, Herman Carter Peleg Holmes and Gershom Holmes in right 



MOSES CASE, JR. [245] 399 

of their respective wives ... on account of his want of property and as being destitute of integ- 
rity, economy ;ind punctuality," 

but llie (^ourt decided to appoint him, lie "having given bond according to law," 
and the petitioners having failed to support their objection by sufficient evidence. 

Children of Moses and Piiolbi; (Peters) Case 

Mary, horn in Hebron, July 27. 1746; married Samuel Hatch, of Kent. 

Moses, horn in Hebron, June 6, 1749; married in Kent about 1766, Alvie Sturdevent; died 
at Kent in August, 1777. 
(230) Patilncl, born in Kent, Dec. 17, 1754: married Jan. 3, 1775, Dr. Isaac Swift, son of Captain 
Nathanill and Abia (Tupi'i;r) Swift (220): died Oct. 29, 1808. 

Candace, born in Kent, May 8, 1757; died two weeks later. 

Candace, born in Kent, Jan. 6, 1759. 

Aaron, born in Kent, Dec. 25, 1761 (or 1762); married March 27, 1783, Ruth Bull, was admin- 
istrator of his father's estate in 1797. 

Miriam, born in Kent, July 31, 1766. 

Amelia, born in Kent, March 3, 1769; died March 5, 1790. 

[246I JAMFS DRAPER [1624-1697] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MIRIAM STANFIELD [...-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND ROXBURY, MASS. 

JAMFS DRAPER is said to have been the son of a Thomas Draper, who was 
born about 1600, and lived and died in England. Hewas born in 1624. The 
date of his emigration to New England has not been ascertained, but he 
married, about 1653, Miriam Stanfield, who, tradition asserts, followed 
him from the old country. 

The James Draper who was a proprietor in Lancaster, Mass., in 1654, and in 
Dcdham in 1683, is thought to be the same as our ancestor. I le was living in Rox- 
bury in 1688, as his daughter Patience united with the church there, October 21 
of that year, under the pastorate of Rev. Nathaniel Walter. James was made a 
freeman in Roxbury in 1690 and died there July 13, 1697, aged about seventy- 
three years, according to the inscription on his gravestone, quoted erroneously in 
the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, VII, 331. He and his wife were 
buried in the West Roxbury cemetcrv, where for many years their graves were 
cared for by a descendant. Dr. Abijah W. Draper, who was living in 1871. 

Children of James and Miriam (Stanfield) Draper 

James, born about 1654; married (i) Elizabeth , married (2) Feb. 18, 1681, Abigail 

Whiting; died April 30, 1698. 
John. 



40O JAMES DRAPER [246] 

Moses, married (1) July 7, 1685 Hannah Chandler, daughter of deacon John and Eliza- 
beth (Douglass) Chandler and granddaughter of William and ( ) Chandler 

(169), who died in 1692; married (2) Mary ; was a blacksmith, lived in 

Boston and died there May 19, 1693. 

Daniel. 

Jonathan. 
(244) Patience, born Aug. 17, 1668; married May 13, 1690, Ebenezer Cass (or Case), son of 
John and Martha (Philbrick) Cass (243). 

THE PETERS FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

THE best and fullest record of the American family of Peters is found in 
The Peters of New England, 1903, which comments very unfavorably 
on the account of the English ancestry given by Rev. Samuel Peters, 
son of John Peters (252), of Hebron, Conn., in his work entitled A 
History of the Rev. Hugh Peters, A. M., published in 1807. Savage also calls 
the latter "a work which for its perpetual indifference to truth and frequent bold 
violations of it. Farmer thought it hazardous to quote." Rev. Samuel Peters was 
a loyalist, and had to return to England at the time of the Revolution. During 
his long stay there, he endeavored to trace his ancestry and look up the family 
history. He believed that he himself was a descendant of William Peters of Boston, 
who, he said, was a brother of Rev. Hugh Peters of Salem, Mass. and Rev. Thomas 
Peters of Saybrook, Conn., and that John Peters of Exeter, England, was their 
grandfather. As no William Peters of Boston has ever been found, his whole 
record has been discredited. 

While the genealogical records in his book, even those of the later genera- 
tions in this country, are full of errors, they are correct in part, and have been useful 
in aiding us to obtain more exact information. We have now found a William 
Peters, mentioned below, who emigrated to Pemaquid (now Bristol), Maine, who, 
although he was not a brother of Rev. Hugh and Rev. Thomas Peters, was a de- 
scendant of John of Exeter, and who was evidently the father of our ancestor, 
Andrew Peters (250). 

This recent investigation was made in England by George A. Taylor of 
Albany, New York, a descendant of William Peters, with a full knowledge of 
Rev. Samuel Peter's claims. It has resulted in finding an Andrew Peeter of Eng- 
land, born about 1634 or 1635, the approximate known date of the birth of Andrew 
Peters (250). He was a son of William and Ann (Williams) Peter, and a 
great-great-grandson of John Peter of Exeter, England. Mr. Taylor finds, in 
confirmation, that the seal on our Andrew Peters' will was similar to that of the 
family of Ann Williams, whom he believes to have been his mother. So that 
Rev. Samuel Peters' tradition of a relationship with John Peter, one of whose 
sons was Sir William Peter, secretary to Henry VI 11, Edward VI, Mary and Eliza- 
beth, was undoubtedly correct. According to Mr. Taylor, the line is as follows: 



THE PETERS I. Will. V IN I Nt.l.AND 401 



John PtTER, of Tor Newton, Dc\nnshirc, temp. Ricliaul II (1577-1300) 

married Alice . His son was 

2 

John Peter, of Tor Newton, who married — • . His son was 

3 

William Peter, of Tor Newton, born about 1437, married Joan — -. 
lie was "twenty-four years of age in the 12th year of Hdward IV (1461)." His 
sons were 

|oMN, married Alice Coi.i.ings; had a (laii,t;lilir \\ n mot (see helow) ami a son, Sir William 

I'ctcr, Secretary to iienr) \lll, idw.iril \l, .Wary, and r.lizabcth. 
\\ iLLiAM, see below. 

4 

William Peter, of Rakcbeare, Dorsetshire; married Jane or Joan, daughter 
and heiress of Sir Roger Arundell of Calwoodleigh. His children were 

Roger, died without issue. 

William, died without issue. 

John, sec below. 

, a daughter, who married Goonn. 

5 

John Peter, of Bowhay, Devon, married his cousin W'n mot Peter, daughter 
of John and Alice (Collings) Peter (see No. 3). John Peter built the mansion 
at Bowhay. He was three times mayor of Exeter and also member of Parliament 
for Exeter under Queen Mary. His will was dated December 8, 1370, and was 
proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury November 4, 1581. He called him- 
self "John Peter Marchaunte of the City of Exeter." He provided for his burial 
in St. Mary Arches in l-^xeler and left 40s. to the poor of Ipplepen and £^ to the 
poor of Charellton. These are small towns of Devon south of Exeter, where he 
evidently had estates, as in the will of his grandson George of Charellton, they 
are bequeathed to his son Giles. John left bequests to his sister's daughter, Jayes 
Goonn, and £100 to "Suzan Hurste daughter to my son-in-law William Hurste 
and her mother Mary Hurste." He mentioned his cousin, Mr. John Peter of 
Compton. 1 le forgave William Peter £18, and left the residue of his property to 
his son and heir Otes Peter, who was sole executor. There were no witnesses. 
His children were: 

Otes, his heir.' 

William, see below. 

Mary, married William Hurste and had a daughter Susan Hurste. 

'The present Earl of Bathurst is descended from Otes Peter through the female line. 



402 THE PETERS FAMILY IN ENGLAND 



William Peter was living in 1579, the date of his father's will, and married 

Alice . He died before 1604. His wife Alice died in 1604 and her will 

was dated June 4 of that year, in it she left bequests to her daughter Alice 
Kerridge, wife of Thomas Kerridge, to be paid by her son George (probably the 
eldest), to her daughters Welthian Tucker, and Joyce Browning, and to her sons 
Morice and Thomas Peeter, to her son George Peeter's children, to her cousins 
Bridgett Watts and Samuel Tucker, and to her son-in-law, Valentine Tucker. 
The latter had also six silver spoons, and "a pair of great andirons which be in 
his fore chamber at ye new Ine." To her son Humfrie Peeter and his heirs she 
left an annuity "issuing out of a tenement in the parish of St. Paul, Exeter, for 
ever." The executor was Humfrie Peeter and the overseers her sons-in-law Valen- 
tine Tucker and Thomas Kerridge. The will was signed "Allc Peeter" ' and is 
at the Guildhall at Exeter. Their children were: 

George, see below. 

Humfrie, who was a lawyer at Bristol about 1623, at the time that his nephew William was 
sheriff there. He matriculated at Oxford Dec. 13, 1599, aged nineteen, was a bar- 
rister-at-law in the Inner Temple in 1603 and was then called "of Northleigh, Devon." 

Alice, married Thomas Kerridge. 

Welthian, married Valentine Tucker. 

Joyce, married Browning. 

Morice. 

Thomas. 

7 

George, probably born in 1560, as the inscription on his tombstone in the 
churchyard at Henbury, Gloucestershire, reads "aged 72 years," and his will 
was proved in 1632. He married (i) Grace Pyle, daughter of John Pyle, of 

Exeter; married (2) Elinor . His will was dated February 12, 1630, and 

proved June 16, 1632. In it he called himself "George Petre of Charlton in the 
parish of Henbury, co: Gloucester, Gent." Of his family of twenty-two children 
he said: 

" By my two wives I have had many children. Ail those by my first wife are at man's and 
woman's estates. By my now wife Elinor 1 have as yet living five sons and a daughter, most of 
whom are of tender age." 

He bequeathed to his eldest son, William Peter and Ann his wife lands, 
etc., of the value of ;£40 yearly. To his sons Edward, Thomas, and Francis, he 
left certain "lands and tenements in Bristoll." To his daughter "Grace (by 
my now wife) " 200 marks. He wrote: 

"1 hold my farm in Chariton for certain years determinable upon the life of my wife and 
Giles my son, [and within one year of the death of his wife, Giles] is to pay unto Richard Petre, 
Vicimus Petre, Henry Petre and George Petre the sum of 300 pounds, and he is then to have all " 

the interest in Charlton. He also mentioned his eldest and his youngest sons 

Mn the Visitation the name is given as Peeter. 



THE PETERS KAiMII.V IN ENGLAND 403 

George, his sons' children, his ciaughler Mary Cox, his son-in-law Mr. Roger Wat- 
kins and his two daughters, his brother liiinilrey Petre and wile. He lelt to the 
poor of Bristol 40s. and to the poor ol llenhury 20s. His wife Elinor and his 
"two youngest sons Henry and George Pelrc" were to be executors, and " Humfry 
Petre, James Dyer of BristoU lisq. Thos Tarr als llerly of Stoake yeoman, over- 
seers." The witnesses were Giles Petre, Thos. llerly, and 1 liomas Lovcring. 
As far as we know, his children by his first wife, Gracf., were: 
William, see helow. 
C'icorye. 

LdwarJ, who was a nicrcli.ini of lirisiol. ilis will, dated April 14, proved May 4, 1638, 
provided that he should be Iniriid in I hi' crowd of St. Nicholas Church, Bristol, "be- 
tween the two second arciies from the stairs where my mother liuth buried." He 
says he had promised his brother W'ii.i.iam that he would provide for his children, 
so he left "them so much as will make u|i for their maintenance, education. To 
Grace 100 pounds, Simon fifty pound, ditto to William, Ldward and Andrew, 
children of my brother William." His wife Margaret was sole executrix and his 
friends, Mr. (liles Elbridge ' and Mr. William (^ann, merchants, were overseers. 
Thomas. 
Francis. 

Mary, married — Coxe. 

, a daughter married Roger Watkins, and died before 1630, leaving two daughters. 

His children by his second wife Elinor were: 

Grace, Giles, Richard, Vicimus, Henry, and George. 

8 

William Peter, born probably in tiie parish of llenbury, Gloucester. He 
married Ann Williams, daughter of Walter Williams. He was a merchant 
in Exeter, where the Peters were closely identified with the mercantile interests 
of Devon. Sometime after 1609 he removed to Bristol and became associated 
with the Aldworlhs. Thomas Aldworth married another daughter of Walter 
Williams and so was a brother-jn-law of William Peter. Thomas Aldworth 
was the first English factor or agent of the British East India Company at Surat, 
India, and died there about 1616, and William Peter and Robert Wallis were 
appointed guardians of his children. The Aldworths were prominent merchants 
in Bristol and particularly distinguished for their enterprise in the colonization 
of Newfoundland, and for their commercial transactions with that country and 
the coasts of New England. It was through this connection, probably, that 
William Peter became interested in the American colonization scheme that 
brought him to New England. He came with Mr. Giles Elbridge, who was a 
partner of Robert Aldworth in the patent of Pemaquid, now Bristol, Maine. They 
sailed in the ship "Pleasure" in 1628.' This colony suffered much by the 

' Feb. 20, 1631 ,the president and council for New Fngland granted to Robert Aldworth and Giles Elbridge, 
100 acres of land for every person whom they should transport to the Province of Maine within seven years. and 
who should continue there three years. They also gave them an absolute grant of u.ooo acres of land as "their 
proper inheritance forever" to be laid out near the Pemaquid River. 



404 THE PETERS FAMILY IN ENGLAND 

interference of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and it appears that William Peter 
remained but a few years and then returned to Bristol, England. Although he 
had inherited property from his father, this venture apparently absorbed most 
of his estate. He died at Bristol, England, in 1635, leaving a widow and five 
young children, Simon, Grace, Edward, William, and Andrew (250), to share 
in a small estate. His widow married (2) Robert Wallis, a friend of William 
Peter and guardian with him of the Aldworth children, as noted above. 

William Peter's will, proved May 20, 1637, reads in part as follows: 

" In the name of God Amen. The fourteenth Daie of November Anno Dni 1635. I William 
Petre of the Cittie of Bristol! gent being sicke and weake in bodie but of good and pfect minde 
and memory (thanks be given to Almightie God for the same) doo make and ordaine this last will 
and Testament in manner and form following. First I commen'' myself both soule and body 
unto the hands of God my maker, and of Jesus Christ his only sonne my only Saviour and redeemer 
trusting and assuredly persuading myself that by and through his precious death and passion 
and not by any merits nor deserts of my owne I shall be made partaker of everlasting life and live 
with him forever in his Kingdome. And my body I comitt to the earth from whence it came to 
be buried in Christian buriall. And as touching that little worldye estate wch God in his infinite 
mercie hath lent me in this world I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis — I give and bequeath 
unto my children Grace, Edward, William and Andrewe twentie shillings apeece as a token of 
my love unto them haveing nothing els to give them. All the rest of my goods and chattels and 
plate and household stuffe whatsoever 1 give and bequeath unto my eldest sonne Simon Petre, whom 
I make and ordaine sole executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said 
William Petre have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written. Wil- 
liam Petre signed sealed and acknowledged by said William Petre to be his last will and testament 
the day and year above written in the presence of Richard Hopper, George Hartwell Not. Pub." 

His children were 

Simon, 

Grace, 

Edward, 

William, 

Andrew, see below. 

[250] ANDREW PETERS [1635-1713] 

and his wife 
MERCY (BEAMSLEY) WILBOURN [1637-1726] 

OF ENGLAND, IPSWICH AND ANDOVER, MASS. 

ANDREW PETERS was probably the youngest son of William and Ann 
(Williams) Peter of Bristol, England, and was born there about 1634 
or 1635. This appears both from a depositioa made by him in 1684, 
when he gave his age as fifty, and from the inscription on his tombstone. 
He was but an infant when his father died in 1635. 

Our authority for Andrew Peters' ancestry given in the previous article 
is George A. Taylor, of Albany, who is of the opinion that after the death of 



ANDREW PETERS [250] 405 

William Pi;thr and the second marriage of liis widow to I^ohcrt Wallis, of liland- 
ford (near Poole), Dorset, tlie family sulVereii turtlier financial loss, possihiy because 
of the plague and the siege of Bristol in r645. In that year Simon, Andrew's 
eldest brother, and heir to his father's estate, emigrated to Virginia, sent over 
by the Bennetts, friends of the family. Among the (Jianccry Proceedings f(jr 
January, 1649, Mr. Taylor has found a bill of complaint against Edward Peter 
and his brother Andre- w (whose name he used in trust) for wine sent by luiward 
from St. Eucia, W. 1. They are spoken ol as having been lately at Poole, Dorset, 
where probably their mother was living. It is thought thai Andrew may have 
come to New England bv wav of Virginia, following his brother Simon, or in the 
course of the spirit trade in which he seems to iiave been emjiloyed. This may 
have brought him to Boston, where we fmd him in 1658. 

He married about 16^8, probably in Ipswich, Mass., Mi;rcy (Beamsley) 
WiLBouRN, widow of Michael Wilbourn and daughter of William and Ann 

( ) Beamsley (250-A). Mercy was born December 9, 1637, and had one 

child at the time of her second marriage, Mary Wilbourn, who married December 
30, 1674, Nathaniel Chapman, of Ipswich. 

The Wilson MS. (see 251) gives us an interesting glimpse of the beginning 
of Andrew's courtship, and the story runs somewhat as follows: Mlrcv Bkams- 
i.EY was one day standing at her window watching the people wading through 
the trails, which then served as streets, when her attention was attracted by a 
"young Holland" picking his way through the mud. Andrew Peters had just 
arrived in Ipswich, and looking up, saw her, and, it is said, at once resolved to win 
her for his wife. This story calls Andrew a Hollander, but it was probably on 
account of his trade, and his ship may have come from that country. 

He was a distiller in Boston in 1659, as appears from an indenture of Novem- 
ber 18, 1659, but about 1661 he removed to Ipswich, where, in 1664, he was one of 
the proprietors of common lands and had a share in Plum Island, etc. In i66s/6 
he was one of the signers of a petition to the General Court of Boston, protesting 
against certain aspersions cast on the petitioners relative to their loyalty to the 
King. He applied for a license to sell liquors in Ipswich, but was refused. 

He served in King Philip's War, and, January 24, 1676/ 7, received credit 
for this military service, £2 14s. and later a grant of land in the division called 
"Narraganset No. 3." He was then of Ipswich. 

He removed to Andover, probably about 1687, as he deeded his home in 
Ipswich, November 22, of that year, to William Baker, glover, for £65. His 
arrival there was welcomed, as he was regarded as a man of means. He was 
a distiller and a licensed retailer of spirits. He took a prominent part in town 
affairs, and was the first treasurer of whom record has been found. He held 
that office from 1607 to 1704 and again from 1707 to 1713, the time of his death. 

In 1689 his two eider sons, John and Andrew, were killed by Indians in battle 
and in 1696 his third son William shared the same fate. 

In 1692 the town granted "to Mr. Andrew Peters to build a seat in ye east 



4o6 ANDREW PETERS [250] 

gallery" in the new meeting-house built in 1669. The same year he was inter- 
ested in the case of Martha (Allen) Carrier of Andover, who was convicted of 
witchcraft by the testimony of her own little daughter Sarah, a child of eight 
years.' Martha Carrier was probably an aunt of John Allen, a son-in-law of An- 
drew Peters, as all of the Peters family and other leading people of Andover 
signed the petition begging for an end of the indictments. 

In 1692 he suffered a great loss by fire as the following shows: 

"This maycertifieany that maybe concerned yt Mr. Andrew Peeters(now an inhabitant in An- 
dover) being lately burnt out by ye Indians & put by his husbandry & being a stiller of strong liquors 
by his calling & having sett up his still house in ye towne of Andover we ye subscribers being ye 
selectmen of Andover doe desire & judge it a benefit to ye towne yt he may have liberty to retail 
his liquor by ye quart out of his owne house to the householders of ye Towne or others which he 
may think have need of it. We judging him a man careful! of observing law & good order in those 
matters. Signed 

Dudley Bradstreet 

John Abbott 

John Aslebe 

Samuel Frie 
Andover ye 21 December i6g2 John Chandler Selectmen of Andover." 

He was a selectman for two or three terms in 1693/4, 1696/7, and 1703/4. 
May 4, 1696, it was 

"Voted & passed yt these tenn men hereafter named shall have the libertie of making a ware for 
ye catching of fish in Merrimack River att a place commonly called ye fishing place against Maj. 
Bradstreet his Ground. According to these terms following: viz, to sell to ye inhabitants of 
this town at any price not exceeding twelvepence ye score & ye inhabitants of this towne to be 
supplied before strangers." 

Among the ten men are Andrew Peters, William Chandler, Jr. (170), 
and Thomas Osgood, probably son of Christopher Osgood (253-B). From 
this extract it appears that Andrew Peters was also interested in the fisheries 
in Andover. 

On the death of William Chandler (170), the selectmen of Andover gave 
the following certificate to Andrew Peters, dated March i, 1698/9. 

"This informes any that are concerned yt whereas William Chandler late of Andover de- 
ceased, was the Innholder of our Towne & wee being likely to be vacant Wee desire Mr. Andrew 
Peeters may be the person for ye next year for ye End; he having license from ye Quartr Sessions 
for ye same formerly, and behaved himself without offense soe farr as wee know; he is alsoe one 
of our Selectmen And our Town Treasr." 

Probably he continued to keep the inn under the same sign as his predecessor, 
that of the "Horse-Shoe," until his death. 
In 1702 he and 

' See Phoebe Chandler, 292. 



ANDREW PETERS [250] 407 

"Ensign John Aslebe [were chosen] to Roe down lo Boston to nian.igo the concerns i,f ye towne 
against a petition vt niav He |niit in to ye dener (ioiirl In' Mr. Uenjaniin W'ooclbriilge." 

Later in the \ear, Jiidge Sewall writes of a riile lo Andover with friends, 
when "some warned us not to goe to the ordinary, because Mr. Peters was danger- 
ously sick of tlic Bloody Mux." He recovered, however, and in 171 1/12, 

"Mr. Andrew peetcrs, Richard Barker Senier and l^n. Samuel I'rie were chosen a commillec to 
seat (people in the meeting house] according to the Instructions as hath bin drawn up for seating 

said house." 

He died in Andover in 1713. The town records say: "Mr. Andrew I'ecters 
dyed December ye 13th 1713: aged about 77 years." The inscription on his 
gravestone, which is still standing in the North Andover graveyard and has been 
carefully preserved, differs somewhat, and reads as follows: 

"Here lyes the body of Mr Andrew Peters wlio deceased December ye 141I1 1713 in ye 79th year 
of his age." 

His widow Mercy died November 5, 1726. 

His will, which is badly torn, was dated November 16, 1702, and proved 
May 3, 1714. 1 he provisions are in part as follows: 

"To my dear wifTe Marcy Peeters I will & bequeath my whole l.stale in houses Lands <& 
cattle goods money &c Dureing her natural liffe, or whilst Shee Remans my widdow for her Comfort- 
able subsisting in this world, . . . and after her decease . . . that my son Samuell peeters shall 
haue ... my whole Estate in hauses, Lands Cattle, Stills & Coppers. . . . and y' Reasen is, 
whereas I was Burne . . . out by y' heathen Inemy, hee y' said Samuell Peeters hath been . . . 
Copartner euer since. . . . to my doughters Tenne . . . in pay each of them, Elizabeth Wright 
^'v . . . Chandler, . . . to my two Grand Children Andrew . . . mary Peeters which are y' 
Children of my Son Jo . . . deceased. Each of them fiue pounds in pay ... to my Grand son 
Seberance peeters a . . . payer of oxern worth Tenne pounds in pay ... to my Grand son John 
peeters y' son of Will . . . peeters deceased, Tenne pounds . . . when he shall com ... to ye 
age of Twenty & one years ... to my doughter in Law [step-daughter] Mary Chapman fourty 
shillings in Money ... to my Grand doughter Annis Chandler as my executors shall see Cause, 
and as for my Grand Children John & hannah Allin haue been umler my Care, I haue Reserved 
tham that which was their I athers . . . , etc. I haue written this with my owne hand (signed 
Andrew Peeters)" 

Children of Andrew and Mercy (Beamsi.f.y Wilbourn) Peters 

John, born Feb. 27 (28), 1660, married in Ipswich, May 25, 1680, Mary Edwards, daughter 
of John Edwards, of Ipswich; was killed by Indians .Aug. 14, i68g. during the raid 
on Haverhill. 

Elizabeth, born Aug. 26, 1662; married (1) Nov. 25, 1678, John Sady. of Ipswich; married 
(2) Sept. Q, 1684, Walter Wright, of Andover; died in Andover Oct. 31, 1703. 

Andrew, born probably in 1664; married in .Andover Eeb. 8, 1685, I!lizabeth Earnham, 
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sibbons) Earnham; was killed by Indians at 
the same time with his brother John, Aug. 14, 1689. His widow married (2) April 
2, 1692. James Johnson. 



4o8 ANDREW PETERS [250] 

Mary, born June 12, 1668; married May 22, 1686, Thomas Chandler, son of Captain Thomas 
and Hannah (Brewer) Chandler and grandson of William and Chand- 
ler (169); died at Andover July 21, 1753. 

Mercy, born Jan. 27, 1670, married May 22, 1686 (the same day as her sister Mary) John 
Allen, son of Andrew and Faith (Ingalls) Allen, of Ipswich, who died of small pox, 
Nov. 26, 1690; she died of the same disease Dec. 25, the same year. 
(251) William, born Feb. 7, 1672, married about 1694, Margaret Russ, daughter of John and 
Deborah (Osgood) Russ (253); was killed by Indians Aug. 13, 1696. 

Samuel, born probably in 1674, married at Andover Dec. 15, 1696, Phoebe Frye, daughter 
of Ensign Samuel and Mary (Aslebe) Frye (or Frie); died at Andover May 2, 1736, 
and his widow died May 14, 1757. 

[251] WILLIAM PETERS [1672-1696] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARGARET RUSS [1673-. . . .] 

OF IPSWICH AND ANDOVER, MASS. 

t 

WILLIAM PETERS, the third son of Andrew and Mercy (Beamsley 
VViLBOURN) Peters (250), was born February 7, 1672. When he was 
about twelve or fourteen his parents moved from Ipswich to Andover. 
He married about 1694, Margaret Russ, daughter of John and 
Deborah (Osgood) Russ of Andover (253), who was born April 10, 1673. 

In the History of Rev. Hugh Peters by Rev. Samuel Peters, who was a grand- 
son of William, Rev. Samuel says that his grandfather was a "Captain of a troop 
of horse" and was killed in a battle at Andover, in October, 1696, by the French 
and Indians. This seems to have been one of the many errors in that remarkable 
book. He was evidently only serving temporarily for the protection of Andover 
when he was killed by the Indians, August 13, 1696. in a letter of August 14, 
1696, Captain Christopher Osgood, son of Christopher Osgood (253-B), head 
of the militia in Andover, thus refers to the death of William. 

"Yesterday in the afternoon, William Peeters belonging to Samuel Blanchard's garrison, 
went from the garrison to fetch his horse and another man whose name was hoyt was with him, 
and as we conceive by the effect, went both into the house which was about half a mile from the 
garrison just upon Bildrecky [Billerica] Road in an open plain place and were both surprised 
by the enemy and killed without any shooting so that no discovery neither of the enemy nor of 
the tragedy wrought by them till about sunset, which were then discovered by two persons going 
to the house to look after them because of their tarrying longer than was expected who found them 
both killed and scalped and lying in their blood within the house and our enemy undiscovered." 

Another more detailed account is in the Wilson MS, published first in the 
Andover Townsman April 9, 1897, in an article signed C. H. Abbott. The MS 
is now owned by the Rev. Anson Titus, and is the story as told by Margaret Wilson, 
granddaughter of Margaret (Russ) Peters, at the age of ninety, and transcribed 
by her own granddaughter. It is practically the same only giving us a few details 



WILLIAM PETERS [231] ^(^ 

as to dates, and the fact of the second marriage of Margarf.t (Russ) Pethrs. 
She remained a widow for eight years and was employed by James Wilson of (Cam- 
bridge to care for his six children, after the death of his wife, Deborah Pierce, in 
1703. She married (2) April 15, 1704, James Wilson, moved to [,eicester, Mass., 
and it is said that this "marriage was a happy union of fitly years." 

Children of William and Margaret (Russ) Peters 

(252) John, born at Andover Oct. i, 1695; married in North Brookflcld, Mass., April ), 1717. 

Marv Marks, daughter of Josti'H and .Marv ( ) Marks (255); died at Hebron, 

Conn., Oct. 20, 1754. 

[252J JOHN PFTHRS |ibc)s-i7S4l 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY MARKS [irx)8-i784] 

or HHBRON, CONN. 

TOilN PETERS, only child of William and Margaret (Russ) Peters (251), 

I was born October i, 1695. He was but a few months old when his father 

I was killed by the Indians in the garrison at Andover. When he was about 

J nine years old his mother married (2) James Wilson, and he went with them 

to Leicester, Mass., when they removed thither in 1714. 

lie married April 3, 1717, Mary Marks, daughter of JosF.r'ii and Mary 

( ) Marks (255), who was born in May, iCk)8. His marriage and the birth 

of his first child are recorded both at Hebron and North Brookfield. 

rhe name still continues to be spelled with a double e, anti in the Hebron 
Land Records we find that "John Peeters of Lister in the county of Middlesex 
and Province of Massachusetts" bought land in Hebron of Samuel Brown, of 
Colchester, Conn., February 5, 1720/1. He was, however, still living in Leicester 
when, Julv 23, 1722, the proprietors of Leicester met at the Green Dragon Tavern 
in Boston and voted to dispose of one-half of their township to sundry persons, 
among whom were John Peters, who bought lot 9,30 acres, and Hezekiah Russ, 
lot 8, 30 acres. The latter was probably a relative, who came with his wife, De- 
borah fWilson) Russ, from Lexington. From his wife's name we should judge 
she might be a connection of John's step-father. September 23, 1723, John 
Peters sold to Samuel Green his homestead in Leicester, and January 8, 1724, 
he received a lot from the proprietors as his share of the public lands. 

Just when he removed to Hebron, which was his later home, is uncertain, 
but it may have been about this time, although the birth of all his children except 
the eldest, is recorded there. 

In March, 1725, his father-in-law, Joseph Marks (255), of Brookfield, deeded 
to him certain lands in Brookfield, "in consideration of the love and good will" 
that he had for John, whom he styles "of Hebron in the countv of Hartford." 



4IO JOHN PETERS [252] 

John gave a mortgage, secured upon a "moeity or half" of this tract, to Henry 
Dwight April 24, 1729, for £170. This was foreclosed in 1735. The other half 
he sold to John Marks, his brother-in-law, September 9, 1743, for ;£ioo. Probably 
the old Peters house standing on the road between Hebron and Gilead was built 
by John Peters about 1740. 

His name was on the tax list of the Church of England in 1745, and September 
5, 1746, he deeded to the Rev. Ebenezer Punderson, of Groton, Mass., missionary, 
Samuel Pennock and Thomas Brown of Hebron, and the Society for the Propa- 
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, thirty acres for a glebe land. This tract, 
lying about three-quarters of a mile north from the church, was leased by the 
parish for 9,999 years, April 6, 1795, for the annual rent of one grain of pure silver 
or either silver or gold equivalent (if demanded), upon the festival of St. John 
the Baptist, in each year. 

John Peters died at Hebron, October 20, 1754, "in ye 60 year of his age" 
as it reads on his tombstone in the old Hebron graveyard. His will, dated October 
II, 1754, was probated December 2, 1754. In it he mentions his beloved wife 
Mary, and left to his sons John, William and Joseph certain lands in Marlboro, 
and to his daughters Mary Carrier, Margaret Man, Phoebe Case, and Mercy 
Buel, five pounds apiece. To his son Samuel he left i^iooo, and to his sons An- 
drew, Jonathan, and Beamsley, the rest of his estate divided between them. His 
wife and son Andrew were executors. 

Mary (Marks) Peters died at Hebron July 25, 1784, in the "86th year of 
her age." 

Children of John and Mary (Marks) Peters 

John, born at North Brookfield Dec. 28, 1717; married (1) Feb. 22, 1738/9, Lydia Phelps, 
daughter of Joseph Phelps, of Hebron, who died Feb. 15, 1784; married (2) Feb. 

6, 1785, Elizabeth (Phelps) Murry, widow of Murry, and daughter of Jonathan 

Phelps, of Northampton, Mass.; lived in Hebron and died there Nov. q, 1804. It 
is said that a British commission was issued to him as colonel at the beginning of 
the Revolution, but as he was in sympathy with the American cause, he paid no 
attention to it, and that his son John fled with it to Canada, where he posed as his 
father, and became colonel of a force raised in Canada. Another son, Absalom, 
served on the Continental side. 

Mary, born at Hebron, Oct. 18, 1720; married at Colchester, Conn., Feb. 25, 1741, Thomas 
Carrier, son of Thomas Carrier. 

William, born at Hebron Aug. 30, 1722; married (1) Jan. 5, 1743/4, Ruth Chapwell, daughter 

of Jonathan and Ruth ( ) Chapwell, who died Feb. 20, 1751; married (2) 

Abigail Moreau; was a farmer and died at Hebron April 23, 1760. 

Margaret, born at Hebron Aug. 5, 1724; married Jan. 1, 1740/1, John Mann, son of Nathaniel 
and Elizabeth ( ) Mann; died June 2, 1769. 

Joseph, born at Hebron Aug. 20, 1726; married in Hebron Jan. 14, 1747/8, Deborah Bur- 
chard; was a physician and died in Chatham, Conn., Jan. 21, 1761. 
(245) Phoebe, born at Hebron June 30, 1728; married Aug. 16, 1744, Moses Case, son of Moses 
and Mary (Hoskins) Case (244); died at Kent, Conn., Feb. 1 1, 1773. 



JOHN PETERS [2^,21 411 

Mercy, born at Heliri)n, March 26. lyjo; married Jan 24. 1750/1. Major Timothy Bud, son 
of limothy l?ucl. 

Andrew, born at I lebron Aul;. ij. 1752; iliod llu' ) ist of the same month. 

Andrew, born at Hebron Nov. 16, 17J3; died Nov. 5, 1754. 

Samuel, born at Hebron Dec. 1, 1735; Y. C. 1757; married (1) at Hebron leb. 14, 1760, 

Hannah Owen, only child of Silas and I!li/.aiH'lli ( )()wen, who died Oct. 25, 

1765; married (2) June 25, 1769, Abigail (iiliiert, daughter of (jilonel Samuel 

and Abigail ( ) Gilbert, of New Haven, who died July 14, 1769; married ()) 

in Stratford, Conn., April 21, 1773, Mary Birdscyc, daughter of William and 

Eunice ( ) Birdseyc, of Stratford; went to England and was ordained 

a priest there, it is said, by the .Nrchbishop of {'anterbury; returned in 1760, but was 
a Loyalist, and in the Revolution was driven from Hebron, and lied to Bostf>n and 
thence to England in 1774. He was the author of the History oj Rev. Hugh Pelcn 
referred to above, and also a General History oj Connecticut, and is satirized in Trum- 
bull's McFingal under the name of Parson i^etcr. He died in New York April 19, 
1826, and was buried in Hebron, Conn. 

Jonathan, born at Hebron Aug. 15, 1737; married Nov. 25, 1762, Abigail Ihompson, daugh- 
ter of John and Mary ( ) Thompson, of Hebron; died on Long Island Oct. 26, 

1778. 

Beamsley (or Bemsle), born Nov. 1, 1743; married at Hebron May 24, 1762, Annis Shipman, 

tiaughter of Dr. Samuel and Martha ( ) Shipman, of Hebron; was a captain 

in the service of King George III; died at Kingston, Upper Canada, Oct. 16, 1798. 
His son Dr. John S. Peters of Hebron, who was governor of Connecticut in 18} 1 and 
1832, is authority for the statement that his father died "in Canada on his way back 
to his family." 



|2=,o-a] WILLIAM BHAMSLEY [.. ..-lO^SJ 

AND HIS WIFE 

ANN [....-....] 

OF ENGLAND AND BOSTON, MASS. 

WILLIAM BEAMSLEY came to Boston as early as 1630 or 1631, 
probably from England. He married (1) in Boston about 1631, 
Ann , bv whom he had several children. 

He was admitted to the Boston Cluirch 6th mo. (2) 1634, and 
was made freeman May 25, 1636. He began buying land in Boston in 1643, and 
accumulated a large property there. In 1650, i6si,and 1656, mention is made 
in Suffolk Deeds of his various purchases in land, one of which was from 
Mary Hawkins, and one in the "Mill field." He was styled yeoman in the records 
of i6s7, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in i6s6, 
and was later made ensign. The date of Ann Bhamsi.hy's death is not known, 
and it is not positively ascertained whether all the children mentioned below were 
hers. He married (2) Martha . Savage thinks that Martha was the 



412 WILLIAM BEAMSLEY [250-A] 

widow of Bushnell, probably basing his opinion on the fact that Edward 

Bushnell is mentioned by William Beamsley in his will, among his children. 

The Boston Records read "Ensigne William Beamsley (Senior) deceased 
September 29, 1658." His will, made September 14, 1658, was recorded October 
28 of the same year. The following is a copy. 

" In the Name of God Amen 1 William Beamsley being sicke in Body, but of a perfect memory 
praised be God, doe make and Ordajne tiiis my Last Will and Testament, in manner and forme 
as followeth, first I committ my body, unto the earth and bequeath my spirit to God, that gave it, 
first ... all I make my wife full executrix and Administratrix of all my houses. Lands Orchards 
goods and Chattels whatsoeuer, that she shall enjoye and possesse the same unto her owne proper 
use, as long as she shall Liue, Provided she shall Let Mercy, haue that Chamber wherein she now 
lyes for her owne, and that there shall be with all conveniency made therein A chimney, and she to 
enjoye it dureing her widdowhoode. And I desire that my wife, may take the care and charge of 
her, and see that she wants neither meate drinke nor Cloathing dureing the tyme of her widdow- 
hoode. And further my will is that after my wifes decease, my whole Estate shall be then prized 
and set to sale. The whole Estate that is then left, to be equally distributed amongst all my Chil- 
dren, Namely Anne Woodward, Grace Graves, Mercy Wilborne, Hannah Beamsley, Edward 
Bushnell, Elizabeth Page, Mary Robison, And in case any of these dye unpossessed, then it shall 
Returne to the next Heyre, And my desire is that these three Bretheren Thomas Clarke, Richard 
Gridley, and Alexander Adams, see that my will be fulfilled, according to their best Endeavour, 
in wittness whereof 1 haue sett to my hand and seale this fourteenth of September, 1658. 

William Beamsley." 

Children of William and Ann ( ) Beamsley 

Ann, born Feb. 13, 1632/3; married Ezekiel Woodward. 

Grace, born April 10, baptized Sept. 20, 1635 ; married Samuel Graves of Ipswich, Mass. 
(250) Mercy, born Dec. g, baptized Dec. 10, 1637; married (1) Oct. 17, 1656, Michael Wilbourn, 

who died before Sept. 14, 1658; married (2) about 1659, Andrew Peters, of Ipswich, 

Mass., son of William and Ann (Williams) Peter of Bristol, England; died Nov. 

5. '726. 
Elizabeth, married Edward Page. 

Mary, married (i) Robison; (2) Thomas Dennis. 

Samuel ) born Jan. 24 (Dec. 13), baptized Feb. 7, 1640/1, and both died the following 

Habakkuk S April. 

Hannah, born Dec, 13, baptized Dec. 17, 1643; married (i) Bushnell (or Bushred); 

married (2) Oct. 16, 1661, Cornet Abraham Perkins. 

Children of William and Martha ( ) Beamsley 

Abigail, baptized Feb. 8, 1645/6, probably died young. 



JOHN RUSS [253-A] 413 



[2S3-AJ JOHN RUSS [1011-1092] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARGARET [1620-1691] 

OF NEWBURY AND ANDOVER, MASS. 

JOHN RUSS appears early in the history of Newbury, but we have not been 
able to find from whence he emigrated. The Russell family believe his name 
to have been a contraction of their own, and it is said that he had Indian 
blood in his veins. He testified, March 12, 1637, in regard to the sale of 
a house lot in Newbury, and probably married there, about 1638 to 1640, Margaret 

. There is a Nathaniel Russ, born in 1639/40, who is mentioned with 

|oiiN. |r., and Mary Russ, in ihi^ Harly Scitlfn of HiU'x and Old Norfolk, but as we 
Unit no further record of him, we have not placed him with the children below. 

"His name [John Russ] appears in the list of freeholders who were entitled to share in the 
common and undivided lands belonging to the town of Newbury, Dec. 7, 1642, at the time of the 
removal from Parker River to Mcrrim.ic River. As early as 1643, he had charge of the Ferry 
established and maintained for more than a century at or near where the Parker River bridge now 
stands, lie petitioned the General Court to be paid for transporting the 'members of y' Generall 
Courte with their horses & some of y' honored magistra"' for the previous two years, the sum 
of fourteen shillings. This the General Court granted in 1645, but provided that one half should 
be paid by the inhabitants of Dover. The next year, however, the law regulating the transporta- 
tion of passengers was changed, and all ferrymen were required to take deputies on their way to 
and from the General Court with all necessary attendants, including horses, etc., free of charge."' 

This act of rate legislation seems to have discouraged him, and he soon 
after, with other Newbury men, went with Rev. John Woodbridge (their deposed 
pastor), to Cochichawicke (now called Andover) and settled there (about 1670). 

Another authority, Miss C. H. Abbott, says, "He moved up here [Andover] 
at the time of the marriage of his daughter Mary to Andrew Foster," i. e. 1662. 
We find that his name appears as a freeholder in the first book of Andover records, 
and that he voted there in 1681. In 1661, in a deposition, he gave his age as 
fifty, making the date of his birth as above. At the same time Margaret gave 
her age as "41 or 42," which gives us about 1620 as the date of her birth. 

Margaret died at Andover July 10, 1689 (Savage), or 1691 (Andover Town 
Records). John Russ died in the same place, March 4, 1691/2, aged eighty. 

Children of John and Margaret ( ) Russ 

(253) John, born at Newbury. June 24, 1641 ; married Aug. 28, 1663, Deborah Osgood, daughter 
of Christopher and Margery (I owi.er) Osgood (253-B), of Ipswich. Mass. 
Mary, born at Newbury, Feb. 16, 1644; married Jan. 7. 1662 (or 1667), Andrew Foster, 
probably a son of Andrew Foster who died in Andover in 1685. aged " 106 yrs." 

' History of Newbury, J.J. Currier ( 1 902), 43 1 . 



414 JOHN RUSS, JR. [253] 

[253J JOHN RUSS, JR. [1641-....] 

AND HIS WIFE 

DEBORAH OSGOOD [1646-. . . .] 

OF ANDOVER, MASS. 

JOHN RUSS, son of John and Margaret ( ) Russ (253-A), was born 
June 24, 1641, at Newbury, Mass. He was but perhaps four years of age 
when his parents moved to Andover, Mass. He married at Andover August 
28, 1663, Deborah Osgood, daughterof Christopher and Margery (Fowler) 
Osgood (253-B) of Andover, who was born about 1646. 

When the South Church of Andover was formed, the first meeting was 
"warned" (i. e. called), June 20, 1709, by John Abbott, Joseph Ballard, George 
Abbott, Francis Dane (see 171-A), John Russ and William Lovejoy. In the 
church records the names of John Russ, Jr., and his wife appear as having been 
admitted when it was organized October 17, 171 1. He was the seventh member 
of the church and his wife was the eighteenth. His name is on the list of removals, 
but no date is given as was customary, and no record of their deaths appear on 
the book. They probably removed from Andover, but where they went has not 
been discovered. 

Children of John and Deborah (Osgood) Russ 

Mary, born June 12, 1667; married Nov. 14, i6qo, John Stone. 

Sarah (or Sara), born Feb. 3, i668/q; married May 26, 1685, Christopher Lovejoy. 

John, born April 5, 1671; married May 6, 1695, Hannah Ross; united with the Andover 
Church, Jan. 28, 1728, and removed in 1730 to Pennycook, N. H. 
(251) Margaret, born April 10, 1673; married (1) about 1694, William Peters, son of Andrew 
and Mercy (Beamsley Wilbourn) Peters (250), who died Aug. 13, 1696; married 
(2) April 15, 1704, James Wilson, of Cambridge, afterwards of Leicester, Mass. 

Jonathan, born Dec. 27, 1674. 

Thomas, born June 17, 1677; married April 27, 1701, Anna Farnum. 

Phoebe, born April 20, 1683. 

Josiah, born Jan. 13, 1684/5. 

Joseph, born April 7, died June 16, 1687. 

Joseph, born May 6, 1688. 



CHRlSlUl'llhK UbGUUU [253-B] 415 

[2s vbJ CHRISTOPHBR OSGOOD 1 -losoj 

AND HIS Willi 

MARGERY f-OWLER [1615- ] 

OF ENGLAND AND IPSWICH, MASS. 

CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD was a resident nf Marlbonnigli, a small and 
ancient town northeast of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England. The names 
of his parents are not known, but the following extract from the register 
of St. ihomas' Church in Salisbury, may be the record of their marriage. 
" 1 599 October Xpofer Osgood married to Elizabeth Brockwell the 30th." 

In the register of St. Mary's in Marlborough, which begins only in 1602, 
we find these entries. 

"Married 1632 April 21 Christopher Osgood and .Mary Evcratt . . . Baptized 1632/3 .March 
17 Mary daughter of Christopher Osgood . . . Buried 1633 April 21 Mary Osgood . . . Married 
1633 July 28 Christopher Osgood & Margery Fowler." 

From this it appears that CnRisTopni-.R.in the short space of fifteen months, 
married (1) Mary Everatt, who had a child and died a month after its birth, and 
married (2) Margery Fowler, all recorded in the same church. Margery was 

the daughter of Philip and Mary ( ) Fowler (253-c) and was baptized at 

Marlborough, May 25, 1615. 

The following spring Christopher and his wife accompanied the Fowlers 
to New England. They sailed from London March 24, 1633 4, on the "Marv and 
John," with Rev. James Noyes (2), who must have been known to them in Wilt- 
shire, as they lived near. Christopher and the Fowlers went to Ipswich and 
were among the earliest settlers there. He took the oath of allegiance .Way 16, 1635. 

The same year (1635) he was granted a house lot adjoining that of his father- 
in-law. He was a brickmaker by trade. In 1641 he was one of the commoners, 
that is, he had a share in the common land, and in 1645 he appears as an owner 
of a lot on the town hill. 

He died at Ipswich in 1650. His will, dated April 19, 1650, was probated 
October 10, the same year. In it he left to his eldest daughter Mary, ten pounds 
at her marriage, and to the other three, Elizabeth, Deborah and Abigail, five 
pounds also at marriage. The son Christopher received the house and lands at 
the age of "two and twentie." He made his "beloved wife Margery" the sole 
executrix to "enjoy the profitt & benefitt of his estate duringc the minority of the 
children." A "Memorandum which was forgotten" was attached, desiring the 
daughters "not to marry with out desire of my wife & the consent of my over- 
seers," and arranging that their portion should be paid them at twenty if they 
remained unmarried. His "father Philip fTowler" was one of the overseers. On 
October 15, Margery, the daughter Elizabeth having died, prayed for an abate- 



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CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD [253-B] 



merit of the portions given to the three elder children, saying that the estate 
would not be sufficient for the support of the two younger. 

A relic of Christopher Osgood still exists (1879), in the possession of Mr. 
Clark Osgood, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, — a powder horn covered with inscriptions 
which is said to have been in the family from 1601. 

Margery (Fowler) Osgood married (2), as his second wife. Deacon Thomas 
Rowell, of Salisbury, Mass. It is said that his first wife refused to accompany him 
to New England. Their marriage covenant reads as follows: 

" Videly — As I take her to be my loving wife, soe 1 freely take her issue, being two sonnes & 
two daughters, as my one, to endeavor to bring them upp, as a father ought to doe: & further more, 
i bind myscife that the said Margere shall quiettly enjoy & possesse the halfe of my estate." 

Soon after their marriage, Thomas and Margery removed to Andover with 
their children. The sons joined with their step-father in a mill scheme in And- 
over, and John Lovejoy and Sherburne Wilson, afterwards Margery's sons- 
in-law, were in Andover with them. Thomas Rowell had a son by his first wife, 
named Valentine, and one named Jacob' by Margery, who was born in 1660. 

Thomas Rowell died May 8, 1662, and Margery married (3) before 1670, 
as his third wife, Thomas Coleman (or Coultman), of Hampton. He had several 
children by his first wife, and may also have brought to Margery the four children 
of his second wife, who had been a widow. Thomas Coleman and Margery had 
a son Tobias. Among the varied circumstances of such a mixed family is the 
following: 

"In 1678 she had given a feather bed to her son-in-law John Lovejoy to keep for her son 
Jacob Rowell, and rented her Andover Rowell estate to her son Christopher [Osgood] to pay 
rent for twelve years" 

to her son Thomas Osgood. 

Thomas Coleman died in Nantucket about 1683 and Margery married (4) 
before November of that year, Thomas Osborne, one of the purchasers of Nan- 
tucket with the Coffins (see i47-A),whowas a licensed minister among the Baptists. 

Thomas Osborne was a friend of George Little (145), of Newbury, and 
wrote to him soon after his marriage, as follows. Margery was evidently sitting 
by, and put in her word occasionally. 

"Nantucket Island 25 of the 8 month 1682. 

Dear & loving brother littell, in gospell bonds my harty love remembered unto you and 
your wife though to me unknown, & hoping you are in helth as I being att this wrighting hereof, 
blessed be the Lord, hartily giving you thanks for your kind entertainment when I was last att 
your house. This is farther to let you understand, I have married to one Margery Colman, a 
widdow, on the island Nantucket, where I now am — I beleive God hath provided for me & given 
me a meet help a very loving wife one in charity & walking & I judge for the Lord & to a true lover of 
the pepell & church of the Lord & I se nothing but the Lord blessing our indavors we may live 

'Jacob married (i) April 20, 1690, Mary Younglave, who died in April, 1691; married (2) Sept. 2r, 16(31, 
Elizabeth Wardwell. 



ruRisropm-R osr.onn f2svnl 417 

cdiiifort.iliK both .igt\l \ but cra/y. I liis farther I and my wife entreat you to remember our 
hart)- love to our brother Chaiuilcr \- his wife & all their children intrcating him if he have my 
husband Colcmans mind which himself ilid write & my husband Coleman did set his hand to it 
how ho would leave me a comfortable maintynance if he died iS; left me a widow. My wife desires 
he wold be pleased to send it if he ha\e the same as judging it might be of great bcncfil iSt use untoher 
for her husband Colemans sons, deals very hardly by her & keeps & takes what they can from mc 
ilv: requites me very unworthily for all my care iS; endeavors for their good which is a great grief 
& trouble unto me, but wc trust the Lord will bear us up & grant what is necessary &. give us 
contentment in our spirits in that portion he in his wisdom shall carve out unto us. I rest your 
loving brother in gospel bonds 

Thomas Osburne." 
[Superscribed] "This for his very loving; friend Goodman I ittell livinp att Newbury Deliver this 
with care I pray." 

We have no date of Margery's death. 

Children of Cmristopiiir and Mary (Everatt) Osgood 
Mary, baptized at St. Mary's, Marlborough, England, March 17, 1632/3; married June I, 
1651, John Lovcjoy, of Andover. 

Children of Christopher and Margery (Fowler) Osgood 
Abigail, born in Ipswich, Mass., about 1636; married April g (Sept. g), 1657, Sherburne 

(or Shoreborne) Wilson, son of Thomas Wilson, of Andover. 
Elizabeth, born about 1638; was living in 1650 when her father's will was made, but died 

soon after. 
Christopher, born about 1643; married (i) Dec. 6, 1663, Hannah Belknap, of Lynn, Mass., 

who died Nov. 21, 1679; married (2) May 22, 1680, Hannah Barker, who died April 

6, 1687; married (3) Sarah , who died in July. i68g; married (4) Sarah , 

who survived him. After his mother's second marriage he sold his father's estate 

in Ipswich and rcmo\cd to Andover, where he built a mill; was captain and deputy 

to the General Court in i6go; died in Andover May 9, 1723. 
(253) Deborah, born about 1646; married at Andover, Aug. 28, 1663, John Russ, son of John 

and Margaret ( ) Russ (253-A). 

Thomas, born in 1651 after his father's death; married May 22, 1674, Susanna Lord, of 

Ipswich; lived in Andover until i6g4 and is said to have moved to South Carolina 

about i6g7. 

[253-c] PHILIP FOWLER [1590-1679] 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY [. .. .-1659] 

OF ENGLAND AND IPSWICH, MASS. 

PHILIP FOWLER was born probably about i59f), in Marlborough, Wilt- 
shire, England, and married there (i) before 1615, Mary . it 
is supposed that her name was Winsley or Winslow, and that she was a 
sister of Samuel Winsley, of Salisbury, Mass. Two of her sons, Samuel 
and Thomas, settled in Salisbury near Samuel Winsley and Samuel Winsley, Jr. 



4i8 PHILIP FOWLER [253-c] 

left bequests to them in his will calling their father his "cousin." This term 
was, however, used with such varying shades of meaning that it is not of itself 
enough to prove that Mary's name was Winsley, but only shows a relationship. 

He came over, with his wife and family, in the "Mary and John," accompany- 
ing his son-in-law, Christopher Osgood (253-B), and Rev. James Noyes (2). 
They arrived in May, 1634, and he received a land grant in Ipswich, where he 
settled in the same year. 

He took the freeman's oath September 3, 1634, and was given four acres 
of land, January 5, 1634/5, at the same time with Christopher Osgood (253-B) 
and "Joseph Medcalf" (152-A). From time to time we find that he bought more 
land until he is recorded as owning about seventy acres in all. in 1636, he bought 
a house lot in "meeting house lane." 

He was on the jury i mo. (29) 1642, and on the Grand Jury 7 mo. (29) 
1657. He was a surveyor in 1648/9, 1654/5, 1655/6, 1656/7, and a surveyor of 
fences in 1662. In 1650 he was freed "from ordinary Trayning" which showed 
he was then at least sixty years old. His trade seems to have been that of a cloth- 
worker. 

For some reason he adopted, in 165 1 , one of his grandchildren, Philip Fowler, 
son of his son Joseph, who was in 1676 killed by the Indians. In 1656, in his 
office of selectman he aided in dividing the town into classes of five, six or ten 
people, for the purpose of spinning.' He and Joseph Metcalf (152-A) were 
again associated on a committee in 1658/9 to "give their apprehensions & reasons 
who have a right of commonage & who not & what they conceive may conduce 
to the good of the town." 

Mary ( ) Fowler died August 30, i659,and he entered into a contract 

with Mary ( ) Norton February 27, 1659 (probably 1659/60), and married 

her the same day. She was the widow of George Norton. In 1668, being about 
seventy-eight years old, he selected his grandson "Philip flfowler" to take care 
of him. He had given trades to all his children, so that they were independent 
of him. He sold his homestead, grounds, and orchards, on January 2, 1672/3, 
for £100 to Roger Derby, "sope boyler" (154), the deed being witnessed by 
W. Norton and Andrew Peeters (250). 

Philip Fowler died June 24, 1679. He left no will and his property was 
divided between his children. An inventory was taken July 7, 1679, and the 
list of his "weareing clothes" is as follows: 

s. d. s. d. 

" Impe 4 ould coates and an old cloke 01. 15. o 01. 15. o 

It. a psell of old clothes 01. 00. o 01. 00. o 

It. some old stockings 2 caps & a pr of gaiters 00. 05. o 

'"The Massachusetts General Court in 1656, 'fearingthat it will not be so easyto import clothes as it was 
in past years, thereby necessitating more home manufacture,' orders the selectmen in every town to turn the women, 
girls and boys towards spinning and weaving. The officials are to consider each family, and to assess it for one or 
more spinners or for a fractional part. 'That every one thus assessed do after this present year 1656 spin for 30 
weeks every yeare, a pound per week . . . and so proportionably for halfe or quarter spinners under the pen- 
alty of 1 2d for every pound short.'" — Weedon's Social and Economic History oj New England. 



I'll nil' lowi.riR [253-c] 419 

It. a pairc of old gloves & an old hat 00. 03. o 

It. two pairc of drawers & two old shirts 00. 15. o 

2 caps & two bands 3 (.iid liandchercheres & 2 old wastecoats 00. 04. o 



3. 01. o 

His widow, Mary ( Norton) Fowler, probably died previous to Novem- 
ber s. 1604, as at that date atiniinistratidn was granted on the estate of George 
Norton, o( Salem, his widow having died. 

Children of Philip and Mary ( ) Fowlf.r 

(253-B) iMarcf.r^ , baptized at Marlborough, May 23, 1615 ; married (1) at Marlborough, July 
28, 1633, Christopher Osgood, who died in 1650; married (2) as his second wife 
Thomas Rowell, of Salisbury, who died May 8, 1662; married (3), before 1670, as his 
third wife, Thomas Coleman, of Hampton, who died about 1683; married (4) before 
November of that year, Thomas Osborne, of Nantucket. 

.Mary, married William ('.handler. 

Samuel, born, according to a deposition, in 1618; married (i) ; married (2) Margaret 

(Norman) Morgan; was probably a Quaker; died in Januars', 1710/1. 

Hester, married (1) jathnell Bird; married (2) Robert Collins. 

Joseph, born probably about 1629; married Martha Kimball. His son Philip was adopted 
by Philip Fowler. 

Thomas, born, according to a deposition, in 1636; married Hannah Jordan; died at Ames- 
bury, Oct. 3, 1727. 

[2ss| JOSEPH MARKS [....-....J 

AND HIS WIFE 

MARY [ -. . .1 



OF SPRINGFIELD AND NORTH BKOUKFIELD, MASS. 

WE have no information about the early life of Joseph Marks, although 
it has been conjectured that he was the son of Roger Marks of 
Andover, who was wounded in the Great Swamp Kight. Our first 
record of Joseph is in the original account-books of John Pynchon of 
Springfield, Mass., which begin in 1684 and go down to 1702. These books show a 
lease of land from Mr. Pynchon to Joseph Marks dated F->bruary 2s, 1684, signed 
by the latter, and another of later date, also signed by him. These records show 
that he was in Springfield in 1684, later in Brookfield, and that he went once to 
Albany. The land grants of Enfield, Conn, (formerly in Massachusetts), show 
that on June 30, 1684, he was 

"granted in all 40 acres provided he settles thereon and go about it as soon as his now time of 
service with Goodman Colton is out, managing and carrying on to the satisfaction of the com- 
mittee, otherwise to forfeit it and loose all." 



420 JOSEPH MARKS [255] 

In 1686, he went to board in John Pynchon's family in Springfield, so he 
probably had given up the Enfield lot. He had several grants in Springfield, 
after this time. As one of the original proprietors of the "Outward Commons" 
he was granted lot 99 of five acres and seventy-six rods, a curious shaped piece 
less than a rod wide and nearly a quarter of a mile long. Over fifty years after, 
March 3, 1748, a Richard Marks, possibly a grandson, of Western (now Warren), 
Mass., deeded this same lot 99, describing it as "the lott originally granted to 
Joseph Marks deceased formerly of Brookfield." 

in the records of a town meeting in Springfield, Nov. 27, 1685, 

"Joseph Marks doth desire the Towne to grant him 30 acres of upland, and six or seven 
acres of medow above Chickuppi river, if he can find any such land indisposed of." 

This was granted him the following February, and was described thus: 

"Forty acres above West Chickupi & west of Sam" Terreyes medow, he continuing five 
yeers in Towne." 

He was a soldier in Captain Bull's company which went, in November, 1689, 
to Albany and Schenectady to protect the settlers there against the French and 
Indians. In a skirmish he was taken prisoner, and carried to Canada, but returned 
in 1692 and settled in North Brookfield. 

He married, probably soon after this, either in Springfield or Brookfield, 

Mary . His house was one of the fortified ones, called garrison-houses. 

Marks Mountain in Warren, near Brookfield, was named for him, and he and his 
sons had extensive grants on the southerly side of Quebaug River. While he 
was living there, he sold to Ebenezer Parsons, January 23, 1702/3, the "West 
Chickupi" property, mentioned above, and described it as 

"lying and being on the west side of The Great River above Chickopee field and on the back side 
of the Meadow called Terrys meadow, and is eighty Rod long & eighty Rod broade, etc." 

He also sold, March 28, 1717/8, to Captain Henry Dwight, of Hatfield, 

"a certaine Parcell of land within the township of Brookfield aforesaid viz: In that tract called 
the plaine containing seaven acres, etc." 

He deeded, March 29, 1725, to his son-in-law, John Peters (252), of Hebron, 
"in consideration of the love & good will" he bore him, certain land in Brookfield. 
This deed was acknowledged before Michael Taintor, at Colchester, Conn., March 
31, 1725. He died, probably at Brookfield, and before 1741, as his estate was 

administered by his widow, Mary ( ) Marks, in that year. Only a bond 

and an inventory are on file in the Probate Office of Worcester, Mass., without 
any record of distribution. 

Children of Joseph and Mary ( ) Marks 

(252) Mary, born May (date illegible in the Brookfield record, probably 1698); married, April 3, 
1717 (recorded at Hebron), John Peters, son of William and Margaret (Russ) 
Peters (251); died July 25, 1784. 



JOSEPH MARKS [255] 421 

Joseph, marrictl Nov. 18, 1718. rxpericnci' I liiuls. Jauglilor of John llincK,<if Woburn, Lan- 
caster ami Ikookliclii, Mass.; romovcJ Id Wan-. Mass. 
Susanna, married Dec. 8, 1720, John ShepparJ. 
i\sthcr, married in 1731, John Barras (liarrus or Barrows). 
Ilezekiah, married April 23, 1734, Judith Hayward. 
John, born Sept. 21, 171s; married Sept 14. 1743, Mary Kedder. 



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432 BIBLIOGRAPHY 

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INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



INDHX OF PERSONS, PLACHS, PTC. 

Where the index woril of a family an»l of ,i place are identical the persons arc proupcd alphabetically 
under the family name ami (he index word is repeated for the place, etc. 



Ahboit, Abigail. 9S. 
C. H..408. 

George, 290. 293, 414. 
John, 406, 414. 
Josiah, 98. 
Abel. Experience. 126. 
Abington. Bcrki., Eng.. 391. 
Ahorn. Cui.. 28. 
Acushnct, Cunn., 375. 
Adams, Alexander, 245, 412. 
Clara, 347. 
Eliphalet, 22. 
Mary, 44. 
Noadiah, 145. 
Samuel, Sr., 26S. 
Samuel. 201. 347. 
Dr. William, 222. 
Addington. Mr. Isaac. 132. 
Aderbury Meeting, Eng., 350. 
Admiralty. 72. 
Aealy, Philip, 331. 
Agawam Pond, 383. 
Agrecmem Hill, 21. 
Albany, 37. 419. 420. 
Alhcrtson, Wilham. 354. 
Albro, Ehzabeth. 74. 

John. 82. 
Alcock. Annis. 289. 290. 293. 
Deacon George, 289. 
Alden. John. 315, 381. 
Aldworth. Thomas, 403. 
Alexander. Dr. James \V.. 218. 
Alexandria. Va.. 288. 
Alfonso X. 321. 
Alforti. Lincolnshire. 50-59, 64-66. 

Allen. . 290. 

Andrew, 408. 
Daniel. 132-133. 
Experience, 371. 
George, 371. 
Hannah, 292. 360. 407. 
Jedediah, 364. 371. 
John. 101. 406-408. 
Margaret, 140. 150, 153. 
Martha. 406. 



Allen. Ralph. 371. 
Samuel, 101. 
Sir William, 149. 
William, 149. 
Allibond, Job. 130. 
Allinc. Guudman. 17. 
Ailing. Elizabeth, 304. 

Samuel, 304. 
AUyn, Matthew. 1 14. 
Almy, Christopher, 98. 
Job, 55,98. 
Wdliam, 384. 
Alton. 111.. 205-209, 21 1-225, 345- 

Trials, 215. 
Ameredeth (Mcredcth). John. 227, 228. 
Ames. Solomon. 375. 
William. 172. 
Amesbury, Mass., 242, 419. 
Amity (Woodstock). Conn., 304. 
Anabaptistry, 280. 
Ananpau, 116. 
Ancient and Hon. Artillery Co., 16. 6^. 64. 

104, 131. 142,261. 314,411. 
Anderson, Thomas, 169, 173. 
Andover. Mass.. 5. 283. 284. 290-292. 296. 

405-410.413.414.416.417. 
Andrew, Rev. Mr.. 19. 20. 

Samuel, 20. 167. 168. 
Andrews, Abigail. 296. 
Ehenc/cr, 338. 
Hannali, 338. 
Phoebe. 338. 
William. 168. 
Andros. Sir Edmund, 52, 54, 73. 156. 168. 

230.241. 248,315.356. 
Anguilla. 25. 
Annie's Hoeck. 63. 
Anstruther. Agnes, 323. 
Lord. 323. 
Antirtam. 216. 

Antigua, W. I., 206. 310, 311. 325. 
Antinomian controversy, 11. 60, 67. 
Antrim (Antrum). Ann, 358. 
John, 358. 
Appomattox. Va., 115. 



Aquidneck (Rhode Island). 51. 62. 64, 68. 

78.81,89. 
Aquidneck Point. 106. 
Arbury. Warwickshire. 135. 
Arnold, Abigail, 94. 

Arnold. 83. 

Damaris. 83. 84. 

Elizabeth, 106, 107. 109. 

Frcelove, 102. 

Josiah. loi, 102, 106. 

Oliver, 94. 

Sarah, 102. 

S.C. 31. 

Stephen. 8^. 

Thomas. 31. 
Artois. Edward, Count of, 320. 
Arunth'll. Sir Roger, 401. 
Arye. Ricliard. 47. 
Ashford. Conn., 265. 
Ashmead, 349. 
Aslcbe, John, 406. 407. 

Mary, 408. 
Astor House. N. Y., 218. 
Atkinson. Edward. 56. 
John. 251. 
Sarah. 251. 
Attleboruugh, Mass., 166. 
Attridge, Joan, 4. 
Atwater, Jonathan, 304. 

Mar)', 304. 
Alwell, Col., 28. 
Auburn, N. Y.. 37. 
Audlcy (Odlin), Ann, 86. loi. 105. 
Aumale, Countess of, 320. 
Austin, , 363, 364, 366. 

Aaron, 166. 

Deborah, 249. 

Elizabeth, 336, 348. 

Francis. 336, 348, 352. 

James. 312. 

Jannctia. 335, 336. 

Joseph, 249. 281. 

Mary(i04), 335-337. 350. 

Montgomery. 166. 

Samuel, 364, 366. 



440 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Austin, Sarah. 364. 

William, 335, 336 
Averill, Jabez. 34, 35. 
Avery, William, 317. 
Ayer, Elizabeth, 244. 
Ayers, Sarah, 109. 

Aynho on the Hill, Eng,, 347, 348, 350. 
Ayscough, William, 153. 

Babcock. Elizabeth, 30. 
Hannah, 33. 
Harry. 3 1 ■ 
Hezekiah, 30. 
Job, 74. 
Martha, 50. 
Rouse, 30. 
William. 85. 
Bachelor's Rowe, Hingham, 18S. 
Backus, Mary, 126. 
Bacon, Elizabeth, loi, 3S7. 
John, 384. 
Nathaniel, 317. 387. 
Badger, Giles, 235. 
Bailey, William, 96. 
Bakebeare, Dorset, Eng., 401. 

Baker, , 330. 

Elizabeth, 14S. 
Goodman, 177. 
Nathaniel, 397. 
William, 405. 
Baldwin, Thomas. 161. 
Balfarge, James, Lord, 322. 
Balfour, David, Baron of, 323, 

James, Baron of, 321. 322. 
John, Baron of, 322, 323. 
Robert, Baron of, 323. 
Sir William, 322. 
Ball, Amy Cook, 224. 

Samuel, 224. 
Ballard, Jarvis, 133. 

Joseph. 291, 414. 
Mary, 133. 
Ballat, Samuel, 261. 
Ballou, Lydia, 80, 81. 

Robert, 80. 
Baltimore, Md.. 197, 212. 
Banbury (Oxfordshire) Monthly Meeting, 

3+7- 
Bancroft, Ellen, 255. 

Robert H., 255, 263. 
Thomas Poynton. 205, 216. 
Bnnks, Charles Edward, 389. 
Barbadues, 50, 69, 105, 109, 235, 274. 
Barber, Anne, 335. 

David, 397, 398. 

Margaret, 335. 

Stephen, 39S. 
Bardine, John, 127. 
Barenton, Mr., 295. 
Barker, , 04. 

Abigail, 301. 

Barbara. 85. 

Christianna. 81. 83. 

Edward, 391. 

Elizabeth, 83. 



Barker, Freelove, 85. 

Hannah, 85. 417. 

James (29), 9. 81. 82. 86. 

James (30), 9. 48, 81-84, 8^' 9°^ 

106. 
James, 83. 
John, 84. 85, 291. 
Joseph, 83-85. 
Mary (24), 27, 75-76.84.85. 
Mary, 83. 
Patience, 85. 
Penelope. 84. 

Peter (31), 74. 75, 83-8<;. 90. 
Peter, 85. 
Richard, 407. 
Richard Reynolds, 95. 
Sarah. 83-85. 
Susanna, 85. 
Thomas, 85. 
William. 83, 301. 
Barkhamstead. Herts, Eng., 292, 294. 
Barlow, Joel, 203. 
Barnard. Francis, 300. 

Thomas, 242, 246. 
Barnes. John, 3S8. 

Barnstable, no, iii, 312-319, 375, 383, 
384. 
The Military Co., 313, 314. 
Barras (Barrows or Barrus), John, 421. 
Barrett, Christopher, 351. 
Barrow, Rev. E. P., 5. 
Barry, Commodore. 364. 
Barstow, Martha, 308, 310. 
William, 307-309. 
Barter. Ales (238-A), 389, 390. 
Barthad (Birchard), Aunt, 126, 127. 
Bartliolomew, Abigail, 146. 
Henry, 146. 
Bartlett, Daniel, 116. 
Mary, 388. 
PrisciUa, 277. 
Robert, 3S2. 
Bartoll. Alice, 327. 
Barton, Benjamin, 92. 
Thomas, 352. 
Barton Monthly Meeting, Eng., 350. 
Baskenridge, 31. 
Bassett, Mary, 388. 
Samuel, 304. 
William, 304, 3S8. 
Batchelor, Deborah, 371. 
Bates. Ann, 363. 

John G., 210. 
Joseph, 363. 
Judith, 379. 
Rebecca, 171, 360. 
Samson, 130. 
Thomas, 363. 
Batliurst. Earl of, 401 . 
Batt, Alice, 271-273. 

Christopher, 271-273. 
Dorothy. 271. 272. 
Elizabeth, 271, 272. 
Jane, 231, 272. 
Margery, 271, 272. 



Batt, Mary, 271, 272. 

Thomas, 271, 272. 
Battell, Aunt, 212. 
Joseph, 2S6. 
Robbins, 286. 
Batten, Benjamin. 134. 

Edmund, 330,332. 
Batter. Edmund, 273. 
Battle, John, 367. 
Battle, Hastings, 107, 
Lexington, 259. 
withPequots, 158. 
Rhode Island, 28. 
Baysey, Adrienne, 1 1 5. 
Beach, Hannah, 310. 
Beachy Head. Sussex, Eng., 107. 
Beadle Estate, 253. 
Beamon, John, 7. 
Beamsley, Abigal, 412. 
Ann, 412. 
Elizabeth, 412, 
Grace, 412. 
Habakkuk, 412. 
Hannah, 412. 
Mary. 412. 
Mercy (250), 404-408, 41 2, 

414. 
Samuel, 412. 

William (250-A), 405, 411, 
412. 
Beaton, Mary, 322. 
Beauchamp, Edward, 256. 
Beaupell, Sir Hemy, 151. 
Margaret, 151. 
Beaver Brook Plowlands, 37c. 

Beckett. , 100. 

Beckwith, , 171. 

Barzillai, 166. 
Matthew, iSo. 
Thomas, 176, 293. 
Bedford, Eng., 85, 88. 
Beechcr. Christianna, 82. 
Thomas, 81, 82. 
Beighton, Eng., 139. 
Belcher, Gov., 268. 

Samuel, 172. 
Belknap, Hannah, 417. 
Bell in Cheape, 147. 
Bellamy, Dr., 2S7. 
Belleville, 111.. 345. 
Bellingham, Gcjv., 70. 

Penelope, 13S. 
Bemis, James. 178. 
Bendall, Freegrace, 133. 

Mary Anna, 133. 
Bennetland. Sarah, 94. 
Bentlev, Dr. William, 263. 
Berkeley, Lord, 347. 
Bermuda, 52, loi. 103, 308. 
Bernard, Mary, 337, 361. 
Berry, Mary, 253. 
Berry Pomcroy, Vicar of, 306. 
Besse. Mary, 373, 374. 
Bethlehem, Conn., 287, 
Bethune, Adam, 320. 



INDi:.\ ol IM USONS, PI^ACES, ETC. 



441 



Utlluim-. Anthony, 311. 
ArchibaKI. ^^zl. 
Bauilnuin, 320. 
Diviti, 321. 313. 
Kliz.ibctli. 325. 
George (189), 277. 310. 311, 

Ge<.rj;c. 325. 

Honrv. 323-325. 

Jane (182), 176. 277. 286, 2S7, 

310.312.325. 
Mary. 325. 326. 
MatiKIa, 320. 
Maxiinilirn (^Ir. 319. 321. 
Nathaniel. 325. 327. 
Robert, 320. 
Robert (187), 323. 324. 
Hubert. 320. 321. 
Sarah. 326. 
Susanna, 326. 
The Family in France and 

Scotland, 319-324. 
William (188). 321, 323, 324, 

Bcthunc in Artois. 320. 
Beverly. Mass.. 16. 112, H)6-2oi. 232, 
233. 254. 255. 261-266. 276. 
277. 

BihMc. ,88. 

Biddeford. Mc.. 244. 
Big Flats, N.Y.,33, 
Bipg,John. 133. 
Bipges. Humfrey, 149. 
Billerica. Mass.. 291. 
Billcrica Road. 408. 
Billings. Ebcne/er. 26. 
Grace, 26, 30. 
Mary. 172. 
Roger. 172. 
Birthani. Henry, 348. 
Birchard. John. 125. 127. 
Bird. Abraliam Calvin. 347. 
Jatlmell. 419. 
Martha Ann. 347. 
Wdliarn H., 347. 
Birdseye, Mary. 411. 

William, 411. 
Birmingham. Kng., 288. 
Birnie. William. 34. 
Bishop. James, 305. 
Stephen. 301. 
Tabitha, 301. 
Bishop Stortford, Eng.. 292. 294. 295. 
Bisscll. John, 179. 
Black Hall. Lyinc. iSo. iSi. 
Blacklev (Blachlcy), Aaron. 301. 
Blackner. John. 372. 
Blackstonc River, 17. 

Blackwcll, . 374. 

Jane, 389. 
John. 383. 386, 
Joshua, 374, 
Mordecai, 374. 
Sarah. 375. 
Blanchard, Samuel, 408. 



Blandford, Dorset, 405. 

Blebo, Lord, 323. 

Ulcccker, Anthony James, 225. 

Anthony Lispenard, 225. 
Helena Roosevelt, 225. 
James. 225. 

Winthrop Gdman. 225. 
Blctsoc, Eng.. 87. 
Bliss. Frre!ove,83. 84. 

John, 83. 84. 
Blivcn Burymg-grc)und, 84. 
Blivcn. Edward, 84,85. 

Polly. 34. 
Block Island, 35.63, 172-174. 206. 
Bocking (Barking), Ksscx, Eng., 370, 372. 
Budfish, Joseph, 373. 
Mary, 373. 
Rnlirrt. 313. 
Bodrigan, Anne, 151. 

Sir Nicholas, I5r. 
Boiswald, Margaret, 322. 
BoUcs, Joseph, 259. 
Bond, George, 44. 

Mabel Huidekopcr, 44. 
Bonny. I'elcr, 130. 
Booth. John, 177. 
Borden. Sarah. 93, 109. 
Bordcntown. N. J., 31. 
Bordman, Mary, 210. 

William, 210, 
Borland, Francis. 325. 
Borodell, Ann, 50. 
Borradaill. John. 355. 
Borton, Ann, 352. 

Elizabeth. 352. 

Esther (200), 337. 347-349* 3*;^. 

358. 
Jane. 352. 
John (200-K), 336, 347. 348. 350- 

35^- 
John. 351,352. 
Joshua, 339, 340. 
Marv,336,348,352. 
Wdham, 351, 352, 355. 
Boscawen, Mass., 243. 
Boscobel, Wis.. 347. 

Boston, Mass.. 9. 16. 46. 48. 51-53. 57- 
64. 66. 67. 70. 71. 73- 78, 79. 
loi, 103, 110, 114. 115. 129, 

"3»^ >33' i36-'3*** '4i. liiJl67, 
175, 176, 187,197,204,209.210. 
226,^232, 234, 245. 255. 258. 
270," 302, 303, 308. 309, 311, 
3'9. 3H-32^' 3^9. 33». 335- 
382. 393.405. 4"- 
Boston Burying place, 104. 

Beacon Hdl, 137. 

Elbow or Crooked Lane, 142. 

Fancuil Farm, 325. 
Hall, 216. 

Fort. 51. 

Great Fire of, 273. 

Harbor, 51. 

Lincolnshire, Eng.. 59, 66. 7 1 . 

Neck, 28. 



Boston Newbletier, 22. 
Riot. 270. 

W,tshingionSt.MerlingHoubr.33l. 
Bosworth, Benjamin, 33. 

Eh/.a. 33. 
Bourne. Benjamin. 31. 
E/ra. 310. 
Neheiniali, 143, 
Richard, 371. 385. 
.Shearjashub, 317. 
Timothy. 373. 
Bowhay. Devon, Eng.. 401. 
Bowler. MctcaU. 28. 
Brachicr. / Edward. 2S3. 390. 
Braxicr, \ John. 283. 390. 

Mary (164), 283. 292, 390. 
Bradford, Elizabeth. 24. 

Governor. 24, 314. 
Lvdia. 286. 
Wdham. 314. 
Bradley, Nathaniel, 304. 

William, 304. 
Bradslrcct. Dudley. 290. 406. 

Humphrey. 326. 328. 

John, 326. 328. 

Simon, 60, 67, 91, 104. 145. 

i37. 273- 
Braintree. Mass., 49. 172. 173. 236. 
Branford, Conn.. 284-286, 300. 301, 304. 

312. 
Branston. Eng., 56. 
Brattle. Edward. 330. 
Bray. Benjamin, 255. 

Sarah, 255. 
Brayles. Warwickshire, Eng., 357. 
Brayton. Charity, 94. 

Francis. 100. 

Mary, 100. 

Stephen, 100. 
Brenton.Mary, 52. 55. 

William. 52, 80. 104. 
Brest, France. 143. 
Brewer, Hannah, 290. 408. 
Brewster, Elder, 16, 308, 380. 

Mary, 308, 
Briarcliflf Manor, N. Y.. 225. 
Brick, Mary, 133. 

Robert, 331. 
Brickendcn. John, 141. 
Bridgeboro, N. J.. 335. 
Bridgewater. Mass., 232, 375. 
Brig Seraph, 33. 
Briggs, Joan, 99, 100. 
Bright, Abigail. 104, 231. 

Henry. 104. 
Brinlcv. Ann (iq). 52, 53. 66-72. 

Francis, 55, 72, loi, 105. 

Griselda, 73. 

Mary, 55, 72. 

Thomas (20). 70. 72. 101. 

Thomas, 73. 

Wdliarn, 73. 101. 
Bristol, Eng., 78, 233, 234, 302. 318, 329, 

330. 402-405. 412. 
Bristol, R. L. 33, 97. 



442 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Brixham, Eng., 151. 

Brixton, Devon, Eng., 244, 245, 248, 249, 

278.^ 

Brixton, Butler's Parish, 244. 
BrocklebanU, Sarah, 251. 

Samuel, 176. 234, 251. 
Brockwell, Elizabeth, 415. 
Brooke, Elizabeth, 297, 298. 
Joane, 297, 298. 
John, 297, 298. 
Margaret, 297. 
Sara, 298. 
Thomas, 297. 
Brookfield, Mass., 64, 296. 421. 
Brown. Chad, 28, 81, 126. 
Daniel, 77, 78, Si. 
Daniel Noyes, 44. 
James, 45, 81. 
Jeremiah, 78, 81. 
John, 28, 205. 
John Crosby, 44. 
Joseph (10), 8, 9, 10, 45. 
Lydia, 115, 116. 
Mary, 72, 56. 
Moreau Delano, 44. 
Moses, 45. 
Nicholas, 216. 
Richard, 13. 
Samuel, 409. 

Sarah (2), 8-16, 45, 50, 261, 262. 
Thomas, 45, 410. 
Thatcher Magoun, 44. 
William, 133, 283. 
William Adams, 44, 224. 
Willoughby. 45. 
Browne, Henry, 126, 127, 128. 
John, 126, 330. 
Joseph, 127. 
Margaret, 56. 
Mary, 127, 128, 133, 33c. 
Phoebe (76), 107, 125-128, 155. 

169. 182. 
Richard, 235. 370. 
William (76-A), 126-128. 
Brown and Ives, 216-218, 222. 



Browning, 



-, 402. 



Joseph, 360. 
Brownson, Abraham, 180. 
Bryn Mawr, Pa., 44. 
Buchanan, President, 394. 
Buckingham, Pa., 356. 
Buckingham, David, 133. 

Duke of, 130. 

Mary, 44. 
Buckinham, Elizabeth, 136. 
Buck Tavern, Philadelphia, 205. 
Buckminster, Sarah, 292. 
Buel, Timothy, 411. 
Buffalo, N. Y., 38. 
Buggbrook, N. J., 355. 
Bulkeley, Dorothy (67), 47, 11 3-1 15. 

William, 1 13. 
Bull, Captain, 420. 

Ruth, 399. 
Bullard, John, 303. 



Bullingham, Right Rev. Nicholas, 148. 

Bullivant, Benjamin, 132. 

Bullock, Mary, 110. 

Bumstead, Hannah L., 104. 

Bundy, John, 331. 

Bunker Hill, 394. 

Bunker, Mary, 249. 

George, 249. 
Barber, Timothy, 351. 
Burge, Jacob, 374. 

Zacheus, 374. 
Burgess, Abigail, 375. 
Burgh-upon-Bain, Lincolnshire, 65. 
Burlingham, Roger, 92. 
Burlingame, Christopher, 289. 

Martha, 289. 
Burlington, N. J., 336, 355, 357, 358, 360. 
Burlington Island, 351. 
Burhngton Meeting, 338, 362, 363. 

Burnard, , 212. 

Burnham Estate, 1 14. 
Burr, Henry, 350. 
Joseph, 341. 
Lydia, 341. 
Martha, 350, 
Sarah, 350. 
Burrows (Burroughs), John, 350. 
Burton, Hannah, 259. 
Martha, 52. 
Mr., 370. 
Bury St. Edmunds,Eng., 1 13.135,136,139. 
Bury, Bridget, 58, 66. 
Wilham, 58, 66. 
Busby, Isaac, 340. 
Jabez, 340. 

Bushnell, ,412. 

Anne, 126. 
Edward, 412. 
Elizabeth, 126. 
Rebecca, 115. 
Butcher, John. 351. 

Thomas, 352. 
Butler, Lydia, 166. 

Mary, 79, 166. 
Patience, 379. 
Thomas, 379. 
William, 241;, 257. 
Zebulon, 1 18, 167. 
Butterfield, William, 284. 
Butterworth, Sarah, 107, 109. 
Button, Abigail, 63. 
Robert, 63. 
Butt's Brook, Danvers, 2^3. 
Byley, Edward, 271, 272. 
Elizabeth, 271, 272. 
Henry, 271, 272. 
Henry (156-8), 261, 271-274. 
Henry, 274. 
John, 271-273. 
Jone, 273, 274. 
Mary, 271—273. 
Rebecca (156), 232, 261, 263, 265, 

273. 
The Family in England, 271. 
Thomas, 272. 



Byley, William, 271-274. 
Byllinge, Edward, 347, 367. 
Bytheway, Robert, 271. 

Cadganaquant, 96. 
Cadwallader, Gen., 31. 
Caiton, Margaret, 254. 
Calais, France, 320. 
Galley, Richard, 192. 
Calverley, Edmund, 92. 
Calwoodleigh, Eng., 401. 
Cambridge. Mass., 110, 1 11, 133, 158, 224, 
225, 282-284, 292. 391, 409. 
414. 
Cambridge River, 283. 
Camden, N. J., 342. 
Cameron, Robert, 343. 
Campbell, Duncan, 332. 

Polly, 378. 
Camp Peekskill, 377. 
Campfield, (^ Matthew, 146. 
Canfield, \ Samuel, 146. 
Canaan, Conn., 218, 220. 
Canes, Mr., 61. 
Canonchet. 17, 49, 50. 
Canonicus, 68. 
Canonicut Island, 53. 
Cann, William, 403. 
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 41 1. 
Cape Breton, 236. 
Cape Cod, 126, 380, 384. 
Cape Elizabeth, Me., 416. 
Cape Horn, 33. 
Captain of the Port. 254. 
Carder, Mary. 109. 
Carlisle, Mary. 348, 358, 359. 
Carmel, N. Y., 44. 
Carmen, John, 384. 
Carpenter. Benjamin. 109. 
Elizabeth, 77. 
Hannah, 363, 364. 
Preston, 363, 364. 
William, 82, 109. 
Carr, Caleb, 86. 
Edward. 78. 
Elizabeth, 8r. 
Hannah, 72, 73, 78, loi. 
Job, io6. 
Robert. 81. 
Carrier, Martha, 292. 
Sarah, 406. 
Thomas, 410. 
Carroll, Mary, 346. 
Carrollton, 111., 21 1, 346. 
Carter, Adonijah, 378. 
Herman. 398. 
William, 87. 
Carteret, Sir George, 334. 

Philip. 334. 
Carver. Robert, 331. 
Cary, Mr., 43. 

Samuel, 312. 
Thomas, 312. 
Cass, \ Aaron, 398, 399. 
Case, /Abigail. 394, 395. 



INDRX OI- PIRSONS, PI,ACES. ETC. 



443 



Cass, Alice, 397. 398. 
Amelia, 399. 
AquiU, 393. 



CanJace, 399. 

Ebenezcr (243). 394-397. 400- 



Khpli.il.'t. 3.)7. 398. 
Kli/al'ctli. 595. 
Hannah. 397, 39S. 
John(i43), 393-395, 400. 
Jonathan, 394, 396. 
Joseph, 394. 
Josiah, 397, 398. 
Lewis, 394. 
Lois, 3<)7, 398. 
Martha, 394. 

Mary. 3*}4-399- 

Merry, 394, 395. 

Miriam. 399. 

Hoses (244), ^'j6-398, 410. 

Moses (245), 376, 377, 397-399. 

410. 
Moses, 399. 

Patience (230), 343, 376-378. 399- 
Paticnrc, 397. 
Samuel, 394. 

Caspcrson. , 369. 

Cassacinamon, 49. 
Caston, Norfolk, Eng.. 1S6. 1S7. 
Caton, N. Y.. 33. 
Caulkins, Eli/aheth, 126. 
Centrcton, N. J.. 351. 
ChaJbournc. Humphrey, 227. 
Chadwell. Kii:hard.3S4. 
CiiaJwick, Mrs. Daniel. 120. 
Chamberlin. John. 232. 
Sarah. 232. 
Champion, Deborah. 157. 

Mchitable, 157. 
Champlin, Hannah, 77. 
Jeffrey, 77. 
Nrargarct, 30. 
Champncss, James, 368. 

Nathaniel, 368. 
Chandler, Annis, 407. 
Brother, 417. 
Charles, 346. 
Emma, 346. 
Hannah (165), 283. 284. 292. 

302. 
Hannah, 289, 290, 293, 400. 
John, 289, 290-292. 395, 400, 

406. 
Joseph, 292. 
Mar)', 291, 296. 
Philemon, 292. 
Phoebe, 292, 406. 
Rhoda. 292. 
Sarah, 289. 290. 292. 
Thomas, 289-292, 408. 
William (169), 289-290. 296, 

395. 400. 408. 
William (170), 283. 290-292, 

296. 406. 
William, 292. 298, 419. 
Chandlersville, III., 346. 



Chapcto, 115. 
Chapin. Harriet, 225. 
Chapman, Nathaniel, 405. 

Robert, 154. 
Chapwcll. Jonathan, 410. 

Kutli, 410. 
Chart-llton (Charlton), Eng., 401, 40Z. 
Charlemagne, 320. 

Charles I. 3. II. 72, 85, 87, 129. 131, 140. 
II, 7, 1 1, 70. 72. 144, 145, 190, 306, 

334. 356- 
VII. 321. 
Charles Kiver. m, 391. 
Charles River canal, iii. 
Charlcstown, Mass., 81, 82, 84, 137, 141, 
142, 146, 150, 235, 260-262, 283, 330, 

33>- 
Charlestown. R. I., 78. 
Charleston, S. C. 95. 
Chase, James, 394. 

Thomas, 393. 
Chatham, Conn., 410. 
Cheapside, 64. 
Checklcy, Anthony, 332. 
Chccvcr, Daniel, 253. 

Peter. 253. 254. 
Chelmsford, 291. 
Chelsea, 104. 
Cheney, Joseph, 283. 
Chesehrough, Mr., 49. 

Nathaniel, 21,23. 
Sarah, 26. 
William, 48. 
Chester, Joseph Lemuel, 56, 65, 129. 

Sir John, 297. 
Chester, Conn., 121. 
Eng., 311, 
Monthly Meeting, 340, 359. 360. 

36.. 

N-J- 337. 338. 339. 340. 34'. 
35'i. 357- 

Pa.. 359. 
Chichester, Bisliopof, 127. 
Chickopec River. 420. 
Chiddingstonc. Kent, Eng.. 139. 
Chidsey, Abram, 304. 

Caleb. 304. 

Daniel. 304. 

John. 304. 

Mary. 304. 

Sarah. 304. 
Child. Dr. Robert, 142. 
Chilmark. Eng., 389. 
Chipman, John, 375. 
Lydia. 375. 
Cholderton, Eng., 4-10, 45, 389. 
Church, Capt., 54. 

RichAfd, 382. 
Church, Alton, Presbyterian, 346. 

Andover, 4, 290, 293,414. 

Beverly, First, 267. 

Boston, First, 51, 58. 59, 62, 64, 
71, 103, 137, 138, 260. 

333. 335.4"- 
Old South, 199, 310, 31 1. 



Church, Bo tiin. King's Chaprl, 312. 
Park St.. 166. 
Branfonl, 284, 211;. 
Charlestown. Mass., 260. 283. 
Chath.im, Cape Co*I, 317. 
Congregational, 21. 
Dorer, N. H.. 280. 
East Lyme, 182. 
Exeter, N. H.. 195, 231. 
Hartford, Conn., 153, 16;. 176. 
Hopkinton, R. I., First Sabbata- 
rian, 76. 
Independent, 10. 
Ipswich, Mass., 257. 
Lyme, Conn., 16,38, 175. 
Marietta, First, 344. 
Mendon, Mass., First, 171;. 
MiJdletown, R. I.. Holy Cross 

Chapel. 93. 
Milford, Conn., 158. 
New Haven, Centre, 168. 

First, 24, 304. 
Newmarket, N. H.. 196. 
Ncwbury.Mass., First.8, 16.231, 

i43- 244. iSO- 

Newbur)'port, Mass., I'hirti, 3 1 2. 

New Hartford, Conn., 166. 

Newport, R. I., First Baptist. 83, 

89. 94. 

Second Baptist, 

83.84. 
Seventh Day 
Baptist, 83. 
84. 
Trinity. 73. 
New York, Brick, 218, 221, 223, 
224. 
Nineteenth Street, 

218. 
.St. Mark's, 210. 
North Yarmouth, Me., 197. 
Philadelphia, Baptist, 95. 

Second Presbyterian, 
205. 
Presbyterian, 10, 21. 
Providence, R. I., First Baptist, 

108. 
Roibury, Mass., Eliot, 289. 
Salem, Mass., First, 253, 327, 
330. 
Second or East, 
253, 263, 270. 
Salisbury, Mass.. 273. 
Sandwich, 386, 387. 
St. Louis, First Presbyterian, 

343. 344- 

.Stonington, First, 17, 22, 48, 

Watertown, Mass., i to. 
Church of England party, 229, 230, 246. 
Churches in Europe. 

Rethune, St. B.artholcmy, 320. 

Boston, St. Botolph's, 59, 67. 

Bristol, St. Nicholas, 403. 

Cholderton. 58. 

Exeter, St. Mary Arches, 401. 



444 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Churches in Europe. 

Exeter, St. Paul, 402. 
Ipswich, St. Margaret's, 235. 

St. Mary la Tour, 234- 

236. 

Lincoln, St.-Mary-le-WigforJ. 

56. 

St. Peter at Gowts, 65. 
London, St. Alphege, 149. 
All Hallows, 136. 
St. Andrew Hubbard, 

St. Botolphs, 149, 381. 
St. Faith's, 79. 
St. Gregory, 146. 
St. John Hackney, 129- 

131. 
St. Leonards, 297. 
St. Margaret, 65. 
St. Martm in the Fields, 

85, 87, 88, 367. 
St. Martin Vintry, 59, 

65. 

St. Mary le Bow, 152. 
St. Mary Woolchurch 

Haw, 59. 
St. Mary Wollnoth, 59. 
St. Olave's, 137, 144. 
St. Pancras, 65, 251. 
St. Paul, 79. 
St. Peter, 148. 
St. Saviours, 152. 
St. Thomas of Acre, 
147. 
Marlborough, Eng., St. Mary, 

417. 
Paris, St. Jean of Latran, 322. 
Portsmouth. St. Thomas, 140. 
Salisbury (New Sarum) Ca- 
thedral of, 274. 
St. Edmund, 271, 272. 
St. Thomas, 415. 
Churchill, Apostle Jesse, 2S8. 

Josiah, -^oo. 
Chygoes Island^ 357. 
Cilmin Droed-Dhu, 185. 
Cincinnati, O., 204, 20S, 212, 344. 
Cincinnati, Society of, 288. 
Cinnaminson (Nosenemension) tract, 337. 
Clapp, Ebenezer. 174. 

Clark, , 171. 

Abigail. 15S. 
Daniel, 184, 232, 25S. 
Edward, i c;S. 

Eleanor (171), 290, 291, 293-296. 
Elizabeth, 158. 
Frances, loi. 

George (88), 154-1 58, 184. 
George, 158. 
Hannah, 158. 
J.G„.Sr..74. 
Jeremiah, 74, loi, lof;. 
John, 61, 89, 116, 135, 154, 15S. 
Mary (130), 187-189, 238, 239, 
394- 



Clark, Mary,83, 157, 158. 
Nathaniel, 160, 315. 
Rebecca, 30, 135, 158. 
Ruth. 158. 
Samuel, 158. 
Sarah (85), i54-iS9> '75 
Sarah, iiS. 
Simon, 102 
Thomas, 231 
Walter, 83. 
Clarke, Carew, 89. 

Deborah, 278. 

Daniel, 158. 

Elizabeth (157), 192. 199, 232, 

264-267, 276. 
Elizabeth, 239, 264, 268, 270. . 
Henry, 231, 239. 
James, 86. 

Jeremiah, 82-S8. loi. 
John, 68, 70, 82, 89, 95, 106, no, 

191-193, 231, 266. 
Joseph, 89. 
Josiah, 232. 
Judith, 232. 
Latham, 86. 
Mary, 86, 8g. 232. 
Nathaniel (139), 191-193, 230— 
233, 239, 250, 261, 264, 265, 
276. 278. 
Sarah (132), 192-196, 232, 241, 

266, 277. 278. 
Sarah, 86. 

Thomas, 89, 231, 412. 
Walter, 54, 86. 
Weston. 86. 
William, 75. 89. 
Clary, Hannah. 292. 
Clavell. Dr., 259. 
Cleaves, William. 290. 
Clement, Abiah, 244. 
John, 244. 
Mary. 363. 
Cleveland, O., 38, 124. 
Cleveland, Grover, 126. 223. 
Clifford House, 275. 
Clifton, Henry, 353, 355. 
Clink Liberty, 152. 
Clinte, William, 57. 
Coale (Cule), Hannah, 352, 355. 
Cobb, Henry, 313. 

Jonathan, 313. 
Samuel, 313. 
Cocheco (Dover), 279. 
Coddington, Ann, 72, 73. 172. 

Benajah (Bodaiah). 71. 

John. 72. 

Mary (16), 24, 52-55, 72. 

Mary, 71. 

Micah, 67. 

Michael. 71. 

Nathaniel, 24, 55, 71, 105, 

172. 
Noah, 72. 
Samuel, 67, 71 . 
Thomas, 72. 



Coddington, William (19), 52, 53, 60. 62, 
66-72. 78, 81-83. 86. 95. 
104, ic6, no, 132, 172, 
260. 
William. 54, 73. 
Coffin, ) Abigail, 195, 239, 241, 279. 
Coffyn, ) Allen, 247. 

Anne, 244, 245. 
Deborah. 245, 249-251. 
Edward. 280. 
Eliphalet. 195. 280. 
Elizabeth (161), 192. 195, 200, 
266, 275, 278. 280. 311,325. 
Elizabeth. 234. 235, 249. 
Enoch, 251. 
Eunice, 245. 
James, 247-251. 2S0. 
Jethro, 279. 2S0. 
Joan. 244, 245. 
John, 241. 

John, 244, 241;, 248, 249, 251. 
Josiah, 241 . 
Lionel, 244. 
Lydia. 242, 250, 251. 
Mary (146), 192, 239-244. 250, 

251. 
Mary, 2^5. 248. 249, 281. 
Nathaniel, 250. 251. 
Nicholas, 244. 
Nicholas, 245. 
Parnell (Pernell). 239, 280. 
Peter, 244. 245. 

Peter (162), 192,231. 238. 239, 
246-248, 275. 278-281, 392. 
Peter, 245, 250, 251, 279, 
Philip, 244. 
Richard. 244. 
Robert. 192. 280. 
Stephen, 2^.8-251. 
Tristram (147-A), 191, 244-248, 

278-2S1, 391, 392. 
Tristram (147), 230-236, 242- 

251. 
Tristram, 239, 241. 244, 24(5. 
279, 280. 
Coffin House. 250. 

The Family in England, 244—245. 
Coggeshall, Ann, 83, 86. 
Deacon, 61. 
John, 54, 60, 62, 132. 
Coggswell. Sarah, 16. 
Cohansey Precinct. 334. 
Cohansey River. 334. 
Colchester, Conn.. 174, 273. 396, 409. 

410. 420. 
Colcord. Deborah, 239. 279. 
Edward. 188. 280. 
Cole, Catalina. 153. 

Edward. 151. 152. 
Elizabeth, 153. 
Ellen, 152. 
Odes, 151. 
Isaac, 64. 
Jeffrey, i 52. 
John, 15c. 151. 



iNDi.x oi- im:rs()Ns, pi.Aci-s, i;tc. 



44S 



Cole. John, b^. 151-153. 
Martyn, 151, 151. 
Mary. 55. 151. 151. 35<). 
Parncll. 152. 
Kicliard, 151. 
Robert. 151. 152. 
Roger, i4<r"S3- 
Roger. 153. 

Susanna (83), 141. 144, 149. 150, 153. 
Sus.in. 58. 

The Family in England, 150-153. 
Thomas, 151. 
William, 151. 152. 
William, 152. 
Coleman, Andrew, 370. 
Ebeue/cr. 174. 
Isaac, 247, 280. 
Mary, 174. 
Mahil.ilH-1, 174. 
Nieli's, 174. 
Ruth, 174. 

Thomas. 416, 417. 419. 
Tobi.is. 416. 
Coleton. Chulmlei.i;h, Devon. 151. 
CoKl Spring Harbor. L. I., 45. 
Col J Spring. Pa.. 85. 

Colgcrton, . 323. 

Colgcrton-Bcthunc, 324. 

Mrs., 324, 325. 
Colorado Springs, Colo., 224, 225. 
College, Bowdoin, 197. 
Dartmouth, 287. 
Physicians and Surgeons. N. Y., 

211. 
Rhode Island, 95. 
Williams, 166. 224, 225. 
Collins. Anne, 86. 

Francis, 359. 
Robert, 419. 
Wdliam, 62-64. 
Collings. Alice, 401. 
Coiner. John, 331. 
Colt (Coult), John, 116. 
Colton, Chester. 38. 

Goodman, 419. 
Comer, John, 94. 

Committee of Safety. N. H.. 201. 20j. 
Comstock, Abigail, 170, 171. 
.Adam, 31. 
Christian, 170. 
Christopher, 170. 
Daniel, 170. 
Elizabeth, 170, 171. 
Hannah, 170. 
John (109), 170-174. 
John, 170, 171. 
Mar)', 171. 
Naomi. 171. 
Phoebe (102), 163-166. 171. 

176. 
Ruth. 171. 
Samuel. 170. 171. 
William (108), 169-170. 
William (no), 163. 164, 170- 
•74- 



Compton. Eng.. 401. 
Conant. Rev. .Sylvanus, 325, 
Concord, Mass., 135, 300. 
Cond<^. Nicholas of, 321. 
Congtion, llrnjamin, 74. 
Eli/al>rlh, 74. 
Conkling, Joseph. 163. 
Conon. Kmg of AdrianopK*. 310. 
Conrad. Cornelia Elisabeth. 225. 
Convcrs, James, 296. 

Ruth, 296. 
Conway, Secretary, 87. 
Cook. 1 Aaron, 184, 300. 
Cooke. / Catherine. 147. 
Deborah, too. 
Esther, in. 
Francis. 382. 
Joanna. 184. 
John. 100, 111. 382. 391. 
Mary. tii. 
Thtinias. 81. 
Wilhani. 147. 
Cooper. Hann.ih. 306. 

John (178), 303. 305-306. 

John. 306. 

I.yd.a. 308. 

Mary (177), 301. 303. 304, 306. 

Richard, 387. 

Roger. Master. 114. 

Sarah. 306. 
Cooper's Creek, 339. 358, 359. 362. 
Cope. Elizabeth, 61;. 
.Sir John, 65. 
Copp. Jonathan. 161. 
Cornbury, Lord. 349. 
Cornell, Elizabeth, 98. 
Cornish. James, 126, 127, 128. 
Cornwall, Conn., 376, 377, 378. 
Cornwallis, N. S., 3S8. 
Corey. "1 Prudence. 33. 
Cory, J William. 98. 
Cotton, Rev. John. 59, 63. 67, 231, 315. 

Seaborn. 242. 
Coucv, Jeannette dc, 321. 
Coulton. .Ann. 53. 
Court of .Arches. London. 152. 
Coventn-. Conn..«i66. 265. 310. 
Cowell, Edward, 176. 

Cowing, , 172. 

Coxe. . 403. 

Coyte. John, 329. 331. 

Cozzens Hotel, West Point, 221. 

Cr.ackbone, Gilbert, 182. 

Crags. John. 99. 

Craigfurdie. Scotland. 323-327. 

Crandall. Ensign John. 74. 

Crancneck Hill. West Newbury, Mass., 

244. 
CranfieKl.Gov.. 54. 190. 
Cranston, John. 83. 86. 
Major, 161. 
Crary. Col. Archib.ild. 95. 
Creely. Oliver. 334. 
Crissey, Jesse, 343. 378. 
Croade. John. 326. 



Crocker, Jamei, 274. 

Jonathan. 317. 375. 
Joiiah. 317. 
Cromwell, Oliver. 107, 135, 140. 

Richard, 143. 
Crookctl Run, Va.. 342. 
Cropwell. Burlington Co., N. J., 337. 
CropwcU Bishop, Eng., 356. 
Crosswirkt, N. J., 31. 
Croton, Conn., 375. 
Crowninshield, Clifford, 253. 

John, 253. 
Crown Point, 269. 
Cudworth. James. 54 132 
Cullick. Elizabeth. 134. 
Cupar. Robert. Abbot of, 322. 
Curby. Catherine. 374. 
Currier. Jacob. 244. 
Curtis. Isaac, 301. 

John. 336. 

Richard. 301. 

Sarah. 355. 

Thomas. 336. 355. 
Currin, i George, 259. 
Curwin. ( Matthew. 255. 
Cushing. Daniel, 188. 189. 

Matthew. 189. 
Cutler. Joan (155-A), 260. 261. 
Cutting. Captain John. 8. 
Mary, 8, 243. 

Daborne. Joane, 149. 
Daggett. Thomas. 392. 
Dalton. NS'alter William. 33. 
Dane, Abigail, 291. 

Elizabeth. 293, 296. 

Francis. 290. 293. 414. 

John (171-A), 289. 292-294. 

John (171), 255, 290, 291, 293- 
296. 

John. 296. 

Mary (170), 283, 290, 291, 296. 

Philemon, 296. 

Rebecca, 296. 

Sarah. 296. 
Daniels. Joanna, 304. 
Danvers. Mass.. 250. 
Darbey, Mar)-, 371. 
Darland. John, seaman. 258. 
Darling, Manly W., 275. 
Damclly, Ann. 352. 
Dartmouth, Eng.. 226. 228. 
Dartmouth, Mass., 89. 93. 96, too, 105. 

ill, 382. 3S3. 
Darvell. Mary, 13. 

Robert, 13. 
Datchet, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 70, 72 
D'Aulney, M., 142. 

Davenport, . 20.285. 

Rev. John. 167. 305. 
Richard G.. 224. 226. 
Davenport. Iowa. 166. 
David, Catharine, 350. 
Davis, . Ill, 156. 

Abigail, 80. 



446 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Davis, Jacob, 257. 
Davison (Davidson), Daniel, 279. 
Davol, Jonathan, 105. 
Joseph. 100. 
Mary, 100. 
William, 105. 
Day, Elizabeth, 352. 
John, 352, 353. 
Deacon, George, 362. 
Martha. 362. 
Deane, Jane, 200, 278. 
Miriam, 319. 
Thomas, 278. 
De Butt, Giles, 129, 131. 
Dedham, Mass., 260, 317, 399. 
Deeming, David, 161. 
Mercy, 161. 
de Forest, Charles Noyes, 45. 
Henry Grant, 45. 
Henry Wheeler. 45. 
Julia Mary, 45. 
De Gallegos, Catalina, 152. 

Ferdinando, 152. 
Delaney, Mr., 131. 
Delano, Jonathan, 583. 

Philip, 383. 
Deming, Elizabeth (172), 298-300. 
Elizabeth, 121. 
John, 298. 
Denham, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 88. 
Denison, Borodel, 50. 

Daniel, 255, 256, 273. 
Edward, 26. 

George, 17, 49, 50, 54, 132. 
John, 26, 182, 23S. 
Joseph, 26. 
Major, 296. 
Martha, 238, 239. 
Mr., 84. 
Phoebe, 26. 
Robert, 182. 
Sarah, 49. 
William, 50. 
Denne, Elizabeth, 296. 
Dennis, Samuel, 334. 
Thomas, 412. 
Denny, Deborah, 310. 

Sir Edward. 292. 
Lady Margaret, 292. 295. 
Thomas, 310. 
Deny Sutton, Eng.. 390. 
De Perouine, Adelise, 320. 
Robert, 320. 
De Rome. Monsieur, 203. 
Derby, Ann (150), 252-254, 259, 270. 
Ann, 259. 
Charles, 2t;7, 258. 
Ebenezer, 259. 
EHas Haskett, 258. 
Elizabeth, 259. 
Experience, 258. 
John, 259. 
Lucretia, 259. 
Margaret, 259. 
Richard, 257, 258, 260. 



Derby, Roger (154), 2i;2, 253, 257-260, 
41S. 
Roger, 257, 258. 
Samuel, 258. 
Thomas, 257. 
Derby, Conn.. 375. 
d'Estouteville. Isabella, 321. 
Michelle, 321. 
Robert, Lord, 321. 
Detroit, Mich., 33, 204. 
Devotion. Hannah. 166. 
DeWitt, Iowa. 346. 
Dewnes, Winnifred, 88. 
De Wolf, Balthazar. 127. 161. iSo, 181. 
Josiah, 171. 
Mary. 116, 118, 127, 155. 169, 

180. i8i, 182. 
Simon, 161. 171. 
Dewsbury, Esther, 383. 
Dexter, Abigail, 98. 

Gregory, 83, 132. 
John, 98. 
Mary, 375. 
Thomas, 378, 384. 
Diamond, Richard, 347. 
Dickerman. Abigail. 304. 

Abraham (177), 301. 303. 

304. 306. 
Abraham. 304. 
Elizabeth. 174. 303. 
Hannah, 304. 
Isaac, 303. 304. 
John, 303. 
Mary. 304. 
Rebecca (174), 284, 2S5, 

301, 302, 304. 
Ruth, 304. 
Sarah, 304. 
Thomas (176), 174, 302. 303. 

306. 
Thomas, 174, 303. 
Dickinson, John, 300. 

Nathaniel, 299. 
Digby, Elizabeth (77), 129. 131, 138. 
Everard, 12S. 

Sir John, First Earl of Bristol, 
129. 131. 
Dillingham, Edward. 384. 
Dilwyn, George. 340. 
Dingley. Richard, 83. 
Dinton, Eng., 389. 
Diodate, Elizabeth. 121. 
Divorce. 78, 79, 80. 99. 

Dobson. , 112. 

Christopher, 57. 
Dodge, William E.. 222. 
Doggett, Samuel B.. 18. 
Doiley. Brav, 351. 
d'Oisy. Clemence, 320. 

Simon, 320. 
Dole, Apphia, 251. 
Henry. 251. 
Richard, 234, 251. 
Sarah (140-A), 232-235, 239, 249, 
250. 



Doliber, Peter, 327. 

Dorchester Company, 183. 

Dorchester, Mass., 12, 172, 177, 183. 184, 

MS- ^93' 3oi' 303' 3 '7-3 19^ 
333- 
Doremus, Carolme, 225. 
Dorman, Thomas. 255. 
Dorr, Ann, 175. 

Clemence, 175. 
Ebenezer, 175. 

Edmund (118), 164, 165, 175, 182. 
Edward (117), 174. 175, 176, 182. 
Edward, 175, 176, 303. 
Elizabeth, 171;. 

Eve (103), 121, 164-166. 176. 
George, 175. 
Harbottle, 175. 
Joseph. 175. 
Doty. Edward. 384. 

Sarah. 384. 
Douglass. Sarah, 34. 
Douglas, Elizabeth, 290, 400. 
Mary, 288. 
William, 290. 
Dove, Francis, 273. 

Dover, N. H., 190, 193, 227, 278-280, 393. 
Downer, Andrew, 397. 
Downing, John, 240. 243. 
Dowse, Abba, 289. 
Draft Riots, 220. 
Drake, Job, 184. 
Draper, Abijah W., 399. 
Daniel, 400. 

James (246), 290. 395, 399. 
James, 399. 
John, 399. 
Jonathan, 400. 
Moses, 290, 400. 
Patience (243), 395, 396, 399, 

400. 
Thomas, 399. 
Drew, Nicholas, 388. 
Drinker, Elizabeth, 225. 
Driver, Sarah, 255. 
Drummer, Richard. 9. 
Stephen, 9. 
Dryden, Bridget, 57, 59, 65. 
Sir Erasmus, 65. 
John, 65. 
Dublin, Ireland, 311. 
Dubre, Amelia, 343. 
Duck River Burying Ground, 117, 119. 
Dudiston, Janet, 322. 
Dudley, Joseph, 237. 
Mr., 18. 
Rev. Samuel, 189, 191, 227, 237. 

272. 273. 
Stephen. 192. 
Gov. Thomas, 60, 67, 142, 272. 

^73- 
Dummer, Samuel. 241. 
Dunbar. Cornelia Moore. 226. 

James M., 226. 
Dungan. Barbara (30), S 1-86, 90. 

Frances, 85, 86. 



INDEX OI PI RSONS. PLACES, ETC. 



A47 



Dunjj.in, Thomas, 85. 86. 

WUIiam (32), 81. 82. 85, 86. 
SS. 
Ounkfld, Hisliop of, 312. 
Dunkin, Jahcz, 388. 
Ounbtcr, Mary, 13. 
Ou Quoin, III., 346, 347. 
Durfcc, Patience. 100. 
Thomas, 100. 
Durfcy, Esther, 121. 

Richard. 121. 
Durham, N. H.. 195. 196. 255. 
Dutch Creek, Del., 363. 
Dutch Island, 53. 
Dutch Plantations. 63. , 
Duxhury, Mass., 91. 
Dwight, Henry, 410, 420. 
Dyer, Henry. 192, 280. 

James, 403. 

Mar)', 60. 
Dynn, John, 258, 260. 

WiIHam, 258, 260. 
Dyve, Sir Lewis. 88. 

East Cheap. London, 197. 

East Chester, N. Y., 63. 64. 66, 172. 

East Greenwich. R. I,. 74, 86, 105, 109. 

East Guilford, Conn., 301. 

East Haddam, Conn., 116. 121. 163-166. 

East Hartford. Conn., 125. 184. 

East India Trade, 2^9. 

East Lyme, Conn., 182. 

East New Haven, Conn., 303, 306. 

Easton. Col., 345. 

Elizabeth. 83. 

John. 81, 

Mary. 86. 

Nicholas, 9. 80-83, 86. 95. 

Peter, 81, 83, 86. 

Sarah, 394. 
Eaton, , 305. 

Gov.. 167. 
Ebenczcr Stevens' Sons, 212. 
Edgartown, Mass., 249, 390. 391. 
Edperton. Sarah. 118. 
Edward III. 51. 

VI, 148. 400. 401. 
Edwards, John, 407. 
Mary, 407. 
Morgan. 86. 
Edwardsvdle, 111., 214. 345. 346. 
Eel River. Plymouth, 381. 382. 383. 
Eives. Joseph, 300. 
Elbridge. Giles, 403, 404. 

Thomas, 331. 
Eldcrkin, John. 170. 

Paltiah, 170. 
Eldrcd, Judah, 378. 

Samuel, 78. 

Ward, 378. 
Eldredgc, Rebecca, 338. 
Election sermon, 262, 287. 
Eliot, Rev. John. 51, 176, 177, 289. 
Elizabeth Island, 55. 391. 
Ellct, Charles (215), 363, 366. 



Ellet, Charles (214), ^41. 342. 363-366, 
36S. 
Ch.irles. 343. 764. 365. 
Elizabeth (iqS), 341-343, 364, 368, 

378. 

Elizabeth, 363. 
Hannah, 365. 
juhn, 363, 36+. 
Mary, 364, 365. 
Rachel, 364, 365. 
Samuel, 364. 
Sarah, 364. 
Tlionias, 364. 
William, 364. 
Ellinwood, Rev. F. F., zzz. 
EllioII, Thomas, 271. 
Ellis, Malaclii, 389. 
Roland, 389. 
Thomas, 336. 
William, 361. 
Elmira, N. Y., 33. 
Elstow, Bedford, Ehr., 85, 87. 
Ely, Richard. u8, 155. 
Samuel, 118. 
Z. Stiles, 117, 
Emery, Anna, 244, 

Rev. Samuel, 195. 
Sarah, 195, 278. 
Stephen, 244. 

Endicott, , 5o. 

John, 79. 
Enfield, Conn., 419, 420. 
Engle, C. H.. 351. 354. 

Hannah, 33S. 354. 
Jane. 354. 356. 

John (202), 338, 339, 353-356. 
John, 354. 

Mary (196), 33S-340. 354, 361. 
Paul, 352. 

Robert (201), 352, 353, 355, 356. 
Robert, 354. 
English, William, 394. 
Essiscock Creek, 352. 
Evans, Thomas, 350. 
Evelc, Captain, 357. 
Evens, Joshua, 342. 
Everatt, Mary, 415, 417. 
Evesham, Meeting, 338, 350, 353. 

N- J-. 336-338. 3+7-355. 361. 
362. 
Ewer, Anna, 371. 
Exeter Combination, 5, 8, 28 1. 
Eng., 70, 72, 401, 402. 
Military Co., 189, 190. 
N. H., 57, 58. 62, 65, 187, 227- 
241, 249. 253, 257. 259. 264- 
268, 272, 275-280, 287, 288, 311, 

394- 
Eyc-Kcttlcby, Eng.. 1 29. 

Fairchild, Lydia, 343, 346. 
Fairfield, Conn., 116, 170, 234. 
Fairfield Swamp, 46. 
Falaise, Normandy, 244. 
Fall River, Mass., 33. 



Faneud, Benjamin. 325. 
M.iry, 325. 
Peter. 325. 
Farmington, Cl.. 153. 156. 
Farnum, Anna, 414. 

Elizabeth, 407. 
Thomas, 407. 
Farwcll. Mr., 133. 
Faunce, John, 382. 

Priscdla. 3S2. 
Sarah. 384. 
Thomas, 382. 
Fcake. Henry, 384. 
Fell, Joseph. 356. 

Margaret, 334. 
Fenner. Arthur, 54, 132. 
F'cnwick. Colonel, 134. 
Governor, 178. 
John, 334, 347, 350, 365. 366, 

368. 
Lady, 134. 
Mr.. 46. 
Fcnwick Colony, 336, 367. 

Hall, 134. 
Fesscnden, Mr., 373, 388. 

Fcttiplace, , 152. 

Field, Hannah. 128. 

John, 128. 
Fifth Mass. Reg.. 254, 268. 
Filiall, Penelope. 227. 
Finn's Point. N. J.. 365. 
First Exeter Co. of Foot. 195. 
First Hopkinton Co., R. I. Slilitia, 77. 
First Kings Regiment, R. I. Militia, 77. 
First Regiment, Yorkshire, Me., 229. 
First R. I. Battalion. 95. 
I'irst R. I. Regiment. 31, 32. 
Fiske, Charles H., Jr., 309. 
Fitch, Abigail, 24, 55. 

Thomas. 158. 
Fitzrandolph, ) Benjamin, 355, 356. 
Fitzrandic, J Edward. 314. 
Mary, 314. 
Nathaniel, 353, 355. 
Filzwarlne, Agnes, 151. 
Flanders, Counts of, 320, 321. 

Philip, Count of, 320. 
Fleet. Esther, 103. 
Flint, Dr. Austin, 221. 
Edward, 258. 
Joseph. 258. 
Flushing, L. I., 79, 80, 99. too. 
Folger, Peter, 246, 391. 
Folsom, John, 187, 188, 189, 191. 
Josiah. 198. 
• Mary, 239. 
Nathaniel. 200, 201. 
Peter. 189. 192, 237, 238. 
Footc, Daniel, 297, 298. 

Elizabeth, 297, 298, 300, 301. 
Francis. 297. 298. 300. 
Hannah (166), 284-2S6, 302, 312. 
Isaac (174), 284,285. 301.302.304. 
Isaac. 302. 
Jacob. 302. 



448 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Foote, James, 297. 

John, 297, 298. 
Joseph, 297, 301. 
Joshua, 297, 298. 
Mary. 297. 298, 300. 
Nathaniel (172), 297, 300. 
Nathaniel, 300, 301. 
Rebecca, 299. 300. 
Robert (173), 297.298.300,301,304. 
Robert. 297. 298. 
Samuel, 301. 
Sarah. 29S, 300, 301. 
Stephen. 301. 
Thomas, 298. 

The Family in England, 298. 
Forster, John, 60. 
Fort Harmer, Ohio, 206, 207. 
Niapara, 269. 
Saybrook, 46, 47. 
Forther, Lord, 323. 
Foster, Andrew, 413. 
James, 254. 
John, 253. 
Mary, 358. 
Reginald. 296. 
Foulsham. Gilman and Gdman, 19S, 199. 
Fountain, Penelope P., 346. 347. 
Fourth Reg. Foot, Exeter. 195. 
Fowler, Hester. 419. 

Joseph, 418, 419. 

Margery (253-B), 413. 4'5-4i7> 

419. 
Marv, 419. 
PhUip (253-c), 9, 255, 256. 258, 

4>5> 4»7-4i9- 

Phdip, 418, 419. 

Samuel, 417, 419. 

Thomas, 417, 419. 
Fox, George, 334. 
France, Jeannette, Princess of, 321. 
Frankfort, Me.. 28S. 
Franklin, Benjamin, 246. 
Fabian, 223. 
Mrs., 320. 
Frazer, Thomas. 75. 
Freeborn, Mary, 86. 
Freehold, N. J., 355. 
Freeman, Edward, 37S, 384, 3S6. 
Freetown, Swanzey, Mass., 81. 
French, Edward, 393. 

Hannah, 393. 

Jonathan, 360. 
Fresh River, Dover, 280. 
Friends' Burial Ground, Haddon field, 

N. J- 339- 
Friends' Burial Ground, Newport, R. I., 

81. 
Friends' Library, Philadelphia, 336. 
Frink, Isaac, 26. 

Samuel, 26. 
Frisbie, John, 301. 
Frost, Henry, 136. 
Frye, ) Phoebe, 40S. 
Frie, \ Samuel, 406, 407, 408. 
Fuller, Elizabeth. 39S. 



Gage, Gen., 259. 
Gallipolis, O., 203. 

Gallop, .387. 

Gallup, Marv, 24. 

Samuel, 109. 
Gaily. Mr., 149. 
Gammcll. Prof. William. 216. 
Gardiner, Bcnoni, 80. 

Dorcas (27), 74, 7=;. 77> 80, 

81. 
George (28), 77-81- 
George, 77, 80. 
Hannah, 95. 
Henry, 80. 
Jeremiah, 81. 
Joanna, 50. 
John, 248. 
Joseph, 81, 308. 
Lvdia, 81. 
Marv, 78, Si. 
Nicholas, 77, 81. 
Peregrine, Si. 
Rebecca, 77, 81. 
Robert, 81. 
Samuel, 81. 
Thomas, 50. 
William, 80. 
Gardner, Andrew, 135. 
Anna, 280. 
John, 279. 280. 
Mary, 279. 
Robert, 73. 
Thomas, 357. 
Garesh, Capt., 17. 
Garland, John, 393. 

Garrett. , 88. 

Garrison House. Brookfield, 420. 
Dover, 279. 

Exeter, 206. 275, 276, 
287, 311. 
Gates, Dorothy, 166. 
Timothy, 166. 
Gavitt, Capt. Joseph, 30, 35. 
Gayer, William, 281. 
George II, 357. 
Ill, 30. 
George, John, 318. 
Germantown, Battle of, 377. 
Pa., 347, 352. 
Gerrish, Elizabeth, 231. 

William, 13, 234. 
Gibbs, Abigail (228), 373. 374, 380, 3S8, 
389. 
Benjamin, 387. 
Bethia, 379, 380. 
Cornelius, 380. 
Ebenezer, 380. 
Edward, 361. 
Jabez, 380. 

Joanna (237), 375, 387, 3S8. 
Job, 379. 
John, 373, 379. 
Mary, 379. 
Samuel, 372, 379. 
Sarah. 379, 380. 



Gibbs, Thomas (232), 378, 379, 383. 

Thomas (233), 372, 375, 379. 380, 

383. 
Thomas, 3S0. 
Warren, 380. 
Gibbon. Nicholas, 366. 

Thomas, 85. 
Giddings, George, 256. 
Gilbert, Abigail, 411. 
Dorothy, 26. 
Sir Humphrey, 88. 
John, 115. 390. 
Matthew, 169. 
Samuel, 41 1. 
Gilead, Conn.. 4.10. 
Gilman. Abigail. 192, 239. 277. 
Alice. 191. 192. 225. 236. 
Alice Ives. 225. 226. 
Anna Park. 225. 
Arthur. 1S6. 200. 209. 210. 213- 

215. 218. 224, 225. 
Bartholomew. 197. 
Benjamin Ives (135), 201-21 1. 

214, 255, 276, 286,288. 311. 

34<i. 394- 
Benjamin Ives. 204. 208. 210. 

211. 215. 217, 226. 
Bertha De La Vergnc, 225. 
Betty. 227. 
Beveilv Hale. 225. 
Chandler Robbins. 199. 207-21 1. 

215. 286. 

Charles Winthrop. 208. 225. 

Daniel Coit, 192. 195. 197. 278. 

Daniel. 278. 

Deborah, 192. 

Dorothy, 225. 

Edith, 226. 

Edith Lippincott, 225. 226. 

Edward, 186. 

Edward (130), 105. 186-190. 228. 

^37, 239. 330- 394- 
Edward. 186. 189, 191, 227, 239. 
Elizabeth (158), 232. 253, 254. 

264. 26S-270. 276. 277. 
Elizabeth. 186. 192. 196. 
Elizabeth Bethune. 225. 
Elizabeth Hale. 208. 21c. 211. 
Emily HolTman. 44. 226. 
Frances Paxson. 225. 
Geoffrey. 186. 
Grace. 224. 
Harold Drinker. 225. 
Helen Abia. 44. 225. 
Helen Ives. 225. 
James. 192. 

Jane Robbins. 208, 210. 
Joanna. 192, 277. 280. 
Joannah. 196. 
John (131), 105. 1S8-193. 206. 

227. 228. 231. 232. 237. 266. 

27;. 280. 311.325. 
John (161), 191-193- '95. 199. 

200. 232. 264. 266. 267. 275- 

27S. 280. 



INDEX OF PERSONS. PLACES, ETC. 



4-40 



Gilman, John, i86, 187, 192, 194, K15. 19S. 
200. 277, 278. 
{onathan, 194. 
Jonc, 186. 
Joseph (134), 197-206, 255J1288, 

394' 
Joseph, 208-210, J92. 
Josiah, 195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 

M3- 
Julia Rubbins, 225. 
Katherinc, 186, 187, 191, 192. 

227. 
Lawrence, 186, 187. 
Lucretia, 257, 258, 260. 
Lydia, 189, 192, 227. 
Mary (142), 192, 194. 195- ^37" 

239. 243.276.277. 
Mary, 189. 227, 278. 394. 
Mary Elizabeth. 226. 
Moses, 188-191. 
Nathaniel. 195. 199. 278. 
Nathaniel Ladd. 192. 
Nicholas (132), 190-196, 231, 

252, 238, 240, 241, 265, 277, 

278. 
Nicholas (133). 192-198.241.255. 
Nicholas, 197. 199, 200, 203,278. 
Peter, 195, 269, 275-277, 2S7. 311, 

325- 

Mrs. Peter (182). 206. 

Rebecca Ives, 208, 210. 

Robbins, 225. 

Robert, 186, 187,277. 

Robert H.ilc, 208-212, 217. 

Rose. 186. 

Rose Rysse. 225. 

Samuel. 187. 192. 195, 197, 227, 
278. 

.Samuel Paxson, 225. 

Sarah, 192. 196. 197, 200. 227, 
278. 

Serena Hale, 126. 

Tabitha. 198, 278. 

Theodore, 205, 225. 

Theopiiilus, 594. 

Thomas, 200. 

Thomas Poynton, 218. 

Tristram, 197, 200. 

Trueworthy, 196. 

Virginia. 225. 

WilHam Charles, 192. 

Wilh.-im Hrndcrson, 217. 

Winthrop Sargent (136), 44, 
1S5. 1 86, 192.208-224.282,319, 
344< 346. 

Winthrop Sargent, 225. 
Gilm.in and Ammidun, 208. 

Son and Co., 218. 

The Family in England, 185-187. 
Gillman, Alexander W., 1S5. 
Gillman Plain, 187. 
Gilmanton. N. H., 192, 194, 275, 277. 
Gisle, 320. 

Glasgow, James, Archbishop of. 522. 
Glem&ford. Suffolk, Eng., 66. 



Glover, Anna, 315, 319, 
Elizabeth, 304. 
John.304, 315. 319. 
Nathaniel, 313-315, 317. 319. 
The old Irishwoman, 263. 
Gloucester Co., N. J., 360. 
Gloucester. Mass., 251. 
Godfrey, Captain, 213. 214. 
Godfrey de Boudhm. 320. 
Godmanchester. Huntingdonshire, Eng., 

146. 
GofTe. Col. Edmund, 133. 
Gold. Anstis, 93. 

Golden M.mnr, Tolland. Eng., 182. 1S4. 
Goldsborough. Grizzle. 146. 

Joim, 146. 
Goodrich, John. 300. 
Goodspccd, Benjamin. 314. 
Mary, 313. 
Roger, 313. 
Goodyear, Stephen. 305. 
Goodwin, Francis LeBaron, 288. 
Lydia, 288. 
Nathaniel, 288. 
Rev. Thomas. 64. 

Goonn, , 401. 

Jayes. 401. 
Gordon, Nicholas. 194. 
Gorges, Sir I'erdinando, 227, 228, 391. 

Gorton, , 62-64. 

Anne. 88. 
Mary, 52. 
Samuel, 52. 
Goshen, Chester Co.. Pa., 339, 340, '^49. 

350- 
Gouki, Marv. 72, S3. 

William M., 286. 
Goulding, Capt.. 54. 
Graham, Benjamin. 159, 
Elizabeth. 159. 
Henry K.. 226. 
Henry (00), 155-159- 
Jennie Brent, 226. 
John, 159. 
Joseph, 159. 
Mary. 159. 
Ranald, i 59. 
Rebecca, i 59. 
Sarah (86), 155, 161. 
Susanna. 156, 159. 
Grammar School of Beverly. 266. 

Exeter, 267. 
Grant. Ann, 366. 

Grantham. Lincolnshire. Eng.. 66. 
Grassy Hill (Lyme). 156. 
Graves. George. 1 14. 
John, 301. 
Sarah. 114. 
Samuel, 412. 
Gravescnd. Eng.. 187. 347. 
Gray. Edward, 90. 

Samuel, 135. 310. 
Thomas. 90. 383. 
Graysbury. Benjamin. 360. 
Great Harrington, Mass., 345. 



Great Homingthcath, Suffolk, Eng., 135, 

M'*- '37. 139- 
Great Swamp Fight. 17. 49. 53. 71. 74, 

160. 161, 233. 260. 316, 419. 
Green. Elizabeth, 394. 
Henry. 394. 

John, 52.83,90, 152. 141. 
Pardon. 35. 42. 
Samuel. 409. 
William. 383. 
Green Dragon Tavern. Boston, Masi., 

409. 
Greenland. N. H., 232. 
Grccnlcaf, Daniel. 236. 

Edmund (140-A), 16, 232- 

Elizabeth, 16, 231. 235. 239. 

Enoch, 235. 

James. 235. 

John. 234. 236. 

Judith (140, 147). 230-235, 
242, 243.249-251,261, 264. 

Mary, 236. 

Mr.. 17. 

Nathaniel. 235. 

Samuel. 235. 

Sarah. 234, 235. 

Stephen, 16, 23 1. 234-236, 246. 
249. 

Tristram. 236. 
Greenman. Content. 86. 
Greenwich, Conn.. 168. 

Eng., 380. 

N. J., 363. 364. 
Greenwood Cemetery. N. V., 210. 224, 

244. 
Gridlev. Richard. 412. 
Griffin. \ Anna. 141. 
Griffing. J Edward, 162. 

Edward Dorr. 122, 165, 166. 

Elizabeth. 166. 

George (103), 121. 164-166. 

George, 36, 122. 123. 166. 

176. 

Hannah, 163. 

He/.ekiah, 163. 

Irene. 164. 

Jasper (100), 162, 163, 169. 

Jasper (loi), 162, 163, 169, 

171. 
Jasper, 163. 
John, 162. 
Joseph, 163. 
Josiah, 165, 166. 
Lemuel (loj), 163-166, 171, 

176. 
Lemuel, 164. 
Livia, 166. 
Lucy, 166. 
Mart', 166. 
Nath.in. 163. 
Phoebe (72), 34. 36. 39, 120- 

124, 166. 
Phoebe, 165. 
Robert, 163, 366. 



450 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Griffin, Ruth, 163. 
Sarah, 163. 
Susanna, 163, 169. 
Grigsby, Lincolnshire, 59, 65. 
Grimes, Susanna, 98. 
Griswold, Anna, 180. 

Charles C, 180. 

Deborah, 182. 

Edward, 177, 178, iSo. 

Elizabeth, 180, 182. 

George (123), 177, 178, 184. 

George, 235, 277, 280. 282. 

John, 177, 1S0-182. 

Lois, 121. 

Mary (118), 164, 165, 175, 1S2. 

Matthew (124), 126, 153, 155, 
160, 170, 177-184. 

Matthew (125), 126, 127, 135, 
175, 1S0-182. 

Matthew, 181, 182. 

Patience, 182. 

Phoebe, 182. 

Richard, 117, 

Samuel, 182. 

Sarah, 180, 182. 

Thomas, 177, iSo, 182. 

Ursula, 124. 
Groton, Conn., 24, 35, 396. 

Mass., 410. 
Guilford, Conn., 100, 115, 116, 287, 

301. 
Guildhall, Exeter, 402. 
Gueldres, Marie de, 322. 
Guines, Count of, 321. 
Gull, William, 300. 
Gunnison, Mrs., 331. 

Haddam, Conn., 17, 146. 

Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, 339, 342, 

35O' 354. 355' 359- 
Haddonfield, N. J., 261, 339, 340, 354, 

359, 360. 
Hadley, Mass., 300. 
Haight, Phoebe, 167. 
Haines, Abigail, 350. 

Ann, 34S. 

Caleb, 349, 350. 

Carlisle, 359. 

Esther,. 349, 350. 

Hannah, 350. 

Isaac, 149, 350. 

John (200), 337, 347-349, 352^ 
354058- 

John, 349, 370. 

Jonathan, 349, 358. 

Joseph, 347, 348. 

Joshua, 350. 

Josiah, 349, 350. 

Martha Burr. 359. 

Mary (195), 337-339> 349- 35o> 
354- 

Mary, 348, 359. 

Phebe, 350. 

Rebecca, 349. 350, 358, 359. 

Reuben, 347. 



Haines, Richard (200-A), 336, 347, 348, 

35*. 352. 359- 

Richard, 339. 348, 349, 358. 359. 

Thomas. 336, 348. 

William, 348, 349. 
Hale, Dr., 196. 
Edna, 243. 
Elizabeth (151), 197, 198, 252- 

255, 270, 277. 
Elizabeth. 195. 
George, 138. 
Henry, 266, 276. 
James, 265. 
Joanna, 261, 265. 
John (156), 16, 191, 199, 231-233, 

261, 266, 274. 
John, 1 10, 233, 265. 
Mary, 244, 261. 
Mr.. 201. 
Nathan, 265. 
Rebecca, 265, 266, 270. 
Richard, no. 265. 
Robert {156-A), 260-262. 

Robert (157), 192. 199, 232, 262, 

264-267, 274, 276.^ 
Robert (158), 199. '232. 253-255, 

262. 264, 266-270. 276, 277. 
Samuel, 261, 265. 
Thomas, 233, 243, 244. 
Zachary, 261. 

Hale Burial Plot, 266, 270. 

Col.'s Garden, 269. 
Haliberton, Katherine, 323. 
Halifax, N.S., 254,286. 
Hall, Deliverance, 100. 

John, 222, 265, 273, 302. 
Mary, 302. 
Nathaniel, 98. 
Samuel, 317. 
Hall's Purchase, 73, 74. 
Hallum, John. 26. 
Halstead, Gilman and Co., 218. 
Hamburg, Conn., 164. 
Hamby, Catherine, 63, 72. 
Councillor, 63. 

Hammond, , 375. 

Jane, 141. 

Lawrence, 140, 141, 146, 150. 
Hampshire Money, 197, 
Hampstead, N. H., 244. 
Hampton, John, 355. 

Joseph, 355, 356. 
Hampton, N. H., 58, 190, 194. 235, 251, 

280, 393, 394, 416. 419. 
Hampton River, 393. 
Hancock, Elianor, 151. 
John, 31. 

Mary (204), 350, 356-359, 362. 
Mary, 358. 
Mr., 197. 
Timothy, 357. 

Harbottle, , 176. 

Dorothy (121), 174. 176, 177. 
Harlem Heights, 31. 
Harlock, Thomas, 392. 



Harneis, , 58. 

Harriman, John, 304. 
Harris, John, 164. 

Toleration, 92. 
» William, 92, 1 1 1, 132. 
Harris litigation, 91. 
Harrud, John. 91. 
Hart. Elizabeth, 258. 

Louise Edgerton, 124. 
Mortimer Edgerton. 124. 
Thomas, 86, 256. 
Hartford, Conn.. 19, 32, 45-50. 77, 79, 
95, 113-116, 124. 153. 154, 158, 159, 
169, 176, 179, 245. 300, 305, 312. 
Hartford Convention, 32. 
Hartwell, George, 404. 
Harwich, Cape Cod, 31S. 
Eng., 81,82, 86. 
Harwood, Henry, 260. 
Harvey, Jane (203), 353-356. 

Peter, 355. 
Haskett, Elias. 259. 

Elizabeth (154), 252, 253, 257- 

260. 
Hannah, 259, 260. 
Martha, 258-260. 
Mary, 259, 260. 
Sarah, 259, 260. 
Stephen (155), 25S-260. 
Stephen, 260. 
Hatch, Nathaniel, 398. 

Samuel, 399. 
Hater, Mr.. 144. 
Hatfield, Mass., 420. 
Hathaway, Deborah, 375. 

Sarah, 265. 
Hatherdean in Weghill. Eng., 4. 
Hathorne, Capt., 142. 
Haverhill, Mass., 234, 243, 244, 246, 249, 

^78, 393' 407- 
Haviland, William, 79. 
Havre de Grace, 212. 
Hawes, Rose, 186. 
Hawkins, Mary, 411. 

William, 80, 81. 
Hawkshurst. Sarah, 210. 
Hawley, Dorothy, 177. 

Elias S., 177. 

Elizabeth (117), 174. 175, 177, 
182. 

Josepli, 177. 

Thomas (121), 174, 176, 177, 
290. 

Thomas, 176, 177. 
Hay, Charles, 254. 
Haye, Robert, Lord of, 321. 
Hayes, Thomasine, 136, 137, 138. 
Haylanding, 349. 
Haynes, Governor, 113, 114. 

Sarah. 24. 
Hayward, Judith, 421. 
Hazard, Martha, 95. 
Heath, Attorney-General, 87. 

Isaac, 293. 
Heathe, William, 370. 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



•4SI 



Hclirun. Ci'iin., 376, 377, y)()-^oo, 409. 

410. 420. 
Hrhroii (Jr.u'cvard. 410. 
Hclnitrrnc. Beatrice, Lady of, 321. 
Hi'tkwcldtT. Rev. John, 205. 
Hell Gate, 63. 
Hclnu'. Christopher, 58. 
Mercy. 78. 
Rouse. 78. 
Hemenway (Hemingway), Samuel, 306. 
Hempstead. Jushua. 127. 
Hempstead, L. I.. 79. 127. 128. 
Henlniry. Gh^ucestershire. Eng., 402. 403. 
Hcnthinan, Bridget. 290, 292. 
Daniel, 54, 132. 
Thomas. 291. 
Henri IV. 319. 
Henry HI. 186. 
Henry VU. 1S5. 

Henry VHI. 4. 6. 9. 147. 400, 401. 
Hcnstredge, Somerset, Eng.. 259. 
Heritage, Benjamin. 360. 
Joseph. 360. 
Richard, 358, 359. 
Herring Pond (Commassakunkanet). 

385. 3S6. 
Hertford. Karl of, 4. 
Hertford. Kng.. 294. 
Hersey. Eli/.abeth. 189. 

Wdliam. 189, 
Hcskins. Mr. Samuel. 6. 7. 
Hessctt. SufTolk. Eng., 136. 139. 
Hcwcns, Jacob, 303. 
Hcwes. John, 397. 

Joshua. 298. 
Heyhoe. 222, 223. 
Hcyhoc, Frances. 187. 
Hibbert. Mary, 118. 
Hickman. Anthony, 148. 
Hicks, Elizabeth, 79. 
Hannah, 79. 
John. 79, 109. 
Joshua, 259. 
Robert, 79. 
Thomas, 79. 80. 
Hill, Ignatius, 235. 
James, 235. 
Jane, 125. 
Jonathan, 7, 98. 
Mary. 98. 
Ralph. 351. 
Richard, 148. 
Robert Carmer, 225. 
Thomas. 272. 
Wdliam, 225. 234. 235. 
Hdlard, Martha. 253. 
Hdlman, Joah. 360. 
Hdlsdown Plantations. N. J.. 351. 
Hilton. Col,, 193. 

Deborah, 239. 
Edward, 227, 229. 239. 
William. 22S. 235. 
Winthrop. 239, 271;. 
Hinckley, Abigad, 316, 317. 
Admire. 317. 



Hinckley, Bathshua. 313. 317. 
Ebcne/er. 317. 318. 
Experience. 317. 
Hannah, 317. 
John. 314. 317. 
Mary (Marie). 313. 317. 
Mchitablc, 317. 
Melctiah, 317. 
Mercy (181), 308-311. 317. 

3^5- 
Reliance, 311;. 318. 
Samuel (184), 312-314. 
Samuel, 313, 317. 
Sarah. 313. 317. 387. 
Susannah. 313. 
Thankful, 316, 318. 392. 
Thomas (185), 54. 132. 30S-309, 

313-319. 372. 3S7. 392. 
Thomas. 3 13, 317. 
Hinckley's Law. 317. 
Hinds. Experience, 421. 

John. 421. 
Hingham. Mass., 126, 187-189. 232. 307, 

308. 330. 382. 
Hingham. Norfolk, Eng.. 186. 187, 189. 

330- 
Hiscox. William. 82. 83. 
Hitchcock, Gen.. 31, 32. 
Hitteslcigh, Devon. Eng.. 151. 
Hobbs, Mary. 243. 394. 

Morris (Maurice), 394. 
Hodges. Mary. 90. 
Hodgson, Robert, 83. 
HofTman. Martin. 210. 217, 288. 
Mrs. Martin, 208. 
Serena, 210. 
Hoge. Dr.. 220. 
Hog Island, 54. 
Holden, Frances. 81. 

Francis A.. 88. 
Randall. 82. 86, 132. 
Holder, Christopher. 83. 
Holdridge. Sarah A. I., 33. 
Holmes, Catherine, 81. 
Gershom. 398. 
John. 81. 
Jonathan, 93, 109. 
Lydia. 93. 
Martha, 109. 
Mary, 26. 
Obadiah, 82. 
Pclcg. 398. 
Holt, fames, 292. 

Timothy, 292. 
William, 168. 
Honduras, 325. 

Honour. Alice (180), 307-309. 317. 
Hoo. Gualther, 136. 139. 
Jeremy, 139. 
Joane, 136, 139. 
John, 139. 
John at, 139. 
John of, 139. 
Robert. 139. 
Hookc. Florence. 2^1. 



H'Kikc, Horace. 2^1. 

Honker, Rev. Thomas. 113, 114. i24.if>S. 

Hopkms, -. 177. 

Edward. 143. 
Ezck, 95. 
Governor. 167. 
Hopkinton. R. I., 30. 75. 76. 
Hopper. Richard, 404. 

Robert. 329. 
Hopson, fohn. 116. 
Hnrne. Joan (201), 352. 3^3-3^6. 
Horner, Bartholomew. 361, 362. 
Deliverance, 360. 361. 
Hannah (205), 3^8-363. 
Isaac (207), 258-260, 361-363. 
Isaac. 361, 362. 
Jacob. 361. 362. 
Rachel. 361, 362. 
Horsham. Sussex Co.. Eng., 127. 
Hoskins. Mary (244), 396-398, 410. 
Hotchkiss, Joshua, 304. 
Houghton, Henry O., 215. 
Rosamund, 225. 
Stella. 224, 
Virginia, 225. 
Hovcy, Daniel. 296. 

James. 293. 296. 
Nathaniel, 301. 
How, Coi. Samuel. 16. 
Howard, Mary, 72. 
Howd, John. 301. 

Howe. , 278. 

Mr., 144. 
Nancy. 121. 
Howell. David. 288. 

Mary Douglas. 288. 
Mordecai, 362. 
Howland. Hannah. 375. 
John, 31. 

Hoyt, , 408. 

Hubbard, Samuel. 86. 

Thankful. 287. 
Hudson River, 31, 222. 
Hugg, Mercy, 337, 338. 
Huglett, Alice, 148. 
Huidrkoper, Rebecca Calhoun. 44. 
Hull. Ephraim. 158. 
Hull. Mass.. 232. 307-309. 
Hull. Joseph. 313. 
Hume, Sir Patrick. 87. 
Humplireys, Joshua. 362. 
Hunt. Bartholomew. 97. 

Naomi. 97. 
Hunt Draper. Ann (80), 131, 1^6-138. 
Hunting Swamp Farm. 96. 
Huntley. Moses. 170. 171. 173. 
Huntington. Frances. 166. 

Joseph. 166. 
Hurley. Henry. 368. 
Sarah. 368. 
Hurste, Susan. 401. 

William, 401. 
Hussey, Christopher, 246. 

Hutchins. . 397. 

Hulchings. John. 397. 



452 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Hutchinson, Alice, 56. 

Anne (17), 59-64, 68, 79, 81, 

101, 104, 115, 172, 311. 
Anne, 58, 64. 
Bridget (15), 50-53, 55, 58, 

64, 72, 101. 
Catherine, 64. 
Christopher, 56, 57. 
Edward, 57, 59, 66. 
Edward, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 

64, 72. 
Eliakim, 58. 
Ehzabeth, 64. 
Esther, 58. 
Faith, 64. 
Francis, 62-64. 
John, 56, 57. 
Jolin, 58, 66. 
Margaret, 56. 
Mary, 57. 58. 
Richard, 58, 61, 64. 
Samuel, 53, 58, 64. 
Susanna, 57-59, 63, 64, 71, 

172. 
Theophilus, 57. 
Tliomas, 55, 56, 64. 
■William (t7), 50, 51, 56-54, 

66,68,69,72,104,172,312. 
\\'iniam, 56, 64. 
Zuryell, 64. 
The Family in England, 56— 

Hyde, Elizabeth (69), Ii6-n8, 124, 126, 

135. '»'■ 
Hester, 125. 
Jabez, 126. 
John, 126. 
Phoebe (125), 126, 135, 175, iSo- 

1S2. 
Samuel (75), 116, 117, 125, 126, 

iSo, iSi. 
Samuel, 126. 
Sarab, 126. 
Thomas, 126, 
William (74), 124, 125. 
William. 126. 

Ickworth, Suffolk, Eng., 135. 
Illinois College, 217. 
Ilsley, Joseph, 242. 

William, 242. 
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 359. 
Indian Fort, 74. 
Indians, 47,48,49,63, 64,92,99, 105, 385, 

392, 405-420. 
Indian War of 1682, 273. 

of 1791, 206, 207. 
Ingalls, Edmund, 293. 
Elizabeth, 293. 
Faith, 408. 
Ingersoll, Bathshua, 251. 

John, 115. 
Inglis, Marion (1S7), 323, 324. 

Thomas, 323. 
Ingraham, Wary, 94. 



Ingram, Samuel, 116. 
Inskcep, Agnes, 341. 
Ipplepen, Devon, Eng., 401. 
Ipswich, Mass., 9, 10, 187-196, 236, 238, 
242, 252, 259, 261, 273, 274, 
279, 291-296, 330, 4«5-4'7- 
River, 292. 
Suffolk, Eng., 63, 233, 234. 

Irvin, , 359. 

Isham (Isum), Joseph, 375. 
Ives, Abigail, 253, 257. 

Ann, 253. 

Benjamin (150), 252-254, 259, 270. 

Benjamin (151), 197, 199- ^53--5S- 
268, 270. 

Benjamin, 255. 

Deborah, 252. 

Elizabeth, 200-201, 252, 253. 

John, 252. 

Joseph, 252, 253. 

Margaret, 254. 

Martha, 253. 

Mary. 253. 

Rebecca (134), 197-199, 206, 255, 
288. 

Robert Hale, 200, 205, 216, 255. 

Samuel, 253. 

Thomas (149), 251. 252. 257, 259. 

Thomas, 201, 252, 257. 

Thomas Poynton, 216. 

Jackson, Edward, 138. 

President, 394. 

Xenia, 284. 
Jacksonville, 111., 213, 214, 345, 347. 
Jacobs, Henry, 357. 
Jacob, Richard, 261. 
Jacques, Ruth, 244. 
Jamaica, 308. 
James I, 140, 306. 

II, 105, 237,315.322. 

IV, 322. 

V, 322. 
James, Ehzabeth, 186. 

Mary, 141. 

Philip, 330. 

Jamestown, R. I., 73, 101. 

Va., 46. 
Jasper, Edward, 8. 
Jefferay, Mary, 90. 

Priscilla, 72. 
Sarah, 83. 
William, 72, 83. 
Jefferson, Thomas, 32. 
Jenkins, Richard, 93. 

Jennings, , 367. 

Jewctt, David, 166. 
Joseph, 118. 
Mr., 17, 118. 
Nathan, 118. 
Nathan Hibbert, 166. 
W^illiam, 166. 
Johnson, Abigail, 301. 

Captain, 172, 308. 
Dorcas, 118. 



Johnson, Edward, 10. 

Frances, 331. 

Henry, 362. 

Ibaac, 67. 

James, 407. 

Jeremiah, 300. 

John, 153,293,301 

Mary, 369. 

Robert, 369. 

Ruth, 284. 

Stephen, 121. 

William, 300. 

Zebediah, 284. 
Johnston, Abraham. 341. 

John Taylor, 222. 
Jones, Sarah, 1 16. 

Thomas, 228. 
Jordan. Hannah, 419. 
Joseph Lord house, 37, 42 
Juan Fernandez, 33. 
Juatt, Elizabeth, 381. 
Jurdaine, Ignatius, 234. 
Sarah, 234. 

Kaign, Joseph, 342. 
Kedder, Mary, 421. 
Keech, George, 109. 

Marv, 109. 
Keep, Rev. John, 2S6. 
Keir, Lord, 322. 
Keith, Samuel, 375. 

Susanna, 375, 
Kellogg, Esther, 166. 
Kember, Joan, 245. 

Robert, 245. 
Kemble, Vespasian, 360. 
Kempston. Eng., 85, 87. 
Kendworth, Eng., 177, 178, 180. 
Kenney, Penelope, 194. 
Kent, Conn.. 273, 284, 285. 343, 375. 

376,377. 378, 398> 399' 4'0- 
Trainband, 376. 
Kent, John, 239, 240, 243. 
Sarah (143), 195. 196. 
Thomas, 8. 
Kerridge, Rose, 89. 

Thomas, 402. 
Ketle, Jonas, 354, 356. 
Killingworth (New Haven), Conn., 19, 

20, 158, 178. 
Kimball, Martha, 419. 
King, David, 66- 
Rufus, 32. 
King Philip, 53, 54. 
King's Ferry (Stony Point), 32. 

Highway (Bridpeboro), N. J., 337. 
Province (King's County), 54, 91. 
Kingston, Can., 41 1. 
N. H., 196. 
Pa., 44. 

R. I., 73, 74, 80, 90, 97. 
Kingswearc, Eng., 226, 227, 228. 
Kinsey, Edmund, 356. 
Elizabeth, 356. 
Mary, 356. 



INDl-.X ol I^FKSONS, IM.ACES, ETC. 



453 



Kirby, Charles Noycs. 43. 
Daniel Novcs, 43. 
Kitmuml Burj^is, 43. 
Kli.ib liurps. 43. 
Llisha. 43. 
Julian Noycs. 43. 
Mrs., 39. 42. 43. 166. 
Robert Spencer. 43. 
Winchester Scott. 43. 
Kirkbic, Kilwanl. 57. 
Kirtlantl. John. 163. 
Lyih.T. \(y\- 
Sarah, 127. 134. 
Kitchell. [oanna. 168. 
kobcrt. 16S. 
Kittery, Me.. 226-229. 2(18. 331. 
Knapp, Ann. 393. 

William, 3()3. 
Knight, Edmund, 57. 
John. 16, 251. 
Joseph, 251. 
Richard, 92, 
Knott, George. 384. 
Knox. John, 323. 

Laccby, Lincolnshir'*, Eng., 58. 
Ladd, Nathaniel, 237. 
Lake Chamj>Ijin, 302. 
SaUonstall, 305. 
Lamb, Jolui, 176. 

Thomas, 176. 
Lamprey River, 18S. 
Lancaster, Mafs., 39';, 421. 
Land Bank, 268, 269. 

of Nod, 142. 
Langdiin. Elizabeth (155), 258-260, 
Lanply, Richard, 390. 
Large, John, 126. 

William, 126. 
Larkin, John, 261. 
Larrabee, Elizabeth, 126, 127. 

Greenfield, 126, 127, 128. 
John, 126, 127. 
Joseph, 126, 127. 
Sarah, 126, 127. 
I,atham, Ann, 88. 
Cary, 112. 
Ellen, 88. 
Elizabeth, 87, 88. 
Frances (32), 74, 81, 82, 85. 

86. 88, 101, 105. 
H'-nrv. 88. 
John. 88. 
Kaihchne, 88. 
Lewis, 8<;-S8. 
Sarah, 88. 
Simon, 87. 
Sir Thomas, 87. 
Ursula, 87. 
Winnifrcd, 87. 
Lathrop, Bethia, 314. 
Latimer. ") Christopher (193), 324-327. 
Lattimore, > 329-332. 
Laitimcr, J Elizabeth (192), 324, 326. 



Latimer. Jeane, 330. 
Jnan, 329. 
Mrs.. 205. 
Rebecca, 24. 
Susanna, 330. 
Laud. Archbishop, 167, 307. 
Laurel Hill, I'a., 344. 
Laurenceburg, Ind., 212. 
Law, Daniel, 325. 

Henry Herbert, 225. 
Theodore Gilman, 225. 
Walter W., 225. 
Lawson, Christopher, 58. 
Lawtun, Ann, 96, 97, 98. 
Daniel. 96, 97. 
Elizabeih, 96-98. 
George. 83,95, 97. 
Isaac (47), 93. 94. 96-98, 100. 
Isaac, 97, 98. 
habel, 98. 
Job, 97, 98. 
John, 97, 98. 
Mary, 26, 98. 
Ruth. 98. 

Sarah (39), 93. 94. 98. 102. 
Sarali, 96, 97, loi. 
Susanna, 98. 

Thomas (46), 83.95-97. 100, loi. 
Thomas, 97, 98. 
Lay, Abigail, 160, 161. 
Edward, 161. 
Elizabeth, 160, 161. 
James, 160. 

Jane (87), 1 19. i <;7. 161. 
Joanna, 161. 
John (93), 156. 

John (04), 157, 160. 171, 180. 
John, 156, 160, 161. 
Joseph, 161. 
Marah, 161. 
Mary, 161. 
Peter, 160. 
Phoebe, 160. 
Rebeckah, 161. 
Robert, 161. 
Sarah, 160, 161, I7» 
Susanna, 160. 
Lea, Mrs., 107. 
Leach, Master, 198. 
Leasingham, Eng., 56. 
Leathersellcrs, 297. 
Leavilt, 1 John, 188. 
Level, / Moses, 194, 237, 238. 
Ralph, 58. 
Thorii.is, 5S. 
Lebanon, Conn., 30, 125, 127, 287, 375, 
388, 3S9, 399. 
Miss., 210. 
Le Baron, Elizabeth, 286. 
Lazarvis, 286. 
Lydia, 288. 
Lcdstone, Yorkshire, Eng.. 138. 
Lee, Charles, 31. 

Ehzabeth, 125, 126, 157, 169, 182. 
Francis, 358, 360. 



Lee, ILinnah, 182. 
Jarnrh, 121. 

Jane (75), 116. 117. 125. 126, iKi. 
Jane, 12G, 127. 

Mary, 116, 171, 358, 360, 362. 
Phoebe, ii6, 117, 155, 156. 
Richard, 253. 
Sarah, 133, 134, 161. 
Stephen, 1 iS. 

Thomas (76), 107. 116. iiK. 125- 
128, 133, 134, 155, 169, 181, 182, 

Thomas, 116, 118, 126, 127, 133, 

134, 155, 169, 173, 180-182. 
Lee, Mass., 217, 224. 
Leete, Gov.. 305. 
Lefevre, Hippolitp, 367, 368. 
Leiringwell, Thomas, 179, 396, 397. 

I'Cgg. .3^8. 

Lcggf'tt, Abraham, 345. 

Catherine Wyley, 343, 345, 346. 
Sarah Wyley, 214. 
I.a^icester, Mass., 310, 409, 414. 
Lcnton. Agnes, 65. 
John, 65. 
Lettice, Dorothy, 90. 
Leverett, John, 144. 
Leverich, Mr. 371, 385. 
Li-w, Col. Joseph H., 35. 
Lewis, , 298. 

Abigail (Hannah), 325. 

Ezekiel, 325. 

Isabella, 138. 

Job, 325. 

John, 312. 
Marv, 161. 
Richard, 13S. 
Lexington, Kentucky, 342. 

Mass., 282, 283, 284. 
Lidgctl, Charles, 132. 
**Life on the Lakes," 211. 
Lillibridge, Capi. Robert, 102. 
Lincoln, Abraham, zi6, 220. 

Earl of, 67. 
Lincoln, Eng., 56. 

Mayor of, 56. 
Slienff of. 56, 6<;. 
Lippincott,Abia Swift (136), 44. 186, 211- 

"'»'33^ 343' 344. 346, 370. 
Abigail, 535. 338. 341. 
Abraham I>eggett, 346. 
Alexander Lockwood, 346. 
Amos, 341. 
Aquila, 340, 341, 361. 
Barzillai (iq8), 341, 343, 361, 

364, 378. 
Barzillai, 340. 
Caleb, 339, 340, 3()0. 
Charles Ellet, 342, 343, 346. 
Elizabeth Todd, 346. 
Esther, 338. 
Ezekiel, 360. 
Freedom (194), 334-337' 34^*. 

350- 353- 
Freedom, 337. 



454 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Lippincott, George Allen, 347. 
Grace, 340. 
Increase, 335. 
Isaac, 338, 354. 
Jacob, 334. 335. 
John (197), 338-341,361. 
John, 333»335'33^'34i-36i. 
Josiah, 343. 
Judith, 337. 
Julian Post, 347. 
Martha, 340. 
Mary, 337, 338, 340. 
Mary Jane, 346. 
Mercv, 338. 
Nathaniel (196), 33S-340, 354, 

360, 361. 
Patience, 338. 
Phoebe, 338. 
Preserved, 334, 335. 
Remembrance, 333, 335, 336. 
Restore, 333, 335. 
Richard (194-A), 333-335- 
Richard, 335, 336. 
Samuel, 336, 337, 34^-344- 
Sarah, 340, 343. 
Sarah Elizabeth, 347. 
Sarah Louise, 346. 
Seth, 340. 
Thomas (195), 337-340> 349- 

350^ 354. 
Thomas (199), 211, 213, 214, 

343» 347- 
Thomas, 338, 341, 361. 
Thomas Winthrop, 347. 
Wallace, 340. 
William Leggett, 346. 
Lippincott and Co., 345. 
Lippitt, Col. Christopher, 2S, 31, 32. 
Little, Benjamin, 244. 
Daniel, 244. 
Ebenezer, 243, 
Enoch, 244. 
George (145). 241-243, 251, 416, 

417. 
George, 243, 244. 
John, 242. 

Joseph (146), 192, 239-244, 251. 
Joseph, 243. 
Judith, 243. 
Mary, 250. 
Moses, 242-244, 251. 
Mr., 197. 
Nathan, 243. 
Sarah (143)* 239, 243. 
Sarah, 242. 
Thomas, 382. 
Tristram. 244. 
Little Bytham, Eng., 232, 233. 
Little Cambridge, 325. 
Little Compton, R. L, 89, 100, 310. 
Little or East Shefford, Berks, Eng., 

306, 307, 309. 
Little Ponton, Eng., 58. 
Little Rest, 74, 75. 
Little River (Hartford), 159. 



Lloyd, David, 349. 

Thomas, 349, 364. 
Lock, \ Alice, 148. 
Lok, /Anne, 149. 

Catherine, 148. 

Dorothy, 148. 

Edmund, 148. 

Elizabeth, 148-150. 

Francis, 148, 149. 

Hannah, 149, 150. 

Henry, 148. 

Jane, 150. 

Joane, 148. 

John, 14S, 149. 

Margaret (82), 133,134, 141-146, 
150. 

Man', 149, 150. 

Matthew, 149, 150, 153. 

Matthew, 148. 

Michael, 148. 

Peter, 148. 

Philip, 148. 

Richard, 148. 

Robert, 149. 

Rose, 148. 

Rowland, 149. 

Sarah, 150. 

Susanna, 150. 

Thomas, 147-149. 

Thomas, 149. 

Thomazin, 148. 

The Family in England, 147. 
William (83), 141, 144, 149, 150, 

»53- 
Sir William, 147, 148. 
William, 148, 149. 
Lockport, N. Y., 38. 

Lockwood, , H2. 

John, 112. 
Locrcs, John, Lord of, 321. 
Lombard, Benjamin, 383. 
London, Eng., 45, 73, 79, 85, 88, 113, 115, 
1^9' »33» i59» »67, 199, 241, 
273,274,297,380,415. 
Bow Lane, 147, 149. 
Bridge, 137. 
Great Fire, 147, 297. 
Grub St., 148. 
Missionary Society, 47. 
Seething Lane, 141, 144. 
St. Botolph's Lane (Buttelan), 
129, 130. 
Long, Deacon, 214. 

Herodias (28), 77-80. 
Mary, 148, 149. 
Robert, 13. 
Simon, 148. 
Longhorne, Thomas, 17. 
Long Meadow, Mass., 286. 
Long Swamp Farm, 96. 
Lord, Abigail, 1 16, 1 18, 195. 
Amie, 114, 115. 

Ann (12), 16, 17, 45-50, 113, 115. 
Ann, 121, 135. 
Anna, 118. 



Lord, Benjamin, 116, 135. 
Catherine, 38, 124. 
Daniel, 116, 221. 
Deborah, 1 17. 
Dorothy, 114-116. 
Elizabeth, 117. 
Enoch (71), 37, 119-121, 124, 157, 

166. 
Enoch, 121. 

Frances Jane, 42, 122, 124. 
George de Forest, 222. 
Hannah, 50. 
Harriet, 38, 42, 120, 122, 123, 124, 

166. 
Hepzibah, 121, 124, 171. 
James, 116. 

Jane, 33, 38, 42, 118, 121, 124. 
John, 113-116, 118. 
Joseph (72), 34, 36, 121-124. 
Joseph, 116, 124, 171, 317. 
Josephine, 38, 123, 124, 
Julia, 37. 
Julia Ann, 124. 
Lucy, 124. 
Lydia, 118. 
Lynde, 121. 
Mary, ii6, 118, 195. 
Phoebe Griffin (7), 34-43, 113, 123. 

124, 162, 166, 225, 226. 
Phoebe, 118. 
Richard (69), 116-118, 1 24- 1 26, 

135, 179, 181. 
Richard (70), 117, 120, 124, 135, 

157.182. 

Richard, 47, 113, 114, 119, 121. 

Robert, 1 14-1 16, 195. 

Samuel, 1 16. 

Sarah, 1 16. 

Stephen |., 37. 

Susannah, 1 17, 417. 

Thomas (67), 24, 37, 113-115, 

125. 
Thomas, 50, 1 14-1 16, 171. 
William (68), 113-117, 124. 125, 

17 »• 
William, 1 16, 121. 
Lord and Noycs, 37. 
Lord's Hill, 114, 117. 
Lord (Laward) Seal, 114. 
Lord Mayor of London, 298. 
Loring, Cousin, 311. 
Josiah, 308. 
Thomas, 308. 
Welthean, 313, 314. 
Lowe, Daniel, 196. 

Susannah, 196. 
Lowle, Rebecca, 233. 
Lothrop, Elijah, 119. 
Harriet, 288. 
Rev. John, 59, 119, 312. 
Thomas, 288, 314. 
Louisburg, N. S., 182, 254, 268, 269, 270, 

277- 
Louisville, Kentucky, 208, 210. 
Lovejoy, Christopher, 414. 



INDFX OF PF RSONS, PFAr.FS. FTC 



455 



Lovejoy, Elijah, 216, 217, 346. 
John, 416, 417. 
William, 414. 
Lovrjny Uiut, 215, 216. 
[.ovcjaci*, Governor, 247. 
LovcLind, Charles Noycs, 44. 
Elijah, 44. 
George, 44. 
Josephine Noyes, 44. 
Rose Cracroft, 44. 
Lovering, Thomas, 403. 
Loyalists, 249. 
Lucas, Edward R, 33. 
i\[artha, 33. 
Rosalie Howe, 33. 
Sarah. 33. 
Susan, 33. 
Ludiiigton, Arthur Crosbv, 44. 
Charles H., 42, 44. 
Charles Townsend, 44. 
Helen Oilman. 44. 
James Elliott, 44. 
Josephine Noyes, 42, 43, 44. 
Katberine, 44. 
Lewis, 44. 
Mar>' Louise, 44. 
Nicholas Saltns, 44. 
William Howard, 44. 
Wright Saltus, 44. 
Ludlowe, Mr., 179. 
Lumberland, N. Y., 378. 
Lumhertown, N. Y., 213, 343, ■;44. 
Lutherans, 384. 
Lvall, Mar\', 133. 

Lvard St. Laurence, Eng., 182, 183. 
Lyme, Comi.. 16, 33-37. 41. 43. 11 5-1 18, 
121-128, 135. 153-1791 181, 182. 
Burying Ground, 42. 
Church, 37. 
Library, 37, 42. 
Street, 37, 122. 
Train Band, 117. 
Lvme, Regis, Eng., 235. 
Lynde, Ann, 135. 

Benjamin, 133, 134, 137. 
Elizabeth (70), 1 18-120, 135. 

138. 157. 
Elizabeth, 133. 
Enoch (77), 128-131, 138. 
Enoch, 131, 133. 
Hannah, 133, 135, 182. 
James, 131, 133. 
John, 133. 
Joseph, 133, 135. 
Matthew, 130, 131. 
Nathan, 129. 
Nathaniel (7g), 19, 21, 118, 120. 

132-135, 146, i8i. 
Nathaniel, 135. 
Samuel. 131-133, 135. 
Sarah, 133. 135. 
Simon (78), 54, 135-137, 146, 

240. 
Simon, 133. 
Susannah, 135. 



Lynde. Willoughby, 135, 

Lynde Point, 134. 

Lyndon, Abigail, 94. 

Lynn, Mass., 289, 382, 384, 417. 

l^von, Samuel, 2S4. 

Lyons, Wdliam, 394. 

Mackerell, Michael, 272. 
Mac({uoit, Me., 192. 
Macticr. Alex. & Co.. 212. 
Macy, Thomas, 246, 247, 278, 280, 392. 
Madison, James, 32. 
Maine Missionary Society, 197. 
Maister, Anne, 149. 150. 152. 153. 
Magdalen, 152. 
Olave, 152. 
Maiden, Mass., 235, 303. 
Manchester, N. H., 162, 174, 331. 

Vt., 286. 
Manhattan, 98. 
Mann, John, 410. 

Nathaniel, 410. 
ALinning, .Anne, 138. 
Dr., 267. 
Man,', 259. 
Mannington, N. J., 364, 367, 368. 
Manomett Pond, 383. 
Marblehcad, Mass., 162, 252, 324-332, 
Pond St. Burial Ground on 
the Hill, 327, 329. 
Marbury. Anne (17), 50, 51, 57-66, 68, 
72, 394. 
Anne, 65. 
Anthony, 65, 66. 
Bridget, 66. 

Catherine. 58, 65, 66, 86. 
Daniel, 66. 
Edward. 65. 
Elizabeth, 65, 66. 
Emme, 58, 66. 
Erasmus, 66. 
Francis, 57, 59, 65. 
Francis, 66. 
George, 65. 
Jercmoth, 66. 
John, 66. 
Mar)*, 65. 
Susan, 65. 
William, 65. 
William, 65. 

The Family in England, 65, 66. 
March, Hugh, 8. 
Marietta, O., 198, 202, 204-211, 286- 

289. 344. 346. 394. 
Marine, 111., 347. 
Marks, Esther, 421. 

Hezekiali, 421. 
John, 410, 421. 
Joseph (255), 409, 419-421. 
Joseph, 421. 

Mary (25a), 39S. 409. 410. 420. 
Richard. 420. 
Roger, 419. 
Su*^anna, 421. 
Marks Mountain, 420. 



Marlborough, Kng., 64, 176, 415, 419. 

MifcR., 410. 
Marlow, Gregory, 356. 
Mar&hall, David, 210. 

Hannah H., 2to. 
Henry Perry, 125. 
Henry Kuigerii, 215. 
Serena Gilman, 226. 
William, 261. 
Afarshfield, Mass., 382. 
Marsh, Eleanor, 147. 
Jonathan, 106. 
Susanna, 95. 
Martha's Vineyard, 95, no, 316, 318, 389, 

39«- 
Martin, Capl., 330. 
Marinrk, Sctmersei, Eng., 150. 
Martini(|ue, W. L, 102. 
Marvin Farms, 122. 
Marvin, Benjamin, 157. 
Elizabeth, 157. 
Eunice, 121. 
Hepzibah (71), 119-121. 124. 

157, 166. 
Jemima, 157. 
John (86), 1 55-161. 
John, 157. 

Joseph (87), 119. 122, 157, 161. 
^L^ry, 118, 154, 156. 
Matthew, 121, 153. 
Mehitable, 121, 157. 
Rcinold (84), 153-156. 15S. 160. 
Reinold (85), 118. 154-159, 170, 

175. »79. »8o. 
Reinold, 155, 156, 175. 
Robert, 127, 12S. 
Samuel 156, 159. 
Sarah, 156, 160, 175. 
Martyn, Elizabeth, 151. 

John, 151. 
Afasant, Alice, 229. 
ALishantatat, 92. 
Mason, Capt., 47. 

John, 24, 55. 228. 
Major, 48, 179. 
Robert, 230. 
Samuel, 109. 
Masonville, N. J., 351. 
Masters, Abraham, 112. 
Elizabeth, 112. 
Jane, no, 111, 112. 
John (66- a). Ml. 
Lydia (66), 107, 110-112. 
Nathaniel, 1 12. 
Sarah, 112. 
Masters Brook, tli. 
Mast Tree Riot, 194. 
Mather, Anna, 121. 

Cotton, 10, 181, 266, 392. 
Deborah, 157. 
Nathaniel, 318. 
Richard, 302, 318. 
Samuel, 121, 157. 
Matlack, Abigail, 360, 362. 
Amy, 361. 



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456 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Matlack, Anna (ig?), 340, 341, 361, 364. 
Balhshcba, 360. 
Benjamin, 360. 
Ephraim, 360. 
Esther, 360. 
George, 358. 
Hannah, 360, 361. 
Isaac, 360. 
Jacob, 360. 
Jane, 359. 

John (205), 338, 362, 363. 
John (206), 340, 358-360, 361, 

363- 
Joseph, 350, 359. 
Keziah, 360. 
Lydia, 360. 
Mary, 349, 358, 360. 
RiLhard, 358. 
Sarah, 359, 360, 361. 
Timothy, 359. 
William (204), 348, 350, 356- 

-^59. S^i. 
William, 358. 
Matlack Burving Ground in Haddon- 

fieid, 358. 
Matthews, Elizabeth, 252. 
Mattle, Anna, 290. 
Maverick, Abigail, 239. 
Mayhew, \ Agnes, 390. 
Maow, J Alice, 283, 390. 

Bethia, 392. 

Edward, 390. 

Elizabeth, 390. 

Expeiience, 316,318,392. 

Hannah, 392. 

John, 390, 392. 

Jone, 390. 

Katherine, 390. 

Martha (236), 386-388, 392. 

Marv, 392. 

Matthew (238-A), 389. 390. 

Mattht-w, "^92. 

Susanna, 421. 

Thomas (238), 246, 247, 278, 
283, 316. 318, 386, 389-392. 

Thomas, 391, 392. 
Mazfield, John, 360. 
Maynard, Lydia, 261. 

McCrary, , 171. 

McCuUom, Andrew, 363, 

McCurdy, Alexander Lynde, 38, 124. 

Alexanna, 124. 

Alice J., 124. 

Catherine Lord, 124. 

Gertrude Griffin, 124. 

Richard, 124. 
McDoiigall, Gen. 31, 377. 
Meade, Hannah, 50. 
William, 50. 
Medfield, Mass., 303. 
Meeker, Sarah, 162. 
Melborne, Cambridgeshire, Eng., 352, 

353- 
Melrose, Abbot of, 322. 
Mendon, Mass., 175. 



Mercer's Chapel, 147, 14S, 149. 
Meredith, Mary, 148. 

Robert, 147, 148. 
Merrimac, N. H., 174, 273. 

River, 55, 246, 406, 413. 
Merton Abbey, Surrey, Eng., 147-150. 
Metcalf, Elizabeth (149), 251, 252, 256, 
257, 259. 
Joseph (152-A), 255, 256, 295, 

296, 418. 
Joseph, 256. 
Mary, 256. 

Thomas (152), 252, 255-257, 
296. 
Methodist Book Concern, 288. 
Methuen, Mass., 262. 
Miantonomi, 68. 
Michel, Susan, 318. 
Middle Alton. 111., 346. 
Middleboro, Mass., 309. 

East Precinct, 30S-310. 
Middleborough (Newtown), L. L, 99, 

Middlcton, , 338. 

Hannah, 354. 
John, 361. 
Thomas, 354. 
Middletown, Conn., 43, 123, 211, 396. 

R.I., 89,93. ' 
Mifflin, Gen., 31. 
Milford, Camden Co., N. J., 339. 

Conn., 19, 118, 154, 155, 157, 
159,310. 
Miles, Mary E., 210. 
Miller, Elizabeth, 209, 210. 
Jane, 210. 

John S., 208, 210, 211. 
Samuel, 94. 
Millinglon, Conn., 121. 
Mill River, 114. 
Mills, Sarah, 102, 106. 
Milton, HI., 345. 

Kent, Eng., 113. 
Milwaukee, Wis., 347. 
Miner, Marv, 26. 
Mr., 40. 
Prudence, 26. 
Thomas, 21. 
Minor, Ephraim, 21. 
Mirick, Sarah, 251. 
Misquamicoke (Westerly), 79, 82. 
Miitick, Mass., 10. 
Mitchell, Ann, 121. 

Edward, 330. 
John. 133." 
Jonathan, 14^. 
William. 121. 
Money, Sarah, 78. 
Moneypenny, Elizabeth, 322. 

Ix)rd, 322. 
Monticello, 111., 210, 217. 

N. Y.. 37S. 
Monlmorenci, Bfargaret, 321. 
Montville, Conn., 24. 
Moody, Apphia, 265. 
Caleb, 232. 



Moody, Cutting, 243. 
John, 265. 
Samuel, 243. 
Thomas, 232. 
William, 255. 
Mooers, Samuel, 246. 
Moore, Cornelia A., 226. 
Elizabeth, 65. 
William, 277. 
Moorestown, Pa., 354. 

graveyard, 358. 
Moreau, Abigail, 410. 
Morris, Isaac, 349. 
Morristown, N. J., 32. 
Moreaume, Isabella de, 321. 
Morgan, Daniel, 349. 358. 

Elizabeth, 79. 
Morgans Lott, 270. 
Morrell, Isaak, 293. 
Morrice, Capt., 47. 
Morrill, Hannah, 244. 
Nforris, John, 304. 
Morton, Ephraim, 383. 
Joanna, 308. 
Nathaniel, 30S. 
Patience, 383. 
Rev. Mr., 2'i5. 
Moseley, Henry Perkins, 34, 
Julia Noycs, 34. 
Mar\', 67, 71. 
Richard, 67. 
Seth H., 34. 
Moss, John, 168, 
Mary, 168. 
Mutt Haven, 220. 
Mottisfont, Priory of, 6. 
Moulton, John, 393. 

Mary J., 347. 
Mary, 394. 
Mozley, Rev. Thomas, 7. 
Mt. Holly, N. J., 335, 351, 361. 
Mt. Hope, R. I., 53. 
Mt. Woilaston (Braintree), Mass., 60. 
Mulford, John, 128. 
Murdock, Pho.-bc. 383. 
Samuel, 396. 
Murray, Brulah, 210. 

Rev. James O., 221, 224. 

Murrv, — , 410. 

Muschampe, Sir Thomas, 149. 
Musgrave, Dr., 222. 
Muskingum, O., 203. 

River, 204. 
Musqueta, 17, 23, 25. 
Mycall, Mary, 172, 
Myles, Richard. 169. 

Namaskel. Middleborough, 383. 

Nangle, Eng., 318. 

Nantasket, R. L, 78. 

Nantucket, 33, 100, 245-250, 278, 281, 

39i,39S»4»6'4iO. 
Narbonne house, 252. 
Narragansett, R. L, 77, 80, 96. 
Narragansetls, 29. 



INDEX or pi:rsons, places, etc. 



437 



Narragjii&oit Bay, 58, 62, 63. 
Narragansott War, 71, 171;, 2t;6, 308, 314, 

3»7- 
Nasli, Eii-^alw'tli, 301. 

John, 301. 
Nalchiv., Mis;.., Z08, 210. 
Nf.il.uul, Ktlward. 256. 
Ncclli*, Jeanneltc de, 321. 
Nrtlicrlaiui l-'arin, 368. 
Ni'vell, Henry, 353. 

Peter, 353. 
Newark, N. J., 166. 
New Bedford, Mast... 33, 375. 
Newberry, Sarah, 184. 

Thomas, 184. 
Ncwburg, O,, 38. 
Newbury, Eng., 10. 

Free School, 9. 
Ferry, 246. 

Mass., 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, id, 18,45, 

81, 118, 143, i()0, 191, 193, 

227-242,245-251, 261, 2(>2, 

265,273, 278, 279, 4»3'4>7. 

Militia, 250. 

Ncwburyport, Mass., 196, 243, 244, 277, 

311,325. 
Newcastle, Eng., 72. 
Ncwcomb, Jonathan, 389. 
Newegatc, l Andrey, 136. 
Newdcgate, ,- Anne, 136, 138. 
Ncwdigate, ) Ehzabcrh, 138. 

Hannah(78), 131-133,135- 

138, 146. 
H.innah, 138. 
John (80), 131, 135-138. 
John, 136-138. 
Joseph, 136, 138. 
Lydia, 138. 
Nalhamrl, 133, 137. 
Phillippe, 136, 139. 
Sir Richard, 135. 
Robert, 136. 
Robert, i ;6. 
Sarah, 138. 
Mr. Sergeant, 135. 
Thomas, 138. 
William, 135. 
William, 137, 138. 
Newfoundland, 227, 331, 403. 
New Hartford, Conn., 166. 
New Haven, Conn.. 19, 20, 22, ^4, 120, 146, 
158, 167, 168, 178, 209, 
210, 300, 301, 303, 305, 
306. 
New Haven Colony, 305. 
Tavern, 304. 
New London, Conn.. 16, 23, 46, 48, 49, 
no, 115, 135, 169, 170, 
175. 180, 182, 190. 
New London Companv, 117. 
Newmarket, N. H.. 188. 
New Orleans, La.. 35, 207, 210, 212, 213, 

217, 225. 
NcwportjR.L. 24, 28,31-34,46,48,51-55, 
62, 66,69, 7o~78, 81-109, 161. 



Newport Cemetery, 94, 105. 

Jatt, 106. 

State House, 55. 
New Providence, Bahamas, z6o. 
New Roxbury (Wtiodstock), Conn., 290. 
New Salem, N. J., 363, 364, 366, 367, 368. 
New Sarum, Rnj,'., 261, 262. 
New Shonhain, K. [.(Block Island), 172. 
Newton Meeting, 337. 

Township, N. J., 362. 

Wiltshire, Eng.. 8. 
Newtowne (Cambndgf). 46, 47, 114, 115. 
New York. 33, 36, 41. 42, 45, 63, 98, 133, 
166, 208, 226, 247, 288. 

345. SS**. 3^»3»4ii- 
Niantics, 48, 49. 
Nichoics, Joseph, 367. 
Nicholson, Joseph, 354. 
Samuel, 354. 
Nic, \ Benjamin, 379, ^85. 
Nye, ( Ebenrzrr, 379. 
Niles, Benjamin (113), 170. 171-174. 

Di'borah, 174. 

Hannah, 172. 

Increase, 172. 

Isaac, 172. 

John (112), 172, 173. 

John, 172, 173. 

Joseph, 172. 

Naomi (no), 163, 164, 170, 171. 

174- 
Nathaniel, 172, 173. 
Ruth, 174. 
Samuel, 172. 
Ninecroft, 49. 91. 
Ninegret, 18, 48. 
Nineteenth Continentals, 377. 
Niion, Gen., 31. 
Nordcn, Nathaniel, 324, 327, 329, 330. 

Samuel, 330. 
Noreham, Eng., 390. 
Norfolk, Conn., 209, 212, 285, 286. 
Norman, Margaret, 419. 
Northampton, Mass., 115, 126, 127, 300, 
410. 
River, 351. 

N. J., 348. 358, 359, 361. 
North Andover Graveyard, 407. 
North Brookfield, Mass.. 409, 410, 419, 

420. 
Northend, Sarah, 243, 244. 
North Falmouth, Mass.. 379. 
Northford, Conn.. 301. 
North Kingston, R. I., 74, 77, 78. 
Northleigh, Devon, Eng., 402. 
North Lyme, Conn., 118, 164. 
Norlhrup, Abigail, 78. 
Stephen, 78. 
North Yarmouth, Me., 200, 
Norton, Eustace, 87. 

George, 418, 419. 
John, 294. 
W., 418. 
Norwich, Conn., n7-ii9, 124, 125, 135, 
300, 395, 396, 397, 398. 



Norwich Wen Farmi (Franklin), Conn., 

i»Sp3'>5. 397- 
Nottingham, Cheiter Co., Pi., 348. 
Eng., 356. 
Meeting, Pa., 363. 
Nowel, Mr., 132. 
Noy, I Abigail, 26. 
Noye», ) Abigail Barker, 34. 

Alexander Griiwold, 33. 

Ann, 26. 

Anna, 24. 

Barker, 30. 

Benjamin Bosworth, 33. 

Bridget, 26. 

Caroline Lord, 37. 44. 166. 

Charles Phelps, 33, 44, 226. 

Charles Rrmold, 45. 

Cousin, 250. 

Daniel RavmomJ, 44. 

Daniel Rogeri (7), 24-45. 9'- 
124. 166, 225, 226.^ 

Daniel Rogers, 37, 44, 123, 165, 
218, 225. 

D.inirl R., Mrs., 325. 

Dorothy, 24, 26. 

E&cn, II. 

Edmund, 37, 38, 44. 

Edward, 7. 

Elizabeth, 26, 29, 30. 

Emily Hoffman, 45. 

Enoch, 124. 

Ephraim, 8. 

Evelyn McCurdy, 44. 

Franklin Babcock, 33, 

George Moorr, 33. 

Grace, ^o. 

Helen Gilman, 44. 

Henry, 1 17. 

Henry Babcock, 33. 

Horace P., 12. 

James (2), 8-16, 21, 36. 45. 
50. 51, 81, 160, 230, 231, 
234,241, 243, 250, 261, 262, 
415.417. 

James (3), 3, 4, 16-25, 45. 48- 
50. 54. 55' "67, 179- 

James, 23-26, 29, 30, 42, 55. 

James Atkins, 4. 

James Franklin, 33. 

lames Wells, 35. 

Joan, 7. 

J-»hn, 4, 8, 16, 23, 24, 33. 

Joseph (5), 26-30, 32," 76. 77. 

95- 
Joseph, 13, 18, 21-24, 26, 28, 

30» 33'34.4i. iiMi4- 
Josephine I-ord, 44. 
Joshua, 30. 
Julia, 41. 
Julia Gilman, 44. 
Julia Txird, 44. 
Jmlith C'tfTin, 19^ 
Kathf-rine MtCurdv, 45. 
Laurence Gilman, 45. 
Martha, 33, 36, 166. 



458 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Noyes, Martha Phelps, 33. 

Mary, 26, 30. 

Matthew, 33. 

Moses, 16, 19, 23, 24, 36, 38, 160, 
261. 

Nathan, 6, 7, 8, 26. 

Nicholas, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, 241. 

Pel eg, 30. 

Peter, 4, 273. 

Rebecca, 16, 26. 

Richard, 4, 7, 33, 36, 166. 

Robert, 4, 5, 7. 

Robert Hale, 45. 

Sanford, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30. 

Sanford Barker, 34. 

Sarah, 16, 33, 231, 261-265. 

Scraphine, 33. 

Silas, 13. 

Stephen, 12. 

The family in England, 3. 4. 

Thomas (4), 3. 22-27, 55, 77. 250. 

Thomas (6), 12,27-34, 95, 124. 

Thomas, 16, 26,30,33, 35, 37,42, 
231. 

Thomas Herbert, 3. 

Thomas Rogers, 33. 

WUIiam (i), 3, 4> 5-9- 45- 389- 

William, 3, 4, 16, 26, 34, 45, 121, 
231. 

\\'illiam Lord, 33. 

William Rogers, 33. 

Winthrop Sargent Gilman, 44. 
Noyes Burying Ground, 29,32, 33. 
Farm, 29. 

Point (Westerly), 17,24-27,32,35, 
42. 
Nunington, York, Eng., 159. 
Nurse, Goodwife, 263. 
Nye, \ Benjamin, 379, 3S5. 
Nie, / Ebenezer, 379. 
Experience, 373. 

Oak Tree at Salem, N. J., 343, 364, 368. 
Ober, Anna, 266. 

Benjamin, 266. 
Oburne, Mr. Thomas, 259. 
Odding, Sarah, 97. 
Odlin, ^ Abigail, 107. 
Audley, ( Ann, 86, loi, 105. 
Audlin, j Elisha, 104-106, 231, 240. 
Awdley, J Elizabeth, 107. 

Hannah, 104, 105. 

John (60), 61. 86, loi, 103, 191, 
231. 

John (61), 104, 105, 106, 109. 

John (62), 102, 105-107, 109. 

John, 104, !o6, 107, 191, 231. 

Jonathan, 107. 

Josiah, 107. 

Lydia (55), 94, 102, 106, 107. 

Martha, 106. 

Mary, 106. 

Peter, 104, 105. 

Robert, 105, 106. 

Sarah, 107. 



Ogborn, John, 355. 

Mary (202), 338, 339,353-356. 
Samuel (203), 353, 355, 356. 
Samuel, 355, 356. 
Sarah, 355, 356. 
Ogden,N. Y., 166. 
Ohio Company, 202. 

River, 206. 
Oland, William, 153. 
Old Derby Homestead, 258. 
Olive, Thomas, 356, 357. 
Oliver, Andrew, 55, 138. 
Captain, 131. 
John, 138. 
Peter, 138. 
Sarah, 16. 
Thomas, 138. 
Olmstead, Samuel, 1 16. 
Oneco, 17. 

Olney, Thomas, 92, 108. 
Orcheston St. Mary, 8. 
Osbrook, 50. 
Osborn, William, 259. 
Osborne, Thomas, 242, 416, 419. 
Osgood, Abigail, 415, 417. 

Christopher (253-3), 9, 241, 255, 

157, 406, 40S, 414-419. 
Christopher, 408, 415-417. 
Clark, 416. 

Deborah (253), 408, 413-417. 
Elizabeth, 415, 417. 
John, 241. 
Martha, 254. 
Mary, 415, 417. 
Thomas, 406, 417. 
Otaheite, 288. 
Otis, Richard, 279. 
Ouseden, Suffolk, Eng., 67. 
Overing, H. J., 74. 
Owen, Dr., 12, 149. 
Hannah, 411. 
Martha, 335. 
Silas, 411. 
Oxford, Eng., 311. 
Oxford, Thomas, 332. 

Packa-go-mack (Mannlngton), N. J., 367. 

Page, Edward, 412. 

Paine, Matthew, 366. 

Palisades, N. Y., 208, 211, 222-225. 

Palfrey, Thomas, 259. 

Walter. 259. 
Pallcoast, John, 336. 
Palmer, Ann, 393, 

Benjamin, 19. 

Hannah, 26. 

Ichabod, 26. 

John, 26. 

Moses, 21, 26. 

Nehemiah, 21. 50. 

Sarah, 325. 

Thomas, 336. 

Walter, 50. 
Palmes, Lucy, 135. 

Major, 135. 



Pana, 111., 346. 
Paris, Abraham, 109. 

Mary, 109. 
Park, Anna A., 225. 

Charles F., 225. 
Parker, Anne (i), 4, 5-9. 
Elisha, 313. 
Robert, 5, 9, 10. 

Thomas, 5, 9-13, 16, 51, 81, 230, 
241, 243, 250. 
Parker River, 10, 413. 

Bridge, 413. 
Parkes, Richard, 351. 
Parkhurst, C. D., 127. 

Martha, 390, 391. 
Parmenter, John, 289, 293. 

Pamell, , 8. 

Parsons, Ebenezer, 420. 
Grace, 96, 97. 
Hugh, 96. 
John E., 222. 
Jonathan, 37, 38, 175. 
Parsons' Tavern, 33. 
Parson Peter in McFingal, 411. 
Partridge, Elizabeth, 90. 
WilHam, 238. 
Passaquo, 246. 
Passequeneiqua Creek, 334. 
Patchin, Joseph, 293. 
Patten, Luxford, 284. 
Paugwunk, 116. 
Pawcatuck, 48, 49, 50. 
Pawtucket, 17, 28, 54. 109, 152. 
Paxson, Elizabeth Drinker, 225. 

Samuel C, 225. 
Payne, ) Jane, 391, 392. 
Paine, f Richard, 391. 
Sarah, 348. 
Thomas, 390—392. 
Payson, Mr., 133. 
Peabody, John, 83, 92. 
Peach, Elizabeth, 328. 

Hannah (191), 326-328, 330. 
John (iqi-a), 326, 328, 329, 331 . 
John, 328. 
Mary, 328. 
Thomas, 328. 
William, 328. 
Pcake, Edmund, 337. 
Pearce, John, 100. 

Richard, 100. 
Pearson, Peter, 118. 

Samuel, 118. 
Peck, Deborah, 169. 

Elizabeth. 168, 169. 

Hannah, 169. 

Jeremiah, 168. 

John. 168. 

Joseph (106), 157, 162, 163, 168, 

169, 173. 
Joseph, 163, 169. 
Lodemia. 378. 
Robert. 187. 

Ruth (loi), 162-164, 169, 171, 304. 
Samuel, 157, 169. 



INDEX OF PF.RSONS, PLACES. ETC. 



459 



Peck, Sarah. 169. 
Stephen. 58. 
William (105), 167. 16S. 
William, 157. 170. 
IVckham, Clement. 89. 
Deborah, 90. 
Elizabeth, 90. 
SirGcorRe.88. 
James. 89. 
John (34). 74^ 75^ 83. 84. 88. 

94. 
John, 89. 
Phoebe, 90. 
Rebecca. 90. 
Sarah, 90. 

Susanna (31), 74-76. 83. 84. 90. 
Stephen. 89. 
Thomas, 89. 
William. S9, 94. 
Wilham F., 89. 
Pedcrick (Peiherick), John, 330. 
Pelham Bay Park. 63. 
Pclton. Samuel. 319. 
Pcmaquid (Bristol), Mc., 174, 330. 331. 

400. 403. 
Pcmaquid River. 403, 
Pembcrton. Benjamin. 316. 
Penisaukin Crcek^ N. J.. 337. 338, 357. 
Pcnn. William. 364. 365. 
Penn's Neck, N. J.. 365. 
Pcnnock, Samuel. 410. 
Pcnnoycr. William. 140. 
Pentuckctt (Haverhill). H^- 
Pcnnycock, N. H.. 414. 
Peppcrcll. Sir William. 128. 254, 268. 
Pcpys, Samuel. 141. 144, 145, 193. 
Pequoit (New London), 50. 179. 
Pequots. 17, 46. 
Percival, Hannah. 166. 
Perkins, Abraham, 412. 

Elizabclh Rogers, 34. 
Dr. Elisha, 34. 
Henry, 34. 
Martha, 34. 
Perry, Edward, 385. 
Ezra, 387. 
John. 373. 
Meribah. 380. 
Pclcr, I Absalom, 410. 
Pctre. ! Alice. 402. 
Peters. [Andrew (250), 258. 291. 400. 
Pcetcrs, J 403-408. 412. 414. 418. 

Andrew, 405. 407, 410, 411. 
Beamsley, 410. 41 1. 
Edward, 402-405. 
Elizabeth, 407. 
Francis, 402, 403. 
George. 401. 402. 
George, 402. 403. 
Giles, 401, 402, 403. 
Grace. 402 404. 
Henry. 402, 403. 
Hugh, 46, 60, 400. 
Humfrie, 402. 403. 
John. 400. 401. 



Peelers, John (352), 398, 400. 409-411. 
420. 
John, 400. 401, 405. 407, 410, 

411. 
Jonathan, 410, 41 1. 
Joyce, 402. 
Margaret, 410. 

Mary', 401, 403,407, 408,410. 
Mercy, 408, 410. 41 1. 
Morice. 402. 
Olcs. 401. 
Phoebe (245), 376, 377, 398. 

399, 410. 
Richard, 402. 403. 
Roger. 401. 

Samuel. 400, 408, 410. 411. 
Severance. 407. 
Simon. 403, 404. 
Thomas. 400. 402, 403. 
Vicimus. 402. 403. 
WcUhian, 402. 
William. 330. 400-405. 408. 

40'l. 412. 
William (251), 405, 408, 409. 

414. 420. 
William. 400, 401, 403.404.410. 
Wilmnt, 401. 

The Family in England 400- 
404. 
Petherick, Mary, 329. 
Pctt, Peter, 143. 
Pcttacomscott, 79, 80. 
Pcttiworth, Sussex, Eng.. 72. 
Pessacus, 53. 
Pcwdc, William, 274. 
Phelps. Charles, 33, 35. 
Elizabeth. 410. 
Hannah. 33, 35. 
Jonathan, 410. 
Joseph, 410. 
Joseph D.. 33. 
Lydia, 410. 
Nancy, 33, 35. 
Philadelphia, Pa., 95, 199, 202-212, 255, 
^87.34^353- 362. 
Mt. Vernon Cemetery. 205. 
Noble St. Burying-ground, 

205. 
Volunteers. 343. 
Philbrick. Elizabeth. 393. 

Hannah. 393. 394. 
James, 393. 
John, 393. 

Martha (242), 393-395. 400. 
Mary. 393-394- 
Sarah, 393. 

Thomas (242-A), 393. 394. 
Thomas, 393. 
Phillip, George, 67. 
Phillips, John. 195, 

Michael, 83. 
Samuel. 291. 
Wendell, 216. 
William, 52. 53. 64, 83. 
Phillips Academy. Andover, 208. 210. 



Phillipi Academy. Eieter. 195. 106. 394. 
Phillipiton. Me.. 53. 
Philpoi. John. 252. 
Phippcny, Gabhcl, 308. 
Rebecca, 308. 
Phipps. Sir Wdliam. 231. 236, 261. 387. 
Phoebe Griffin Nojes Library. 43. 112. 
Pickering. Timothy. 199, 204. 211. 
Pickett, Ruth. 16. 
Pickman. Col.. 269. 
Pierce. Capt.. 51. 

Daniel. 230. 
Deborah. 409. 
Martha. 16, 231. 
Sarah, 232. 
Mary. 232. 
Picrpont. Abigail, 24. 

James, 24, 304. 
Jonathan. 196. 
Joseph, 254. 
Pierson. Rev. Abraham, 19. 20. 47. 158. 
Pikr, James. 196, 200. 

John, 234. 251. 
Pile, William. 247. 
Pinckncy. C. C, 32. 
Pindar. Thomas, 57. 
Pine, Lazarus, 339. 
Pinner, John, 86. 

Piscataqua River. Mc. 226. 227. 228. 
Pilcaifn, Elizabeth. 323. 

Master, 87. 
Piteur. Lord, 323. 
Pitkin, Martha. 158. 184. 

William, 184. 
Pitts. Edmund, 330. 
Elizabeth, 330. 
Grace, 330. 
Leonard, 330. 
Maude, 330. 

Mary (193), 326, 327, 329-332. 
William (193-A), 329-332. 
W'llliam, 330. 
Pittsburg. Pa.. 206. 344. 
Pitlsficld. Mass.. 378. 
Plainficld, Conn., 164. 
Plaistow. N. H.. 243. 
Piatt. John. 158. 

Richard. 158. 
Pledger, Elizabeth (aai), 363. 365. 369. 
Elizabeth. 369. 
John (223), 366-389. 
John (224), 365-369. 
John, 369. 
Joseph. 366-368. 
Margaret. 369. 
Martha, 365. 366. 369. 
Pledger Homestead, 368. 
Plumb, John. 158. 

Plum Island, Newbury, 257, 296. 405. 
Plymouth. Devon. Eng., 245. 246. 333, 

334. 335. 3**o- 

Fort. 245. 246. 

Plymouth, Mass.. 205. 206. 210. 285-288, 

308, 312. 316. 317, 373-37f'. 380-383* 

385. 388, 389. 



460 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Plymouth Bay, 380. 

Burying ground. 287, 288. 
Colony. 24, 99, 3 1 4, 3 1 5. 
Military Company. 383, 384. 
Rock, 381. 
Point Judith. 18. 28. 80. 
Point Vincent. 204. 
Pomfret, Conn., 292. 
Ponthieu, Count of, 321. 
Ponlrohart, Lord of, 321. 
Poole, Dorset, Eng.. 405. 
Poor, Alice (145), 241-243, 251. 
Daniel, 241. 
Samuel, 241. 
Pope Paul III, 323. 
Pope, Abigail, 375. 

Sarah, 317. 
Pordage, George, 133. 
Porter, John. 80, 306. 
Margaret, 332. 
Susanna, 332. 
William. 332. 
Portsmouth, Eng., 139. 141. 143, 150, 366, 

367. 

N. H. (Mass.). 194, 127- 
(Pocasset). R. I., 45, 51-69, 
78-103, 106, no. 161. 
Post. Eldad. 398. 

Hannah. 397-398- 
Post HiU, New London, 170. 
Potapaug, 134. 
Potter. John, 80. 

William, 100. 
Power, Anthonie. 241. 
Hope. 86. 
Nicholas, 109. 
Pratt, Elizabeth. 116- 
John, 116. 
Lieutenant. 48. 
Lydia, 163. 
Martha. 170. 
Nathaniel, 135, 397. 
Peter, 180. 
Samuel. 169. 
Sarah. 118. 135. 
Prcnce's Bottom, Plymouth, 3S3. 

Prentice, , 50. 

John, 180. 

Thomas. 50, 282-284. 
Prescott, Col. John, 135. 
Preston, Conn., 24, 126, 266. 
Prince. Alice, 310. 
Anna, 310. 
Benjamin. 308. 310. 
Deborah, 276. 311. 
Dorothye, 307. 
Edward, 307. 
Elizabeth, 308. 
Enoch. 310. 
George, 307, 312. 
Isaac. 308. 
Jane (167), 205, 206, 276, 286- 

288,312. 
Joane. 307. 
Job. 307, 308. 



Prince, John (179), 306. 307. 

John (180), 307-309. 317. 

John. 306-308, 310. 

Joseph, 307. 308, 310. 

Kathenne, 307. 

Maria, 307. 

Martha. 308, 310. 

Mary, 309, 310. 

Mercy, 310. 

Moses (182), 276, 277, 286. 287, 

310-312, 325. 
Mr., 385. 
Nathan. 310. 

Samuel (181), 308-311, 317. 325. 
Samuel, 310-312. 
Thomas. 306-311, 316, 318. 
Ursula, 307. 
Prince's Chronology. 244. 
Princeton, N. J., 31. 
Prior, Sarah. 86. 
Pritchard, Alice, 304. 
Providence. R. L, 54, 66, So. 81, 95, 106- 
III. 127, 128. 132. 
202, 216, 218. 298. 
North Burial Ground, 

109. 
State House. 71. 
Puncatege, 96. 
Punckateesett. 383. 
Punderson. Ebenezer, 410. 
Purchas, Mary, 172. 
Putnam, Rufus. 202-204, ^^9. 

Susanna, 289. 
Pyle. Grace, 402. 
John. 402. 
Pynchon. John. 237, 419. 420. 

Quakers. 66, 70, 71, 78, 79, 81, 83, 97, 
223. 249. 258, 281, 314. 317, 333, 334, 

349^357, 367> 371085. 4>9- 
Quebaug River, 420. 
Quebec. 307, 308. 
Queen Anne. 24, 356. 
Queen Anne Boleyn, 147. 
Queen Elizabeth. 6. 57. 140. 147, 292, 

400. 401. 
Queen Mary, 127, 400, 401. 
Quincy, 111., 346. 
Quincy (Braintree). Mass.. 78. 
Quinipiac (New Haven), 47. 
Quinton, Phoebe, 366. 

Rancocas Creek, 336. 339, 351, 357. 
Ransom, Georgiana Hitt, 225. 
Ratchff. Mr.. 133. 
Rattan, W. I., 310. 
Ravenna, O., 344, 378. 
Rawson. Edward. 132, 177, 305. 

Grindal, 175. 

Mary. 175. 
Rayment, Capt., 262. 
Raymond, Daniel, 161. 
John, 378. 
Joshua. 135. 
Read, Robert. 7, 8. 



Read, Sarah, 83. 
Reade, Elizabeth, 272. 

Reape, — , 73. 

William, 73. 
Redman, John. 394. 

Redstricke, , 369. 

Reed, Jane (112). 172, 173. 
John. 174. 
Mary, 163. 
Reeves, Joseph, 364. 

Thomas, 273. 
Regicides, Goffe and Whalley, 305. 
Rehoboth, Mass., 107, 115. 187. 
Remington, James, 56. 

John, So. 
Revel, Thomas, 352. 

Reynolds, Catherine (i 62-A). 249. 278-28 1 . 
John, 118. 
Joseph, 118. 
Rhodes, Malachi, 109. 
Mary, 95. 
Rebecca, 109. 
Sarah, 109. 
Rice, Edmund, 177. 
Richard Coeur de Lion, 320. 
Richard, Edward. 80. 
Richards. Alice. 314. 

Cornelia (Walter), 129. 
John, 314. 

Mary, 313. 314. 317, 387. 
Thomas. 313, 314. 
Richardson, James, 291. 
John, 231. 
Prudence, 26. 
Richmond, Abigail, 80. 
Richmond, Va.. 220. 
Riggs. Dorothy, 45. 
Ringworthy, Eng.. 234. 
Rishworth. Edward, 58. 
Thomas, 58. 
River Avon, 271. 

Big Sandy, 207. 
Wyandotte, 207. 
Riverhead, L. I., 162. 
Robbins, Ammi Ruhamah, 285. 286. 

Chandler (167), 205. 206, 276, 

285-289. 312,344- 
Chandler, 288. 
Deborah. 283, 284. 
Francis, 291. 
George, 288. 

Hannah (135), 203, 205-211, 
214, 215, 276, 2S6-288, 311. 
346. 
Hannah, 284, 286, 288. 
Hannah Rebecca. 286. 
Irene, 286. 
Isaac, 288. 
Jane Prince. 288. 
John, 282, 283. 
Joseph, 161. 283. 284. 
Mary. 283. 284. 
Nathaniel (164), 282, 283, 390. 
Nathaniel (165), 283. 284, 292, 
302. 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



461 



Robbins, Nathaniel, 284. 

Peter Gilman. 289. 

Philemon (166), 284-2S6. 302. 

312. 
Philemon. 286, 288. 
Rehecca. 282. 283. 284. 286. 
Rebecca Hannah, 286. 
Richard (165), 2S2. 283. 
Samuel, 282, 283. 
Samuel Prince, 288, 289, 344. 
Sarah, 284, 286. 
Thomas, 207, 283-286, 289. 
Roherl II, of Scotland, 323. 
Robert Ap MereJyJJ. '85. 
Roberts, John, 338, 357. 
Robev, Henr)'. 393. 
Robin's Nest. 288. 
Robinson, John, 189. 
LyJia, 278. 

Robison, . 412. 

Rochester, Mass., 309, 310, 311, 312, 

376. 
Rodgers^ Elizabeth. 184. 
Rodman. Elizabeth. 95. 
Ropcrcnes. 180. 
Rogers. Abigail. 95. 

Daniel. 3+, 95. 200. 

Elizabeth, 94, 200. 

Hannah, 118. 

Horatio, 55. 

Isaac. 94. 

James (37), 74, 83. 91-93. 99. 

III. 131. 
James, 49, 94. 
John (38), 93. 94^ qS- 
John (39), 93. 94, 98, 101. 
John. 91. 95, 180. 
Joseph, 91, 93. 95. 118. 
Lydia (6), 30-34, 95. 124. 
Martha. 95. 
Robert. 34, 95. 
Samuel. 49. 93. 
Sanford, 95. 
Sarah, 74. 91-95. 
Thomas. 74. 91. 93. 
William (40), 30. 32. 94, 95, 102. 
William, 95. 
Rolfc. Hannah, 234, 251. 
Romney, Earl of. 148. 
Rose Island, 53. 55. 
Rose. John, 301. 
Phoebe, 343. 
Sarah, 301. 
Rosvtii, Lord. 323. 
Roiherhithe. Surrey, Eng., 152. 
Rotten Marsh, Scituatc. 312. 
Rougham, Eng., 139. 
Rowand. John. 360. 
Rowley, Samuel, 398. 
Thomas, 398. 
Rowcll. Ann. 393. 
Jacob. 416. 
Jane, 393. 

Thomas. 393. 416, 419. 
Valentine. 416. 



Rowley, Mass.. 118, 197. 230, 234. 151. 

326. 394. 
Roxbury. Mass.. 50. Go. 105, 174-176,184, 

289, 292, 293. 295, 298, 303. 

395. 599- 
Royce. Jonathan, 396. 
Roye, Marie of. 321. 
Royston. Cambridge, Eng.. 297. 298. 
Ruddrro. Menbah. 338. 
Ruggles, Thomas. 20. 
Rurtum, Suffolk. Eng., 89. 
Rumncy Marsh. Chelsea, Mass.. 104, 137, 

,38. 

Rusper, Enj;.. 126. 127. 
Russ, Hannah, 414. 
He/ekiah, 409. 
John (2SJ-A), 413. 417. 
John (253), 408. 413. 414. 417. 
John. 414. 
Jonath.in. 414. 
Joseph, 414. 
Joslati. 414. 
Margaret (251), 40S. 409. 414, 

420. 
Mary, 413, 414. 
Nathaniel, 413. 
Phoebe, 414. 
Sarah, 414. 
Thomas. 414. 

Russell, , 278. 

Henry, 170. 
Joseph, 284. 
Mehitable. 292. 
Mr.. 315. 316. 
Richard, 331. 
Samuel. 20. 
Russham. Elizabeth. 152. 
Thomas. 152. 
Rutter. Thomas. 7. 
Ryder, Mar; (186), 313. 314. 318, 319. 
Ryssc, Rose, 186. 

St. Antlrews, .Andrew. Prior of. 322. 

St. Andrews. David. Archbishop of, 323. 

St. Christophers. W. I.. 295. 

St. Clair, Gen. .Arthur. 203. 205, 207. 

St. Eustatius, W. I., 102. 

St. Ferdinand, 321. 

St. Ford. Laird of, 322. 

St. Louis, Mo., 43, 21&-225, 344. 

St. Lucia. W. I.. 405. 

St. Neots. Monks of, 5. 

St. Paul. Minn.. 44. 165. 224. 

St. Peter. Mmn.. 37S. 

St. Pol. Hughes, Count of, 320. 

Saco Falls, N. H.. 244. 

River, 55. 
Sadler, John, 169. 
Sadv. John. 407. 
SafHn. Mr.. 132. 
Sagamore. George, 137. 
Sag Harbor, L. I., 38. 
Saggahew, 246. 
Saham Toney. Eng.. 186. 
Salem, Conn., 34, 115. 



Salem, Matt., 10, 17. 67, l]3, 146, 154, 
204,>4i.2;i-2j9, 161, 264, 308, 
326. 327. 330, 3J2. 

Meeting Houie, 367. 

Monthly Meeting. 342, jji, 367. 
368. 

N- J . n*. J37. J4I-J4J- 
Salem witchcraft. 263. 264. 
Salitbury, Eng., 3, ;, 8, 51, 389, 415. 

Mats., 58, 230. 246. 249. 2hi, 
273,274,278,416,417,419. 
Salisbury, Prof. Edward F-., 120. 

Evelyn McCurdy, 120. 121. 
129. 135. 
Salter, Jone, 73. 

Samuel. 332. 
William. 73. 
Saltonstall. Governor. 117. 
Nathaniel. 237. 
Sir Richard, 9, 67. 
Sallus, Ethel Mildred, 44. 
Nicholas, 44. 
Rollin Sanford, 44. 
VVinthrop Noves. 44. 
Sanborn, Mercy (.Mary), 394. 
Tristram, 250. 
Wilham, 394. 
Sands, David, 340. 

James, 63, 172. 
Sarah, 172. 
Sandwich, Eng., 384. 

Mass., 309-313,317,370-376, 

383-385, 389. 
Militia, 372, 386. 
Sandy Hook, 356. 

Sandy Point, St. Christopher's, \V. I., 102. 
Sanford. .Ann. 24, 26. 53, 55. 
Benjamin, 101, 102. 
Bridget, 55, lot. 
Cathenne, 55. 
Daniel. 103. 
Eliphal. 52. 55. 
Elisha. 53. 4. lot. 102. 
Elizabeth (4). i4-»7. 55- "7- 
Elizabeth, 101, 102. 
Endcome, 52, lot, 102, 
Esbon, 52, 55, 58, 101. 102. 
Frances, 52. 
Francis, 101, 102. 
John (15), 50-53. 5S. 61, 64, 68, 

69, 72, 101, 103. 104. 132. 
John. 52. 101. 103. 
Joseph (55), 94, 101, 102. 106, 

107. 
Joshua, 101, 102. 
Margaret, 55. 
Mana Sevmour, 44. 
Martha. 103. 

Mary. 73. 101, 102, 106, 138. 
Mrs., 63. 
Odlm. 103. 
Pdeg (t6), 24, 4S. 5»-55- 58- 

72, 104, 105, 132, 138. 
Peleg. 55. lot, 102. 
Rejtcome. 52, 58, 101. 102. 



462 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Sanford, Samuel (14), 50, 51. 

Samuel (54), 52,64.73,101-103, 

107. 
Samuel. loi, 102. 
Sarah (40), 30, 32, 94, 95. 102. 
William, 52. 55, 58. loi. 
Sanford, Me., 53. 
Sanger, Rev. Mr., 288. 
Sansom, Richard, 392. 
Santa Barbara, Cal., 124. 
Sargent, Winthrop, 202, 205. 
Satterthwaite, Elizabeth, 349. 
Saunders, Anne, 95. 

Charles W., 346. 
Elizabeth (126), 178, 182-184. 
Thomas, 182. 
Savage, Samuel P.. 179, 198. 

Thomas, 61, 64. 
Saybrook \ 19, 20, 21, 48, 11 5-1 18, 121, 
Seabrook, j 125, 126, 127, 133, 134, 135, 
154, 155, 160, 163, 178, 

179. 397- 
Burying-ground, 134. 
Junction, 123. 
Platform, 21. 
Train Band, 116. 
Sayles, Isabella, 109. 

John, 109. 
Sayer, f Abigail, 195. 
Sayre, / Ehzabeth, 95, 197. 

Joseph, 197. 
Sayres, Robert, 9. 
Scannell, Alexander, 201. 
Schenectady, N. Y., 420. 
Scheifflin, Anne, 33. 
Schuyler, Gen., 286. 
Scioto Company, 203, 204. 
Scituate, Mass., 119, 187, 188, 307, 308, 

309,312-314. 
Scott, Catherine Marbury. 79. 

David, 224. 

Edward, 66. 

Hannah. 86. 

James, 175. 

Mary, 66. 

Patience, 66. 

Richard, 66, 86. 

Stella, 224. 

Winfield, 221. 
Scottish Charitable Soc, 325. 

Seager, , 88. 

Sears, Richard, 159. 

Ruth, 95. 

Samuel, 156. 
Seating the church, 21, 191, 193, 237, 267. 
Seconnett River, 383. 
Seekonk (Rehoboth), Mass., 187. 
Selden, Sarah, 166. 
Sentence of excommunication, 61. 
Sergeant Falconer to the King, 85. 
Seven Cliffs, Sussex, Eng., 107. 
Seventh Regiment, Conn., 377. 
Severance, John, 249. 
Mary, 249. 
Sewall, Anne, 241. 



Sewall, Henry, 9. 

Judge Samuel, 18, 104, 132, 133, 
241, 246, 250, 264, 316, 324, 

33o> 385>407- 
Shalford, Essex, Eng., 297, 298. 
Shapleigh, Alexander (137-A), 226-229. 
Alexander, 229. 
John, 229. 
Katherine (137), 189, 190, 

226, 227, 229, 239. 
Nicholas, 193, 226, 227, 229. 
Sharon, Conn., 375. 
Sharp, Hugh, 354. 

John, 353-355. 
Shattuck, Hannah, 335. 
Shaw, Anthony, 100. 

Israel, 100. 
Shawneetown, III., 344. 
Shayler, Sarah, 116. 
Shearman, Philip, 83. 
Shedd, Rev. William G. T., 121. 
Sheffield, George, 29. 
Samuel, 29. 
Sheffield, Conn., 286. 
Sheldon, John, 77, 78, 109. 

Nicholas, 109. 
Shelter Island, N. Y., 72, 73. 
Shepard, John, 391. 
Sheppard, John, 421. 
Sherborne Castle, 88. 
Sherburne, Dorothy, 277. 
Sherman, Peleg, 97. 
Philip, 97. 
Gen. W.T., 221, 

Sherringham, , 88. 

Sherwin, John, 291. 
Shiloh, St. Clair Co., III., 345. 
Shinn, Zilpah, 34c. 
Ship, Abigail, 289. 

Amity, 347, 348. 

Anne, 381, 382. 

Arbella, 67. 

Bevis, 241, 272, 273. 

Bonaventura, 45, 46. 

Diligent, 187, 1S9, 330. 

Elizabeth and Ann, 114, 115. 

Expedition, 305. 

Fortune, 381. 

Griffin, 59, 66, 312, 366. 

Hector, 167. 

Hercules, 9, 312. 

Increase, 153. 

James, 302, 318. 

Jonathan, 232, 233. 

Joseph and Benjamin, 366. 

Kent, 356, 362. 

Lexington, 33. 

Lion (Lyon), 51, 67, 78. 

Mary and John, 9,81, 183,415,418. 

Mayflower, 91, iii, 308, 380, 382. 

Paradise, 357. 

Pleasure, 403. 

Prince of Wales, 254. 

Quero, 259. 

Six Friends, 231, 262. 



Ship, Society, 144. 

Talbot, 81. 
Shipman, Annis, 411. 

Samuel, 41 1. 
Shipton (Shipman), Edward, 170. 
Shirley, Gen., 302. 

Gov., 268, 269, 270. 
Shivers, Hannah (206), 340, 360, 363. 
John (209), 360, 362. 
John, 362, 363. 
Josiah, 363. 
Mary, 363. 
Richard, 362. 
Samuel, 362. 
Shoreham, Eng., 130. 
Short, Rebecca, 50. 

Shrewsbury, N. J., 333, 334, 336, 340. 
Monthly Meeting, 355. 
Neck, 354. 
Rirer, 334. 
Shrimpton, Samuel, 132. 
Shropham, Norfolk, Eng., 189. 
Sibbons, Elizabeth, 407. 
Sill, Joseph, 118, 155, 158. 
Phoebe, 121. 
Richard, 121. 
Siminid, William, 127. 
Simpson, Sarah, 194. 
Simsbury, Conn., 126, 184, 388, 
Sisson, George, 96, 97, loi. 
Hope, 101. 
Mary, 97. 
Richard, 97. 
Siward, 322. 
Skeer, Jane, 366. 
Skiff, Mary, 375. 
^Skinner, Ebenezer, 116. 

Thomas, 83. 
Slater, Henrietta Maria, 343, 345. 
John, 331. 
Mrs., 214. 
Slaves, 16, 25, 27, 52, 55, 98, 345. 
Slocum, Giles, 97. 

Samuel, 178. 
Sloop, Independence, 33. 
Success, 311. 
Mayflower, 325. 
Smith, Abigail, 319. 
Ebenezer, 396. 
Edward, 83, 98, 189, 237. 
Elisha, 83. 

Elizabeth, 93, 188, 189, 300. 
Francis, 331. 
Hannah, 138, 363, 364. 
Ichabod, 374. 
James, 244. 
Jane, 349. 

John (186), 313,314. 318, 319- 
John, 81.313, 319, 373. 
Joseph, 81, 319. 
Lucy, 50. 
Lyndon A., 166. 
Mary (185), 308, 309, 313-319^ 

392- 
Mary, 319, 364. 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



463 



Smith, Philip, 93, 98, 300. 

Rachel, 349. 
Kuhard. 1S8, 189. 
S.imurl. 85, 156, 299, 300, 392. 
Sar<ih. 83, 319. 
Shubcll, 373. 
Thomas, 143, 374. 
William, 364. 
Snrll. John, 186. 
Snow, Anthony, 382. 
Snow-Shoc Men, 16. 
Snow, vessel, 254. 
Socho, 79. 
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 

316,410. 
Solihul, Eng., 178. 
Somerby, Abiel, 231. 

Adam tie, 232. 
Anthony, 231, 232, 
Daniel, 233. 

Elizabeth (139), 191-193, ")9> 
230, 231, 233, 239, 261, 264, 
2(>5, 276, 278. 
Henry (140), 230-233, 235. 

249-250, 261, 264. 
Henry, 232. 
John, 233. 
Richard, 232, 233. 
Sarah, 264. 

The Family in Knglaiitl, 232. 
Somerbv, Lincolnshire, Eng., 232. 
Somerset House, London, 390. 
Somcrsworth, N. H., 196. 
Southampton, Eng., 8, 9, 4^, 67, 273, 391. 

L. L, i26-r28. 
South (Delaware) River, 98. 
South Heath. Eng., 232. 
South Kingston, R. L, 27, 75, 76, 78, 79, 

80. 84, 172. 
Southold, L. L. 162, 163, 258. 
South Shrewsbury River, 334. 
Southworth, Thomas, 383. 
Sowams (Harrington), Mass., 68. 
Spalchurst, Elizabeth, 52. 
Hrnrv, 52, 103. 
Susanna (54), 52. 101-103. 

107. 
William (58), 52. loi. 103. 
Spencer, J Abner, 74. 
Spenser, - Alice (Elizabeth), 147, 148. 
Spens?, ) Betsey, 4^. 
John, 74. 
Penelope, 227. 
Thomas, 227. 
Sperry, } Daniel, 169. 
Spcrric, ) Ebenezcr, 304. 
Nathaniel, 304. 
Rebcccah, 304. 
Richard, 304. 
Spithead, Eng., 288. 
Sponcr, Joan, 186. 
Spooner, John, 90. 

William, 90. 
Sprague, Jerusha, 389. 
Springfield, Mass., 34, 396, 419, 420. 



Spring, Rev. Gardiner, 221. 

Roger, 370. 
S[^roai, Rev. Dr., 287. 
Si|uire, Tliomaft, 283. 
Stackhuuse, A. M., 357. 
Stacy, Benjamin, 324. 

Robert, 336, 352. 
Stafford, Conn., 389. 
Stafford, Freelovc, 109, 
Samuel, 109. 
Stamford, Lincolnshire, Eng., 232. 
Standish, James, 331. 

Miles, 381. 
StanfieKI. Miriam (246), 395. 399. 
Stanley, Christopher, 115. 
Rebecca, 1 15. 
Sir John, 87. 
Stanton, Daniel, 50. 

Dorothy (3), 16-24. 49. 50. 55. 

Hannah. 50, 78. 

John, 49, 50, 86. 

Joseph, 18, 50. 

Mary, 49, 78. 

Richard, 50. 

Robert, 46, 50, 78, 79, 86. 

Samuel, 50. 

Sarah, 50. 

Thomas (12X '6. 17, 21, 24-50, 

78, 86, 113, 115. 
Thomas, 21, 49. 
Stanton Bros., 50. 
Star and Stirrup, London, 297. 
Starbuck, Abigail (162), 192, 239. 249, 
275, 278-281. 
Dorcas, 281. 
Edward (162-A), 247, 249, 

278-281, 392. 
Elizabeth, 279. 
Esther, 281. 
Jcthro, 281. 

Nathaniel, 248, 249, 280. 
Sarah, 281. 
Starr, Josias, 79. 
Peter, 286. 

Philemon R., 213, 286. 
Rachel, 79. 
Steamer, Helen McGregor, 208. 

Rob Roy. 208. 
Stearns, Isaac, 393. 
Stephenson, Rev. James, 150. 
Sterling, Daniel, 155. 

Katherinc, 322. 
Stevens, Dionis (147-A). 233, 235. 245- 
248, 278, 279, 281. 
Edward, 239. 
Ephraim, 290. 
Joseph, 292. 
Mark*, 292. 
Mehitablr, 239. 
Robert, 245. 
Stevenson. Thomas, 337. 
Stewart, Christina, 323. 

James, 372. 
Stickne, Amos, 397. 
Stilcman, Elias, 13, 227. 



Stilei, Ephraim, 338. 

Robert, 338. 
Stirling. I^ird, 391. 
Sioake, Eng., 403. 
Stockbndgc dc VandcrihafT, Catherine, 

129, 
Slockbridge, Mati., 286. 
StrK:klon, Sarah, 354. 
Sioddard, John, 300. 
Stokes, Joseph, 337. 

Thomas, 337, 360, 561, 362. 
Stonard, Alice, 100. 
-Stonehousc, Eng., 335, 
Stonell, Eng., 257. 
Stone, John, 414. 

Rev. Nathaniel, 318. 
Stonington, Conn., 16, 17, 21-29, 33* 35' 

45.48. 5o»54. 77» 121, 241. 
Storre^ t .Avigusline, 57, 58, 281. 
Story." i Marie, 58. 

William, 281. 
Stoughton, Mass., 387. 
Strachy Head, Sussex, Eng., 107. 
Stratford, Conn., 300, 310, 411. 
Strathan, N. H., 196, 277. 
Stration. Elias, 327. 

Eliphal Sanford. 58. 

Strange, ) „ 

o. f Honora, 102. 

Sinnger. ) 

Street, Mary, 302. 

Strong. Chief Justice, 222. 

Stuart, Mary, 322. 

Sturdevent, Aivic. 399. 

Sturgiss. Anthony. 362, 363. 

Sturtevant. Rev. J. M.. 345. 

Pclcg. 376. 

Sudbur)' fight. 176. 290. 

Sudbury, Mass., 13. 16. 152. 318. 370. 

Sudolk. Eng., 151. 

Sullivan's Brigade, 377. 

Sullivan. Maj-Gen. John, 31. 

Sullivan, N. H.. 171. 

Sunamansuck, 396. 

Surat. India, 403. 

Swain, Hannah, 100. 

John, 100. 247. 

Richard, 246. 

Swansea, ) - , 

„ } Mass.. 07. 109. 1 10. 

Swanzey, ) y i 

Swares, , 85. 

Swayne, Anne, 274. 

Bennett, 265. 272. 274. 

Bennett. 265. 274. 

Christian, 274. 

Jane. 274, 

John, 274. 

Jone. 274. 

Margaret. 274. 

Rebecca (15&-R), 261. 262, 265. 
272-274. 

The Family in England, 274. 
Swede's Run. 337. 338. 
Swedish Colony in N. J.. 365. 
Sweet. Stephen. 198. 
Swelt. Benjamin. 235. 



464 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Swift, I Abiah. 378. 
Swyft, j" Abigail, 374-.i76. 

Adoniram, 37S. 

Alice, 374. 

Dean, 65. 

Dinah, 371, 373. 

Ebenezer, 372. 

Ephraim, 373. 

Esther (Ea-.ter), 371. 373> 

Hannah, 371, 372. 

Heman, 375, 377. 

Henry A., 378. 

Innominatus, 376. 

Isaac (230), 343-375-378' 398' 
399- 

Isaac. 344, 374> 375- 378- 

Jabez, 373, 374, 375- 

Jireh (228), 372-374- 380- 388, 
389. 

Jireh, 374, 375. 

Joanna, 376, 3S0. 

Job, 374. 375- 

Josiah, 372, 373, 374- 

Lura, 378. 

Mary (Marie), 373. 

Nathaniel (229), 374-377. 388, 
389. 

Nathaniel, 376, 378. 

Patience (Patty) (199X iiun?' 
343-34*'. 378. 

Rowland. 374, 375 

Rufus. 372. 

Ruth, 376. 

Samuel, 373. 

Shadrach F., 371. 

Silas, 374, 375, 389. 

Susannah, 374, 375. 

Temperance. 372, 373. 

Thomas. 372, 374. 

William (226), 370-372, 385. 

William (227), 371-373- 379- 
380, 386. 

William, 372, 374, 375. 3S0 

Zephaniah, 374, 375. 
Sylvester, Nathaniel, 73. 

Peter, 72. 
Symmes, Richard, 260 

Zechariah, 59, 64 
Symonds, Samuel, 262 273. 

Taber, Job, in. 

John, III. 

Joseph, 111. 

Lydia (65), 106-ioq, in. 

Philip (66), 107. no^n2. 169, 
382,391. 

Philip, no, in. 

Thomas, no, in. 
Taelman, Jan, 98. 
Taggert, Elizabeth, 364. 
Taintor, Michael, 420. 
Talcott, Helena, 175. 
Joseph, 176. 
Tallaca, an Indian, 357. 
Tallman, Ann, 100. 



Tallman, Benjamin, 95, 99, 100. 

Elizabeth (47), 93, 94, 97, 98, 

100. 
Elizabeth, 231. 
James, 99. 
John, 100. 
Jonathan, 99, 100. 
Joseph, 100. 
Mary, 99, 1 00. 
Peter (50), 97-100. 
Peter, 99, 100, 231, 262. 
Samuel, 99, 100. 
Susanna, 100. 
Tantamchege, 117, 121. 
Tarr (alias Herly), Thomas, 403. 
Taunton, Mass., 99, 331, 382. 
Taylor, Anthony, 394. 

Daniel, 141, 144, 150. 
George A., 400, 404. 
John, 141, 143, 145. 
Peter, 90. 
Robert, 90. 

Sarah, 141, 142, 143, 146. 
Zachary, 394. 
Taylor's River, Hampton, 594, 
Tefford (Jefford), Robert, 327. 
Tefft, John, 80. 

Tabitha, 77, 80. 
Tentcrdrn, Kent. Eng., 312-314. 
Tenremond, David, prince of, 321. 
Matilda, lady of, 321. 
Tenth Beverly Co., 254. 
Tcrre Haute, Ind., 208, 210. 
Terry, Samuel, 420. 
Test, Benjamin, 342. 
Tew, James, 31. 
Henry, 89. 
Tew^kesberry, Phillip, 328. 
Thacher, Rev. Peter, 271, 273, 309, 310. 
The Angel and Star, 64. 
Thing, } Bartholomew (143), i94-i<)6. 
Tyng, \ 238-241, 243. 
Benjamin, 239. 
Daniel, 239. 
Elizabeth, 239. 
John, 195, 239, 277. 
Jonathan (141), 18S, 192, 193, 

256, 237- 
Jonathan (142), iq2, 194, 195, 

237-23<)> 243' 276, 277- 
Jonathan, 193, 194, 239, 291. 
Joseph, 239. 
Josiah, 239. 

Mary (133), 194, 198, 241, 255. 
Mary, 195, 276, 277. 
Samuel, 192, 193, 238, 239. 
Third Newport Co., R. I., Militia, 102. 
Third Regiment of Conn., 120. 
Third Regiment, R. I. Militia, 31, 32, 35. 
Thomas, Anthony, 152. 
Elizabeth, 348. 
Mary, 78, 293. 
Sarah, 376. 
Thompson, Abigail, 411. 
Bridget, 49. 



Thompson, Eliza, 378. 

George D., 286. 

Hannah, 49. 

Harriet A., 33. 

Isaac, z6. 

John, III, 306, 411. 

M ,378. 

Martha C, 33. 

Mary, 26, no, 1 n , 296, 306. 

Maurice, 140. 

Robert, 141, 143. 

Samuel, 33. 

William, 49. 
Thornton, James, 340. 

of Yarmouth, 385. 
Three Codds Tavern, 324. 
Thrille, Edward, 149. 
Throckmorton, Simon, 148. 
Thurston, Gardiner, 103. 

Hannah, 50, 1 15. 
Rebecca, 86. 
Thurton, Thomas, 191. 

Tiflany, , 171. 

Tilden, Nathaniel, 312, 
Tillinghast, Abigail, 109. 

Benjamin, loi" 

Hannah, 1 10. 

Elizabeth, no. 

John, 108, 109. 

Joseph, 109. 

Lydia (62), 102, 106, 109. 

Mary, 109. 

Mercy, 109. 

Pardon (65), 106-109, '"• 

Pardon, 108, 109. 

Philip, 108, 109. 

Sarah, 109. 
Tilton, Hannah, 340, 341. 

Peter, 340. 
Tinker, Amos, 173. 
John, 156. 
Lydia, 161. 
Tinkham, Hannah, 387, 

Mary, 387. 
Tisbury, Wilts, Eng., 389, 390. 
Titus, Anson, 408. 
Tiverton, R. I., 55, 89, 93, 100, 107, 11 



109. 



Tobey, - 



.372- 



Toldervey, EUzabeth (179), 306, 307. 
John, 306. 
Walter, 306. 
Tolland, Somerset, Eng., 182, 183. 
Tomsons Island, Dorchester, 302. 
Topsfield, Eng., 257, 258. 
Topsham, Devon, Eng., 257, 258. 
Tor Newton, Devon, Eng., 401. 
Torrie. Lord, 323. 
Totnes, Devon, Eng., 244, 391. 
Town.send, Polly, 44. 
Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Eng., 315, 318 
Tracy, Joseph, 396. 

Miriam, 155. 

Thomas, 300, 
Trad, Agnes, 323. 



INDUX OF PERSONS. PLACF-S. ETC. 



465 



Tr.iin Band of Rranfuril, ^01. 

New H.ivcn, 303. 
Newport, 105. 
Trattr, Kith.iril. 299. 
TrciJwplI, Richard, 351. 
Treat, Eli/alieth, 184. 
Janirs, 24. 

Mayor, , 17. 

Salmon, 23, 24. 
Trral of Eastham. 385. 
Trrnlun Hridgr, 31. 
Falls, 31. 
N. J., 352. 355. 
Trcppcs, James, 351. 
Trcworgye. Elizabeth (131), 189-193.227- 
129. 232, 257, 266, 275, 280. 
James (137), 1S9. 190. 226- 

229. 
Joanr, 227, 229. 
Joiin, 226, 227, 229. 
Lucy, 227, 229. 
Robert, 226. 
Samuel, 227, 228. 
Trinity House in Dcplford, Eng., 152. 
TroU, Thankful, 317. 

Thomas, 317. 
Trumbull, Lyman, 216. 
Tubbs, Samuel, 161. 
Tuck, Edward, 394. 
Tucker, Samuel, 402. 

Valentine, 402. 
Tuckcrnuck Lland, 247, 248. 
Tukc, Sir Brian, 148. 
Toppfer, I Abia(229).375-377.388,399. 
Toupard. ! Abigad. 375, 388. 
Tout Pcrd, I Ann. 387. 
Tuppcr. J Anne, 3S8. 
Bethia. 3X7. 
Charles. 389. 
Sir Charles. 388. 
Deborah, 389. 

El^^'"'. 373' 374' 387- 
Eliakira (237), 373. 375. 

3S7. 388. 
Eliakim, 388. 389. 
Elias, 389. 
Ehsha, 387. 
Hannah, 389. 
Ichabod, 387. 
Israel. 387. 388. 
Jane (Sara). 387. 
Joanna. 389. 
Kathcrme. 379. 384, 386. 
Martha, 387. 
Medad. 387. 
Nathaniel, 389. 
Robert, 394. 
Ruth, 388, 
Solomon. 389. 
Thomas (235), 37 1, 378, 379. 

384-386. 392. 
Thomas (236), 373. 386- 

3SS. 3')2. 
Thomas. 3S7. 589. 



Tuppcrsville, N. S., 389. 
Turkey Hill. Newbury, 243. 
Turner, Jolin. 308. 354. 
Mary. 308. 
Ruth. 308. 
Turpin.William, 81. 
Tuscaloosa, Ala., 224. 
Twiss, Dr.. 10. 

Twyford, , 65. 

Tyler, Jane. 197. 199. 

Jonathan, 292. 

\Villiam. ;^i. 
Tymworih, SutTolk, Eng.. 137. 

Uncas, 17, 49. 115. 
Uncus, Town of, 179. 
University. Brown. 216. 

Cambridge (Clare Hall). 232. 
Edinburgh, 287. 
Harvard, 16. 17. 137. 143- 
14(>. 196. 197. 208. 210. 21 1. 
2;^ I. 265-267,270, 284, 310. 
Holland. 9. 

Johns Hopkins, 223, 226. 
Oiford, Brazcnose. 9. 10. 66. 
Lincoln. 8. 
Magdalen, 306. 
Oriel, 6. 
University, 5. 
Pennsylvania, 95, 208. 210. 
Union. 166. 

Yale. 19. 20. 24, 44, 154. 158, 
166. 167. 284. 2S6. 302. 344. 

345- 
Upper Alton. 111.. 209, 213, 346, 347. 

Upper Wallop, 8. 
Urchfont. Prebend of. 4. 

Vaillant, Mmc., 36. 
Valley Forge, 377. 
Valparaiso, 33. 
Vandalia. Ul.. 346. 
Vantlelbergh, Monsieur. 203. 
Vane. Sir Henry. 60, 67. 70. 
V'arney, Humphrey, 281. 
Varnum. Gen.. 31. 
Vassall. Mr.. 312. 
Vaughn. } Anne, 148. 
Vaugn, ) Daniel, 98. 
John. 98. 

Wilham, 80, 82, 86. 88. 
Ventham, Margaret. 45. 
V^ernon. Katherine, 55. 
Very's Plain, 253. 
Veazie. Hannah, 236. 
William, 236. 
Vickcrow. George, 308. 

Rebecca. 308. 
Vicksburg. Miss., 347. 
Vincent, Joan. 109. 
Vine, Gov., 229. 
Vinicum. Anna, 340. 

Rachel. 354. 

Wdliam, 354. 
Voluntown, Conn.. 18. 179. 



WadJell, i Sarah, 52,73, 101. 
Wodell, ( William, 51, 83, 96, 101. 
Wade, Mr., 256. 
Wading Rivrr, L. L, 163. 
Wadleigh, Henry, 182. 

Jonathan, 193. 
Wadfcworth, Capt., 176. 
Wainwright, Jamri, 365. 
Wakefield (South Kingnon), K. I., :<,. 
Walbrook, I^)nJiin, 148. 
Waldron, Major, 279. 
\V*alkcr, Jame*, 382. 

Patience, 234. 

Richard, 291, 382. 

Sarah (234), 379, 382. 383. 
Wall, Jantes, 394. 
Wallace, Hope, 340. 
Waller, William, 179, 180. 
Wallinpford, Conn.. 300-303. 
Wallis, Robert, 403, 404, 405. 
Walliworth, John, 396. 
Walstone, John, 100. 
Walter, Nathaniel, 399. 
Walton, Dorcas, 227. 
Wantage, Eng., 391. 
Wanton, Gov. Joseph, 28. 
Wap;Mng, Eng., 81, 141, 142.- 
Ward, Joan, 354. 
Sarah, 253. 
Thomas, 354. 
Wardlaw, Anna, 323. 

Margaret, 323. 
Wardwell, Klizab.ih, 416. 
Ware, Charles, 102. 
Warcham, Mass., 311, 373-375- 
Warham, Rev. John, 183. 
Warner, Abigail, 296. 

D.inic!, 296. 

John, 153. 
Warneston, William, I^»rd of, 320. 
Warranocke Indians, 47. 
Warren, Abigail, 382, 383. 

Alice (233), 379. 380. 383. 

Ann (Anis), 382, 383. 

Elizabeth. 382, 383. 

Hope, 383. 

Jabez, 383. 

James, 384. 

Jane, 383. 

John, 383. 

j.c.,381. 

Joseph, 382, 383. 

Mar)', 382, 383. 

Mercv, 383. 

Nathaniel (234), 379. 381. 383. 

Nathaniel, 383. 

Richard (234-A), in. 380-382. 

Richard, 383. 

Sarah, iii, 382, 383. 

Sir William, 145. 
Warren, Conn., 286, 375, 376, 378. 
Warwick Neck. 28. 
Warwick, R. I., 86, 96, 99, 100, 101, 106, 

■32- 
Wasc. Anna (20). 70. 72. loi. 



466 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 



Washburne, , 79. 

Washington, D. C, 211, 224, 226, 346. 
Washington Family Chart, 46. 
Washington, George, 31, 46, 201, 203, 

204, 377, 384- 

John, 46. 

Katherine, 46. 

Laurence, 46. 

Susanna, 159. 

Sir Wilhani, 159. 
Waterbury, Conn., 168, 169. 
Waterford, Conn., 121. 

N.J-.339'35S-362. 

Waterman, John, 28. 

Martha, 155. 
Richard, 128. 
Thomas, 155. 
Waite, 128. 
Waters, E. Stanley, 113. 

Hannah, 326, 327. 

Henry F., 297, 298. 

Jane, 327. 

Latimer, 324, 327, 329. 

Mary (189), 277, 310, 311, 324, 

325, 327, 329. 
Mary, 326, 327. 
Thomas, 326, 327. 
William (191), 326-328, 330. 
William (192), 324, 326-330. 
William, 326, 328. 
Watertown, Mass., 10, 104, no, 298, 
300, 307, 370, 372, 386, 

39»-394- 
Mill, 391. 
Watklns, Roger, 403. 
Watrous, Isaac, 117. 
Watson, Ann (23), 74-76, 78, 85. 

Frances, 77, 78, 81. 

Herodias, 77, 78. 

John (27), 74, 75, 77, 80, 81. 

John, 77, 159. 

Samuel, 77, 78. 

William, 77, 78. 
Watts, Bridget, 402. 
Waverly, 111., 346. 
Way, Richard, 392. 
Wayles, Robert, 177. 
Weare, Esther, 235. 

Nathaniel, 235. 
Weaver, Clement, 86. 

Elizabeth, 86. 
Webb, Charles, 377. 

Elizabeth (15), 50-52, loi, 103. 
Henry, 51, 52. 
Webster, Deborah, 394. 

Elizabeth, 244. 

Samuel, 342. 
Weeden, Hannah, 89. 

Phoebe, 89. 

William, 89. 
Weekes, John, 92. 
Weeks, Julia Mary, 45. 
Weisse, Mrs. J. A., 324. 
Weld, Dorothy, 175. 
Edmund, 175. 



Weld, Joseph, 60. 
Wellingsly (Hobshole), 381, 382. 
WVUowe, Eng., 271. 
Wells, Ann, 75, 77. 

Barbara (5), 27-30, 76, 95. 
Barker, 76, 77. 
Dorcas, 75. 
Edward, 73. 
Fanny H., 30. 
George, 73. 
Hugh, 73. 
Isaac, 73. 

James (24), 27, 75, 76, 84, 85. 
James, 76. 
John, 74, 75, 236. 
Joshua, 76, 77. 
Mary, 75. 
Nancy S., 30. 

Peter (22), 73- 75' 7^, 90, 93- 
Peter (23), 74-76, 78, 84, 85, 90. 
Peter, 75-77- 
Rebecca, 75. 
Richard, 73. 
Samuel, 73, 75. 
Thomas, 73, 74, 93. 
William, 74. 
Welles, Elisha Gardner. 166. 
Joseph, 73. 
Thomas, 299. 
Wells, Me., 53, 57, 58, 195, 197, 236. 
Wentworth, Christopher, 65. 
John, 196. 
Thomas, 239. 
William, 58, 191. 
Wequetoquoc Cove, 22, 25, 49. 
West, Abia, 389. 
West Barnstable, 313, 317. 
West Chester, 349, 375. 
West Greenwich, Mass., 109. 
West Indies, 48. 
West New Jersey, 335, 336, 347, 348, 350, 

354> 356- ^(>ly 366-368. 
West Point, 221. 
West Roxbury, Mass., 395, 396. 

Cemetery, 399. 
West (Great) Shefford, Eng.. 307. 
Westcott, Mercy, 109. 
Western (Warren), Conn., 420. 
Westfield Meeting House, 338. 
Westfield, N. J., 337, 341. 
Westerly, R. I., 17, 22-50, 74-102. 

Washington Bank of, 32, 33. 
Westminster, Eng., 227. 
Weston. Lord, 85, 88. 
Wetherby, Edmund (221), 363-365, 369. 
Edmund, 365, 366. 
Henry, 365, 366. 
John (220), 365, 369. 
Sarah (214), 341, 342, 363- 
366. 
Wetherell, David, 47. 
Wethersfield, Conn., 24, 50, 146, 169, 184, 

298, 299, 300. 
Weybome, John, 317. 

Thomas, 317. 



Weymouth, Mass., 79, i6g, 170, 313, 314. 
Wheaton, Christopher, 308. 
Martha, 387. 
Robert. 387. 
Wheeler, Isaac, 226. 
John, 158. 
Margaret, 26. 
Thomas, 21, 26. 
Wheeling, Va., 212. 
Wheelock, Rev. Dr., 287. 
Wheelright, John, 46, 51, 57, 58, 60, 65, 

68, 236, 394. 
Whipple, James, 317. 
John, 107. 
Sarah, 81. 
Whitall, Hannah, 348, 349. 

John, 349. 
White, Elizabeth. 175. 

John. 192,252,257,393. 
Whitefield, Rev. George, 38, I95~I97. 

199, 200, 285. 
Whitefield Rock. 38. 
Whitehorne, John, 74, 76. 
White Horse Tavern, 358. 
M'hite Plains, N. Y., 31. 
Whitesboro, Conn., 37. 
Whiting. Abigail, 399. 
Charles, 24. 
William, 178, 179. 
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 236. 
Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, Eng.. 

39»- 

Wickford, R.L, 73. 
Wiggins. Thomas, 238, 280. 
Wilbourn, Michael. 405. 412. 

Mary, 405, 407. 
Wilbur, Hannah, 86. 
William, 100. 
Wilder, Rev. John, 166. 
Wiley, Lydia, 164. 
Wilkesbarre. Pa., 41, 44, 167. 
Wilkins, John, 93. 
Mary, 93. 
Wilkinson. Joane, 148. 

William, 148. 
Willard, Joseph, 135. 

Simon, 13, 252. 
Willett, Andrew, 55, 72. 
Thomas, 72. 
William, 127. 
William the Conqueror, 107. 
William III, 18, 316. 
Williams, Ann, 400, 402-404, 412. 
Bathsheba, 396. 
Freeborn, 86. 
Mary, 109. 
Park, 396. 
Prudence, 30. 
Roger, 62, 68, 71, 78. 82. 86. 

107. 132, 382. 
Thomas, 381. 
Walter, 403. 
Will of, Beamsley, William (250-A), 412. 
Borton, John (200-B), 351. 
Butt, Giles de, 130. 



INDEX OF PERSONS, PI.ACI-S, I. IC. 



467 



Will of. Case, Hoses (144), 397. 

Coffin, Tristram (147), 250. 
Dane, Dr. John (171). 296- 
Derby, Roger (154), 25S. 
EUet, Charles (J14), 3(14. 
Engle, John (202), 354. 

Robert (201), 353. 
Griffin, Lemuel (:o2), 1(14. 
Haines, John (200), ;4*). 
Hi),i, Caulther, 1 -,.). 
Lawton, Isaac (47), 97. 

Thomas (46), 96. 
Lay, John (03), 160. 
Lippincott, Abigail (194-A), 335. 
John (197). 34'- 
Nathaniel (196), 339. 
Thomas (195), 338. 
Marvin, Reinold (84), 154. 
Masters, John (66-a), 112. 
Matlack, John (206), 361. 
Mayhew, Matthew (238-A), 31)0. 
Newdigate, John (80), 1 57. 
Moyes, Anne Parker (2), 13. 

James (2), 13. 

James (3), 23. 

Joseph (5), 29, 30. 

Thomas (4), 25. 26. 
Ogborn, Jane Harvey (203), 356. 

Samuel (203), 355. 
Osgood, Christopher, (253-0), 

4>5- 
Pledger, John {223), 367. 
Sanford, Samuel (54), 101. 
Swift, Isaac (230), 377, 378. 
Jirch (228), 374. 
Joan (226), 371. 
William (227), 372. 
Tupper, Thomas (236), 387. 
Wan-en, Nathaniel (234), 383. 
Wells, Peter (23), 75. 
Wetherby, Edmund (221), -,<>fj. 
Willoughby, Elizabeth (81 )," 141 . 
William (81), 140. 
142, 150. 
Willis, of Bridgcwatcr, 58. 

Samuel, 17. 
Willoughby, Christopher, 1 5<). 

Francis (82), 133, 1 -,4. 140- 

_ '¥'■ 15°. ^40. 333- 
Fr.mcis, 144. 
H.innah, 146. 

Jeremiah (Jerinnah), 146. 
Jonathan, 142, 143. 146. 
Nathaniel, 146. 
Nehcmiah, 143, 144, 146. 
Sarah, 143, 144, 146. 
Susannah (79), 118, 120, 133- 

135, 146. 182. 
William (81), 139-142. 



Willoughby, William. 140, 141. 143. 144, 

146. 
Wills, Daniel, 350, 356, 357, 358. 
Elizabeth, 337, 362. 
Hope, 337, 338. 
Mary, 338. 

TImmas, 227, 338, 370. 
Wilmington. Mass., 142. 

Wilson. ^, 290. 

Deborah, 409. 

Edward, 261. 

Humphrey, 188. 

James, 409, 414. 

John, If, 61, 67, 137, 191. 245. 

246, 315. 
Margaret, 408. 
Sherburne, 416. 
Thomas, 417. 
Wilson manuscript. 405, 408. 
Wilmington, Del., 212. 
Wimbledon, Surrey, Eng.. 144. 14S, i4(j, 

■5°. '53- 
Winchester, 135. 
Windham, Conn., 375, 396. 
Windsor, Conn., 72, 158, 169, 178, 179, 

1S2-184, 231, 300. 
Wing, Daniel, 371. 
Hannah. 371. 
John, 371. 
Samuel, 371. 
\\'inslcy, Samuel, 417. 
Winslow, Edward. 143. 
Gov., 315. 
Mr., 142, 384. 
Winter Hill, Boston, 377. 
Winter, John, 227. 
Winthrop, Ann, 314. 
Col., 18. 

Governor, 17, 18, 46-49, 51, 
60, 61, 63, 67, 69, 142, 169, 
260, 305, 314, 382, 391. 
Mr., 179. 
Waite, 132, 237. 
Wise, James, 231. 
Withe, Martha, 252. 
Withcrali, Daniel, 54, 132, 
Woburn, Mass., 296, 382, 421. 
Wolcott, Alice, 28, 182. 

Anna (124), 126, 178-181, 184. 
Christopher, 182, 184, 185. 
George, 184. 
Henry (126), 158, 178, 179, 182, 

184. 
Henry. 184. 
John (i26-a), 182, 183. 
John, 182, 184. 
Mary, 182, 184. 
Roger, 182. 
Simon, 158, 184 



Wi>IvcrIon, Warwick, Eng., 46. 
Wnncohus, 1 16. 
WoiHlalhall, Kulh, 360. 
Woodberry's Head, 263. 
Woodbridgc, Benjamin, 231, 407. 
Dudley, 210. 
Elizabeth. 231. 
Jane, 208. 
Jahleel. 286. 

John. 241, 273, 293. 413. 
Woodbridge, N. J., 241, 353. 
Woodbury, Conn., 158. 
Woodbury, a fanatic, 197. 
\\'ooden, Elizabeth, 310. 
Woodman, Edward, 230. 
Wood, Rebecca, 102. 

William, 102, 384. 
Wood Roe, Eng., 294, 295. 

Woods, , 328. 

Woodstock, Conn., 292, 395, 396. 
Woodward, Ezckiel, 412. 
John, 282. 
Slary, 102, 
NN'oodwell, Joseph, 232. 
Wools, John, 357. 
Worcester, Mass., 420. 
Worcester, Rev. William, 273. 
Wordcn, Samuel, 317. 
Worffelde, Mary, 127. 

William, 127. 
Worman, William, 160. 
Worth, Elizabeth, 244. 
John, 244. 
William, 247. 
Wren, Bishop, 187. 
Wright, Abel, 396. 
Ann, 100. 
Benjamin, 100. 
John, 362. 
Samuel, 396. 
.Susanna, 100. 
Wycr, Mary, 100. 

Yale Library, 181. 
Yarmouth, Eng., 67. 

Mass., no, 317. 
Varnbrook. Northamptonshire. Eng.. 391. 

Yearns, , (220), 365. 369. 

Yellow Aux. of Hamlets of the Tower, 

'40- 
Yeomen of the King^s Guard, 185. 
Yonkers, N. Y., 205, 225, 255. 
York, Duke of, 356, 357. 
Yorkshire colonists, 47. 
Young, Daniel, 239. 

Hannah, 258. 

John. 95. 
Younglavc. Mary, 416. 
Youngstown, Pa,, 344, 



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